Meat Institute Hires Maggie O’Quinn to be Director of Member & Sponsor Recruitment
October 15, 2025 | 2 min to read
Maggie O’Quinn joins the Meat Institute as Director of Member and Sponsor Recruitment, bringing 28 years of global sales and marketing experience and leadership roles at Midan Marketing and Certified Angus Beef LLC. She will support member engagement and strategic initiatives within the Membership and Experience Team and begin her role at the Protein PACT Solutions Summit, reinforcing the Institute’s mission to promote the meat supply chain and industry partnerships.
ARLINGTON, VA – The Meat Institute today announced Maggie O’Quinn will be the new Director of Member and Sponsor Recruitment.
“Maggie O’Quinn is a welcome addition to the Meat Institute team bringing decades of industry connections and experience to help expand member engagement and to support strategic initiatives,” said Meat Institute President and CEO, Julie Anna Potts. “We are excited for her to start at our Protein PACT Solutions Summit which is a showcase of the Meat Institute’s strategic partnerships up and down the supply chain. We look forward to her hitting the ground running!”
O’Quinn has spent 28 years in the global meat business as a sales and marketing executive. She is passionate about the interdependence of the global meat supply chain, and her career has been focused on building B2C and B2B demand for red meat brands. She previously held sales and marketing roles at Midan Marketing and Certified Angus Beef LLC. She has served on the Annual Meat Conference Planning Committee and the U.S. Meat Export Federation Executive Committee.
As Director of Member and Sponsor Recruitment, O’Quinn joins the Meat Institute’s Membership and Experience Team led by Anne Halal, Chief Experience Officer and Eric Zito, Vice President of Business Development, with Teena Vinh, Director, Marketing & Sponsor Experience, Megan McCullough, Director of Member Engagement, Brian Peteritas, Marketing Manager, Nicole Vetsch, Director of Event Experience, Megan Lynn Gifford, Director of Strategic Content and Programming and Alison Swanger, Membership Specialist.
About The Meat Institute
The Meat Institute represents the full community of people and companies who make the majority of meat American families rely on every day. The Meat Institute’s hands-on regulatory and technical expertise, proactive advocacy, unique convening power, collaboration within and beyond animal agriculture, and sector-leading continuous improvement initiatives drive relationships and resources that ensure meat continues to be a vital, trusted pillar of healthy diets and thriving communities for generations to come. To learn more, visit: MeatInstitute.org.