FMI Foundation Contributes $1,000 to Food Industry Association Executives' Professional Development Fund

ARLINGTON, VA — November 19, 2009 — The Food Marketing Institute (FMI) Foundation contributed $1,000 to the Food Industry Association Executives’ (FIAE) Professional Development Fund.

“We are pleased to support state associations and their members in their quest to raise their professional standards through this valuable professional development program,” said Leslie G. Sarasin, president and chief executive officer, FMI.

The FIAE Professional Development Fund is a grant/scholarship program to assist in and encourage the professional development of state association executives. It is a program to encourage and stimulate creative thought and knowledge about association management.

The FMI Foundation, created in 1996, is a not-for-profit corporation affiliated with FMI. The Foundation seeks to ensure continued quality and efficiency in the food system and is operated for charitable, educational and scientific purposes.

About FMI

As the food industry association, FMI works with and on behalf of the entire industry to advance a safer, healthier and more efficient consumer food supply chain. FMI brings together a wide range of members across the value chain — from retailers that sell to consumers, to producers that supply food and other products, as well as the wide variety of companies providing critical services — to amplify the collective work of the industry. www.FMI.org