Jill Frank has been a food industry expert for Prospector since January of 2013. Jill serves as a consultant to all departments and monitors food industry trends and regulatory changes around the world. Her articles on these topics provide timely and relevant information for Prospector’s food industry members. In addition, Jill has played an integral role in optimizing and reorganizing the categorization of food ingredients within the Prospector search engine. Her efforts help to provide an enhanced user experience that is customized to meet the needs of R&D professionals in the food, beverage and nutrition industry.

Prior to joining Prospector, Jill was a Bakery Applications Specialist for Dupont Nutrition & Health, formerly Danisco USA, where she worked with the company’s sales team and with the global development team to analyze and develop new products, custom solutions and sales literature. She has worked as a consultant for nutrition products, and has acted as a Manager and Director of Research and Development at companies in the bakery and nutrition fields.

Jill held multiple titles with Gerber Products Company from 1995 – 2004. During her tenure, she managed and developed formulas relating to bakery, cereal and dry blended products. Jill worked to create, improve and reformulate products, mindful of ingredient origins, nutritional value and consumer acceptability.

Jill holds a B.S. in Bakery Science and Management from Kansas State University. She is a Certified Food Scientist, and is the President of her local chapter of the Institute of Food Technologists.

Jill is also an accomplished seamstress, textile designer and costume maker. She lives in Spring Hill, Kansas with her husband and daughter.