Mr Herzig will be presented with the award during GAA\u2019s GOAL 2015 conference at the Four Seasons Hotel in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Thursday 29 October.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom the very beginning, Bill Herzig has passionately and unselfishly devoted himself to GAA. The organisation would not exist today were it not for him,\u201d said George Chamberlain, GAA president.<\/p>\n
A champion of seafood sustainability, Mr Herzig\u2019s career in seafood spans more than four decades. After graduating from the Georgia Institute of Technology, he took a job with Rich-SeaPak, working his way up to senior vice president of operations, procurement, quality assurance and commodity sales over his 23 year career at the St Simons, Georgia seafood company.<\/p>\n
Mr Herzig joined Orlando, Fla.-based Darden Restaurants, the world\u2019s largest casual dining company, as director of seafood purchasing in 1997, graduating to VP of seafood purchasing two years later.<\/p>\n
He worked his way up to senior VP of purchasing and supply chain innovation, responsible for all purchasing across the 2,000-restaurant chain, before transitioning over to president of Darden Aquafarms, an integrated lobster aquaculture facility in Malaysia.<\/p>\n
Along with GAA President George Chamberlain, he was instrumental in the formation of GAA in 1997.<\/p>\n
Currently, Mr Herzig is president of Sustainable Strategies and Initiatives. In addition to GAA, he has been involved with the National Fisheries Institute.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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