ACS is pleased to announce the inaugural class of ACS Certified Cheese Professionals™. This elite group of 121 individuals passed the Certified Cheese Professional™ Exam administered on August 1, 2012 in Raleigh, NC. In doing so, they demonstrated a high standard of comprehensive cheese knowledge and skills across a range of subject areas.
| First Name | Last Name | City | State | Country |
| John | Balmer | Denver | CO | USA |
| Lisa | Battilana | Woodstock | VT | USA |
| Jessica | Beer | Boulder | CO | USA |
| Christine | Bentz | San Diego | CA | USA |
| Bryan | Bergmann | Laguna Niguel | CA | USA |
| Kimberly | Blanco | Pompano Beach | FL | USA |
| Stacy | Braga | Ontario | CA | USA |
| Lincoln | Broadbooks | Olathe | KS | USA |
| John | Brody | Plymouth | WI | USA |
| Eliza | Brown | Cambridge | MA | USA |
| Evan | Brown | Wellington | FL | USA |
| Saxon | Brown | Denver | CO | USA |
| Anedina | Canzian | Baltimore | MD | USA |
| Matt | Caputo | Salt Lake City | UT | USA |
| Erika | Carlson | Tampa | FL | USA |
| Kathryn | Carter | Arlington | VA | USA |
| Brianna | Clark | Boston | MA | USA |
| Rachel | Cohen | Petaluma | CA | USA |
| Christine | Coleman | Herndon | VA | USA |
| Ashley | Cooper | Raleigh | NC | USA |
| Michael | Cox | Anaheim | CA | USA |
| Judy | Creighton | Angels Camp | CA | USA |
| Julia | Cummings | Roswell | GA | USA |
| Tiffany | Cunningham | Austin | TX | USA |
| Matt | Curl | Lawrenceville | GA | USA |
| Jennifer | Dakin | Brookline | MA | USA |
| Brad | Daschbach | New Orleans | LA | USA |
| Michelle | Dawes | North Charleston | SC | USA |
| Hebe | Denis | North Miami | FL | USA |
| Jeffrey | Di Maio | Bradenton | FL | USA |
| Laura | Downey | Fairfield | CT | USA |
| Adam | Engle | Baltimore | MD | USA |
| Richard | Eplawy | Jacksonville | FL | USA |
| Randall | Felts | Birmingham | AL | USA |
| Andy | Fitzgerrell | Salt Lake City | UT | USA |
| Kari | Foley | Fort Lauderdale | FL | USA |
| Jennifer | Ford | Los Angeles | CA | USA |
| Ellen | Fox | Shelburne | VT | USA |
| Lisa | Futterman | Chicago | IL | USA |
| James | Gentry | Seattle | WA | USA |
| Sarah | George Wehling | Plano | TX | USA |
| Denyse | Gervasoni | Davie | FL | USA |
| Odysseas | Gounalakis | Toronto | ON | Canada |
| Barbara | Gramigni | Hypoluxo | FL | USA |
| Michele | Haram | Austin | TX | USA |
| Jason | Herbert | Chicago | IL | USA |
| Kirsten | Hindes | Atlanta | GA | USA |
| Jennifer | Hodges | Edina | MN | USA |
| Ceteka | Holder | Atlanta | GA | USA |
| Miriam | Holmes | Toronto | ON | Canada |
| Andrea | Horton | Palmetto | GA | USA |
| Rori | Jackson | Houston | TX | USA |
| John | Knapp | Atlanta | GA | USA |
| Michele | LaCatena | Holly Springs | NC | USA |
| David | Landau | Durham | NC | USA |
| Michael | Landis | Lutz | FL | USA |
| Stephanie | Leone | Jacksonville | FL | USA |
| Robyn | Mac Adams | Houston | TX | USA |
| Kathleen | Madsen | Pasadena | MD | USA |
| Lora | Mazzonna | Vancouver | BC | Canada |
| Patrick | McCroy | Chicago | IL | USA |
| Jonathan | McDowell | San Diego | CA | USA |
| Leah | McFadden | Santa Clara | CA | USA |
| Cristi | Menard | Chicago | IL | USA |
| Janica | Moore | Worcester | MA | USA |
| Clay | Nordyke | Tyler | TX | USA |
| Shaun | O´Keefe | Barrington | NJ | USA |
| Dana | Passaro | Jersey City | NJ | USA |
| Kristin | Payne | Vancouver | BC | Canada |
| Veronica | Pedraza | Cazenovia | NY | USA |
| Rachel | Perlstein | Washington | DC | USA |
| Troy | Petersen | Salt Lake City | UT | USA |
| Debbie | Peterson | Winston-Salem | NC | USA |
| Crystal | Poon | Miami | FL | USA |
| Julia | Powers | Tacoma | WA | USA |
| Aaron | Price | Acworth | GA | USA |
| Poul | Price | Brooklyn | NY | USA |
| Amanda | Puckett | Naples | FL | USA |
| Lisa | Purrington | Plano | TX | USA |
| William | Randle | Raleigh | NC | USA |
| Ed | Reynolds | Sicklerville | NJ | USA |
| Janet | Ribera | Boca Raton | FL | USA |
| Louis | Risoli | Ashland | MA | USA |
| Ben | Rose | Boulder | CO | USA |
| Emma | Rose | Charlestown | MA | USA |
| Joe | Rudat | Atlanta | GA | USA |
| Dimitri | Saad | New York | NY | USA |
| Elena | Santogade | Brooklyn | NY | USA |
| Zachary | Schell | Durham | NC | USA |
| Arwen | Schiesler | Houston | TX | USA |
| Brandon | Schilling | Atlanta | GA | USA |
| Kenneth | Scholl | Plainville | MA | USA |
| Andrew | Seay | Providence | RI | USA |
| Andy | Shay | Toronto | ON | Canada |
| Sasha | Shreders | Durham | NC | USA |
| Danielle | Slater | Granite Bay | CA | USA |
| Lindsay | Slevin | Ferndale | WA | USA |
| Rebecca | Smith | Dallas | TX | USA |
| Kelly | Snyder | Sarasota | FL | USA |
| Matt | Soucy | Chicago | IL | USA |
| Scott | Stroud | Atlanta | GA | USA |
| John | Stueland | Edina | MN | USA |
| Amy | Thompson | New York | NY | USA |
| Annie Laurie | Thompson | Baton Rouge | LA | USA |
| Caleb | Thompson | Palm Beach Gardens | FL | USA |
| Jessica | Tice | Seattle | WA | USA |
| Katie | Turner | Winston-Salem | NC | USA |
| Chad | Underwood | Ashville | NC | USA |
| Tom | Van Voorhees | Central Point | OR | USA |
| Keegan | Walker | Denver | CO | USA |
| Jesse | Watlington | Chattanooga | TN | USA |
| Joey | Wells | Fort Lauderdale | FL | USA |
| Brian | Welter | Fort Lauderdale | FL | USA |
| Ned | White | Bothell | WA | USA |
| Casie | Wiginton | Austin | TX | USA |
| Caleb | Williams | Nashville | TN | USA |
| Suzanne | Wolcott | Chicago | IL | USA |
| Elizabeth | Wood | Louisville | KY | USA |
| Nial | Yager | Pullman | WA | USA |
| Allison | Young | Sarasota | FL | USA |
| LeeAnn | Zubay | Rochester | MN | USA |