Kemin: New VP of regulatory affairs, quality assurance and quality control
Dated: 8 May 2008
Jed Harms, president of Kemin AgriFoods North America, announces the promotion of Kristi Krafka to Vice President of Regulatory Affairs, Quality Assurance and Quality Control.
In this role Kristi provides strategic and operational regulatory expertise and leadership for regulatory approvals and monitors the quality of Kemin products to achieve the company’s commercial objectives.
Krafka joined Kemin in 1996 as Manager of Intellectual Property and Regulatory Affairs.
In 2001 Krafka was promoted to World Wide Director of Intellectual Property and Regulatory Affairs, where she served until 2005 when Kristi joined the AgriFoods division as Director of Regulatory Affairs.
Prior to joining Kemin, Krafka served as Technical Writer and then as Director of U.S. and Canada Biological Regulatory Affairs for Fort Dodge Animal Health.
She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in agriculture from Iowa State University.
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