Jack Kilgore
Living Tribute Fund
Established 2013
Jack Kilgore joined Rich’s in 1978 as a Sales and Marketing Administrator. After excelling in a series of positions, he was appointed president of Rich’s Consumer Brands Division in 2004. With 32 years of experience in the food industry, Jack also served as chairman of the National Fisheries Institute in 2002. He recently agreed to serve as a founding board member of the Seafood Nutrition Partnership.
This video interview with Alexander Chouljenko, Gabe Dough, Eric Herbst explains a research project that SIRF is funding at North Carolina State University that is exploring the ability to extract plasmalogens from marine organisms like sea squirts, bay scallops and ribbed muscles. Plasmalogens are said to have cognitive benefits that could be able to fight… Read more »
The John P. Connelly Memorial Fund has successfully met its goal with SIRF Board members’ help by raising $91,725 in donations. The Seafood Industry Research Fund (SIRF) Board created this memorial fund in honor of John Connelly who was the third president of NFI and secretary and treasurer of SIRF from 2003 to 2022. John… Read more »
