LEADERSHIP TEAM BIO'S

Ed Sherwin, CFSP, FMP
Ed Sherwin is recognized as one of the country’s top food safety trainers. He is President of Sherwin Food Safety, a Baltimore-based company that provides consulting and training to food service and lodging companies throughout the United States.

AN HONORED EDUCATOR:
Sherwin was Chair and Professor of Hospitality Management at Essex Community College from 1976-1994. He holds numerous awards for teaching excellence, including 1987 Maryland Teacher of the Year, and 1989 National Teaching Excellence Award. Sherwin served as President and Chairman of the Board of the Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education (CHRIE) from 1991-1993. He was founding Executive Director of the Maryland Hospitality Education Foundation, and serves as a technical advisor to National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation and Restaurant Solutions.

Christopher Herrmann, CPFS, FMP
Christopher Herrmann earned his Bachelor of Science degree from the School of Hospitality Management at Florida International University and a Master of Library and Information Science from the University of Maryland. His experience in hotel and restaurant management spans over thirty years.

During his career Mr. Herrmann has had the opportunity to work with national restaurant chains and independent establishments. His hotel experience has included positions with regional hospitality management companies and ten years of senior food, beverage and convention management with several Hyatt Hotels and Resort properties.

Mr. Herrmann has served as an associate professor for the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, School of Hospitality Management and is a certified trainer and administrator for both the ServSafe and the National Registry of Food Safety Professionals food safety certification programs.

Leonard Singleton, R.S., M.S., CFM
Leonard Singleton earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Health Science and a Masters of Science degree in Health Science with a concentration in Administration from Towson University. He has more than 30 years of experience in the field of public health. As a Registered Sanitarian in the State of Maryland for over 20 years, he has inspected various food facilities and investigated outbreaks of food-borne illness and many sanitation related complaints. While working in the Plan Review Section for the local health department, Mr. Singleton examined blueprints and equipment specification documents for many food facilities, swimming pools, schools, septic systems, animal hospitals and shelters, assisted living facilities, day care and foster care centers.

During his career, Mr. Singleton was selected by the Governor of Maryland to serve as a member on the State Board of Environmental Sanitarians for a period of five years. He was elected by the Board members to serve as Vice President. Mr. Singleton has served as the Chairman of the Environmental Health Committee during his career as an employee of a local health department. His teaching experience includes training entry level sanitarians, developing training materials, and teaching various health courses for the American Red Cross. He is a member of many professional public health associations.