Mary Ellen Camire, PhD, CFS Mary Ellen Camire is a Professor of Food Science and Human Nutrition at University of Maine.

• Food expertise includes: functional foods, diet and health, product development, sensory evaluation, herbs and botanicals, chocolate

• Served as a panelist on U.S. Department of Agriculture competitive grant panels, and she was also the panel manager for post-harvest food safety competitive grants and the Small Business Innovative Research Food Science and Nutrition panel

• President Elect, Institute of Food Technologists

• Dr. Camire has a PhD, Food Science, Texas Woman’s University, MS, Nutrition, University of Massachusetts