PEOPLE ON THE MOVE
PEOPLE ON THE MOVE
PROCESSORS
Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Inc. — Walt
Freese has been appointed chief executive officer of the South Burlington,
Vt.-based company. Freese, who has worked as the company’s marketing
director for more than three years, will replace CEO Yves Couette at
the end of the year.
PROCESSOR SUPPLIERS
Fristam Pumps USA — Dan Nelson has joined
the Middleton, Wis.-based company as regional distribution manager
responsible for Fristam’s distribution network in the
Southwest United States.
P&O Cold Logistics — Rich Kappmeier has
been appointed vice president of P&O’s western region and will be
responsible for all California operations as well as the development of new
business in the Pacific Northwest for the California–based company.
Rollprint Packaging Products Inc. — Dhuanne
Dodrill has been named president and chief operating officer of the
Addison, Ill.-based company.
Silliker Inc. — Pamela Meijer has joined the
Homewood, Ill-based company as technical sales manager. Assigned to
Silliker’s Stone Mountain, Ga., laboratory, Meijer will be
responsible for sales and customer service activities in the Southwest
region of the United States.
SPX Process Equipment — The Delavan, Wis.-based
company has announced the return of John Sneeringer to the position of
technical sales for Premier Mill, Reading, Pa. Sneeringer’s
responsibilities include providing technical sales support, process
training and equipment operation to Premier’s network of sales agents
and existing customers.
Stoelting LLC — Chris Anderson has been
appointed senior sales engineer for the Kiel, Wis.-based company’s
process equipment division.
R&D SUPPLIERS
David Michael & Co. —Denis Blais and Jennifer
Jacobs have been promoted to senior account manager for the
Philadelphia-based company. Blais is responsible for sales in eastern
Canada and Jacobs is responsible for sales in Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana,
Mississippi, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas.
Kemin Agri-Foods North America — Andrew Yersin
has joined as product manager for pathogen reduction products, Fernando
Valdez has been promoted to product manager for metabolic enhancement
products, Stephanie Wilson has been promoted to product manager for feed
stability products and Don Westerhaus has been promoted to product
manager for forage products of the Des Moines, Iowa-based company.
SPI Polyols Inc. — Clement Opawumi has
joined the New Castle, Del.-based company as senior food scientist for SPI
Polyols’ applications research and technical services laboratory.
ASSOCIATIONS
Organic Center for Education and Promotion (OCEP) —
Mark Davis has been appointed the Greenfield, Mass.-based
association’s first chief executive officer. David Pimentel,
professor of ecology and agricultural sciences at Cornell University
and Alan Greene of Stanford University have been appointed to
OCEP’s board of directors.
Organic Trade Association (OTA) — Maria Morgan,
president of Small Planet Foods, has been named to the Greenfield,
Mass.-based association’s board of directors.
OBITUARIES
Chr. Hansen Inc. —Enda
McCormack died September 28 at age 34 after several months of illness.
McCormack began his career with Milwaukee-based Chr. Hansen in the United
Kingdom in 1994 after graduating from UC Cork, Ireland. After a period
with the company in Australia, McCormack moved to the United States in 2001
specifically to introduce Easy-Set™ dairy cultures to customers. He
later became regional sales manager for dairy on the West Coast, and was
instrumental in introducing the Easy-Set product series.
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