Stop Foodborne Illness, a national public health nonprofit dedicated to preventing foodborne illness and advocating for stronger food safety policies, has appointed Sandra Eskin as CEO, effective Feb. 24. Eskin succeeds Mitzi Baum, who has been CEO since 2019.
Eskin most recently worked at USDA and has a long track record of food safety advocacy, according to a news release. Throughout her career, Eskin has worked on a broad range of food safety, consumer protection and public policy issues.
At the USDA, Eskin held several leadership positions including acting undersecretary for food safety and deputy undersecretary. Before joining USDA, Eskin spent 12 years as the project director for food safety at The Pew Charitable Trusts, advocating for food safety reform and the passage of the Food Safety Modernization Act. She also served as the deputy director of the Produce Safety Project at Georgetown University and has served on several federal advisory committees, providing strategic policy advice related to foodborne illness surveillance, consumer information on prescription drugs and food safety.
Eskin holds a Juris Doctor from UC Law, San Francisco, (formerly Hastings College of the Law) and a bachelor’s degree from Brown University.
“I am honored and excited to become the CEO of Stop Foodborne Illness,” Eskin said in the release. “This organization has played a major role in improving the safety of the food supply, and I look forward to helping [Stop Foodborne Illness] expand its efforts to protect American families from preventable foodborne illnesses.”
