Daniel E. Weber (born 1940) was the fourth Executive Vice President of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), serving in that manner from 1991 until his 2003 retirement.
A 1962 graduate of DePaul University in Business Management, Weber began his career at the American Oil Chemists' Society (AOCS) in Urbana, Illinois, United States as Administrative Assistant to the Executive Director.
In 1967, Weber left AOCS to join IFT in Chicago, Illinois, United States as Administrative Manager, reporting to then-Executive Director Calvert L. Willey.
Two years later, he would be promoted to Director of Convention Services, with responsibilities for the IFT Annual Meeting and their associated exhibits, now called the Food Expo, along with advertising, sales, marketing, and membership development.
Weber would be promoted to Director of Marketing and Meetings in 1979, a position he would stay at until the 1991 Annual Meeting & Food Expo in Dallas, Texas when then-Executive Director Howard W. Mattson suffered a heart attack and would be forced to retire.