Dairy’s Focus on Product Innovation

The dairy checkoff, through DMI’s Dairy Products Research and Development team, provides tools, resources and platforms to help drive innovation across the dairy industry. These tools and resources are designed to engage and help researchers, students, and dairy industry leaders. Scroll on to learn more.

Product Research Staff

Chad Galer serves as vice president, Product Research and Food Safety at Dairy Management Inc. with responsibilities supporting National Dairy Council research programs at major universities to dri...

Vice President, Product Research, Dairy Management Inc.

William B. Graves

Bill Graves serves assenior vice president, product research for Dairy Management Inc. He leads the National Dairy Foods Research Center program to catalyze dairy industry innovation of dairy produ...

Senior Vice President, Product Research, Dairy Management Inc.

As Vice President of Product Research at Dairy Management Inc. (DMI), Rohit leads DMI’s dairy product science programs in important areas such as milk powders, whey and milk protein ingredien...

Vice President-Product Research, Dairy Management Inc.

Hari Meletharayil

As the Vice President of Product Research at Dairy Management Inc., Hari spearheads a range of innovative research initiatives focused on cheese, fermented products, and dairy beverages. In this ro...

Vice President-Product Research, Dairy Management Inc.

Emil Nashed is a seasoned research and development (R&D) management executive with over 25 years of experience. At Dairy Management Inc. (DMI), he contributes significantly to the advancement o...

Executive Vice President, Research & Development, Dairy Management Inc.

Stephanie Ropiak

As Director of Product Research at Dairy Management Inc. (DMI), Stephanie supports dairy innovation research across focus areas. She supports strategic initiatives to provide technical unlocks to d...

Director, Product Research, Dairy Management Inc.