Dr. Miller has twenty-five years of experience in food safety, public health, epidemiology, and infectious disease outbreak investigations. Ben earned his Ph.D. in Environmental Health with a background in infectious diseases and his Master of Public Health in Epidemiology. He currently serves as the Executive Vice President of Regulatory and Scientific Affairs at the Acheson Group where he works across multiple sectors advising on food safety, food safety culture, traceability, public health, outbreak-related and regulatory issues. Dr. Miller also has extensive food regulatory experience and, as previous Division Director at the Minnesota Department of Agriculture, led the State of Minnesota’s Human and Animal Food regulatory work. In his role as a state regulator, Dr. Miller developed experience implementing legislative reforms on topics related to food safety and is an expert in FDA traceability requirements. He is currently a member of the International Association of Food Protection Program Committee.