Prior to her tenure at STOP, Mitzi cultivated a 23-year career at Feeding America rising to the senior level position of managing director of food safety. Ms. Baum earned a Master of Science in Food Safety and a certificate in Food Law from Michigan State University. She received her Bachelor of Science degree from Bowling Green State University and has obtained certificates in Non-Profit Management from the University of Chicago, Quality Management from DePaul University, and Food Safety Management from Cornell University.
Mitzi is the 2021 Joseph Leiter Lecturer of the Medical Library Association and National Library of Medicine, an adjunct instructor for Michigan State University’s Online Food Safety Program, a certified seafood HACCP instructor, a certified PCQI, is a member of the National Restaurant Association’s Food Safety Advisory Council and is a board member of the American National Standards Institute.
Stop Foodborne Illness is headquartered in Chicago, IL.