{"id":38728,"date":"2023-05-03T11:58:06","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T16:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/regents\/?page_id=38728"},"modified":"2026-04-20T08:42:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T13:42:27","slug":"john-bellinger","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/regents\/bios\/john-bellinger\/","title":{"rendered":"John Bellinger"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading38728_f55114-92, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading38728_f55114-92[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading38728_f55114-92\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading38728_f55114-92 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading38728_f55114-92[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading38728_f55114-92\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading38728_f55114-92 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading38728_f55114-92[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading38728_f55114-92\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h1 class=\"kt-adv-heading38728_f55114-92 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading38728_f55114-92\"><\/h1>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/regents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2023\/05\/John-Bellinger-headshot-scaled.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-38739 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/regents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2023\/05\/John-Bellinger-headshot-217x300.jpg\" alt=\"John Bellinger headshot\" width=\"217\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/regents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2023\/05\/John-Bellinger-headshot-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/regents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2023\/05\/John-Bellinger-headshot-740x1024.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/regents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2023\/05\/John-Bellinger-headshot-768x1063.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/regents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2023\/05\/John-Bellinger-headshot-1110x1536.jpg 1110w, https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/regents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2023\/05\/John-Bellinger-headshot-1480x2048.jpg 1480w, https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/regents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2023\/05\/John-Bellinger-headshot-scaled.jpg 1850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>John W. Bellinger of San Antonio received his bachelor&#8217;s degree in &#8217;76 (Agricultural Education) and a master&#8217;s degree in &#8217;78 (Animal Science) from Texas A&amp;M University, where he was a member and then coached the TAMU Intercollegiate Meat Judging Team.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In 1994 John and his wife Gina &#8217;89 (Microbiology) formed Food Safety Net Services from ground zero. Prior to merging the company in 2021 with the Certified Group, the startup company grew to over 800 employees and was the largest food microbial testing business in North America with 19 laboratories. Mr. Bellinger is the former founding partner and CEO of Texas Western Beef. In addition, he founded Agri-West International (food exporter) along with Bellinger Development (real estate) and Just Pots (retail and wholesale pottery).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Bellinger is the recipient of the Texas A&amp;M University outstanding Alumnus Award in both the College of Agriculture and the Department of Animal Science along with being inducted into the U.S. Meat Industry Hall of Fame. He is the former Chairman of the U.S. Meat Export Federation and the Southwest Meat Association as well as a board member of several private companies in the U.S., Mexico, and Japan. John was a former member of the Texas Beef Council. He is a member of the College of Agriculture Development Council and a former member of the Texas A&amp;M Animal Science External Advisory Council.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Gina and John Bellinger are the proud Aggie parents of Lt. 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