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The International Food Distributors Association, formerly part of Food Distributors International, elected new members to its board of directors at its recent annual meeting. IFDA is a trade organization representing foodservice distributors, businesses that supply food and related products to restaurants and institutions.

Serving three-year terms are Jeff A. Braverman of Hawkeye Food Service Distribution Inc., Daniel J. Flanagan of Flanagan Foodservice Inc., J. Edwin Furbee of FPC Food Service, Blair Labatt Jr. of Labatt Food Service, Robert C. Sledd of Performance Food Group Co. and Malcolm R. Sullivan of Pate Dawson Co.

Elected to two-year terms were Mark Drazkowski of Reinhart Foodservice Inc., James Kite of Ellenbee-Leggett Co. Inc., Christopher Mellon of Maines Paper & Food Service Inc., James Miller of U.S. Foodservice Inc., Ross Roeder of Smart & Final Inc. and Roger Toomey of UniPro Foodservice Inc.

Chosen for one-year terms were Thomas E. Lankford of SY SCO Corp., John Martin of Martin Brothers Distributing Co., W. Kent McClelland of Shamrock Foods Co., Paul Saval of Saval Foods Corp., David A. Stansfield of Institution Food House Inc., R. Michael Teagle of Valley Foodservice and Martin J. Whelan of Ettline Foods Corp.

Continuing as officers of the board are Chairman Daniel A. Gordon of Gordon Food Service, Vice Chairman J. Michael Roach of Ben E. Keith Foods and Secretary/Treasurer Martin J. Whelan of Ettline Foods Corp.