2nd RMI Lectureship Series

April 21, 2005
Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts Center, Studio Room


Agenda

Lobby of Jackson Hall

Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts Center, Bartholomew Room

Joseph Collins, AIA, is an architect and partner with the Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership (ZGF), a firm with an international practice, based in Portland, Ore. He is a recognized authority on the design of scientific research facilities and has directed work on many of the firm's most complex projects, several of which have received national acclaim, including: the Humanities and Social Sciences Building at UC Santa Barbara, The California ScienCenter in Los Angeles, and the 21,000-seat Conference Center, a multi-use theater for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in Salt Lake City.

In addition to the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science and the Research and Teaching Winery at UC Davis, his current projects include a new research center for the College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State University, a Biomedical Research Building at Oregon Health and Science University, and the Stanley Quantitative Biosciences and Bioengineering Facility at UC Berkeley. He is a Summa Cum Laude graduate of the School of Design at North Carolina State University.

Mary Wagner is currently the chief technology officer for E. & J. Gallo Winery. E. & J. Gallo Winery is a global, privately held company, headquartered in Modesto, Calif., which produces and sells more than 30 table, sparkling, beverage, dessert, and fortified wines and distilled spirits.

Prior to joining Gallo, Wagner was the chief technology and quality officer for Taco Bell Corporation, a division of Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc., (NYSE: YUM) in Irvine, Calif. In that capacity, she led all aspects of menu development, quality control, product packaging, and engineering. Previous to Taco Bell, Wagner was vice president of research and development and quality and regulatory operations for Gorton's, a subsidiary of Unilever and formerly a subsidiary of General Mills, Inc. For several years prior to relocating to Gorton's, she worked at General Mills, Inc. headquarters located in Minneapolis, Minn., where she held a variety of positions in both research and quality. Prior to joining General Mills, Inc., Wagner was with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, as an assistant professor.

Wagner has a B.S. in bacteriology, an M.S. in food technology from Iowa State University and a Ph.D. in food science from the University of Minnesota. She has also completed the Program for Management Development at Harvard University. Wagner was formerly an adjunct professor in the Department of Food Science at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.

Wagner is active in several professional societies, on regulatory committees, and in community projects. She is past president and currently treasurer of the Institute of Food Technologists. She has also authored and co-authored several publications. She and her husband, Rich, live in Modesto, Calif., and have three children.

Ted Ziemann is president of Cargill Health & Food Technologies (HFT). He joined Cargill in 2000 as president of Cargill Nutraceuticals. Since that time, Cargill Nutra Products, Specialty Food Ingredients and Soy Protein Isolate were added to his responsibilities to form the current HFT business. Prior to joining Cargill, Ziemann served in various senior management positions with Rhone-Poulenc (now Aventis), including senior executive vice president of the Plant and Animal Health sector (Paris); president, Rhone-Poulenc Ag Company (RTP, North Carolina); president of the Fine Chemicals Division (Paris); and senior vice president, Engineering and Operations Services of Rhone-Poulenc, Inc. He also served on the boards of several divisions and subsidiaries.

Ziemann began his career as a chemical engineer with Monsanto Ag Company and rapidly advanced during 20 years to director level positions in marketing, manufacturing, and engineering prior to joining Rhone-Poulenc.He serves on the board of directors of Chata Biosystems, Inc., the board of the Consumer Health Products Association, and the board of Council for Responsible Nutrition.

Ziemann received a B.S. in chemical engineering from Iowa State University and an M.B.A. from the University of Iowa. He also completed Rhone-Poulenc's SeniorManagement Development program in concert with Insead. (Fontainebleau, France)

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