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This year BEMA enters the second year of its current strategic plan. The three-year plan, launched in 2021, establishes a long-term trajectory for our organization.

Learn more about BEMA Board Member Rick Hoskins.

Learn more about BEMA Board Member Mike Pierce.

Learn more about BEMA Board Member Eric Riggle.

Learn more about BEMA Board Member Patrice Painchaud.

Learn more about BEMA Board Member Mark Podl.

Learn more about BEMA Board Member Craig Souser.

Since the last IBIE, our industry and the world have been through incredible, unimaginable changes. Coming through the past two years, the industry has been lucky to always have the shining beacon of IBIE ahead in 2022.

These days, there’s plenty to talk about, and the laundry list the industry continues to deal with grows longer still. Manufacturers and suppliers alike are starting each day with some very big, looming questions of automation, supply chain, and staffing as they also navigate ongoing COVID precautions and the long-term implications and questions about vaccine mandates and testing.

This year’s Labor Day holiday offered a grateful comparison to acknowledge our progress over the past year and a moment to pause amid the whirlwind of the past eight months of 2021. The holiday also served as a reminder of just how far we’ve come thanks to the efforts of the nearly 800,000 baking industry workers.