Dairy industry professionals making the news include Ted Galloway, Jacqueline Chow, Judith Swales, Miles Hurrell, Karen Schmidt, Brandon Nelson, Barry Bradford and Crystal Wilson.

Dairy processor Litehouse Foods receives Safe Quality Food Level 3 certification for its plant that makes Simply Artisan Reserve cheeses.

Kraft reported 2014 revenues last week and named George Zoghbi the chief operating officer.

The Milk Processor Education Program has appointed Julia Kadison as Chief Executive Officer. She held the position of Interim CEO/Vice President of Marketing for MilkPEP, following the resignation of Vivian Godfrey in November 2013.

The California Milk Advisory Board, South San Francisco and Modesto) elected its 2014 Executive Committee officers. 

Mark William Rhyan, the executive vice president and chief operations officer of cheesemaker Sargento Foods Inc., Plymouth, Wis., passed away on Dec. 25 after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. 

Dipak Golechha was named chief financial officer of Greek yogurt maker Chobani Inc., and  Kevin C. Yost has resigned as the president and chief operating officer of the Dairy Foods Division (USA) of Saputo, the Canadian-based dairy processor. 
 

 Vivien Godfrey, CEO of the Milk Processor Education Program (MilkPEP), has resigned her position to pursue other interests including the leadership of her two family-owned businesses in London and Florida.  She has been at the helm of the fluid milk marketing program for the past five years.