People In The News
February 13, 2012
India-based Alchem International Ltd. has opened its first North American office in Minneapolis, MN. The sales and marketing office will be spearheaded by Laurent Leduc, who previously served as vice president of Frutarom Health. This office will cat…
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January 27, 2012
Don McKenzie, director of marketing for Nebraska Cultures, Inc., Walnut Creek, CA, passed away recently at age 73 in Palo Alto, CA, after a brief illness. Mr. McKenzie joined Nebraska Cultures in 2003 to lead the company’s marketing activities…
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January 25, 2012
Health Wright Products, Clackamas, OR, has appointed Cameron Dorn as key account sales representative. He will be responsible for supporting existing key accounts along with new product and customer development. Mr. Dorn brings a broad range of exper…
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January 25, 2012
SeabuckWonders, a division of Health King Enterprise & Balanceuticals Group, Chicago, IL, has promoted Lance Valfre to marketing director. He joined the company in August 2010 as West Coast sales manager; within the year, he was promoted to natio…
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January 24, 2012
Bell Flavors and Fragrances, Northbrook, IL, has hired Timothy Lauren as vice president of U.S. fragrance sales. He has more than 25 years of experience in the flavor and fragrance industry, spending 18 years with Dragoco—which is now Symrise&m…
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January 23, 2012
ChromaDex Corporation, Irvine, CA, has named Jeffrey Himmel CEO. The Company's previous CEO, Frank Jaksch, will immediately assume the position of chief scientific officer and remain on the company's Board of Directors. In connection with his…
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January 18, 2012
Terry Laboratories, Melbourne, FL, has appointed Mick Anderson as director of sales. Mr. Anderson brings more than 30 years of experience in the aloe vera industry. He previously served as CEO of Aloecorp.…
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January 16, 2012
Pepsi Bottling Ventures (PBV), LLC, Raleigh, NC, a joint venture between Suntory International and PepsiCo, has named Paul Finney president and CEO. He succeeds Keith Reimer, who retired at the end of 2011. Mr. Finney previously served as PBV’s…
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January 16, 2012
Patrick Donnelly has joined AOCS (American Oil Chemists’ Society), Urbana, IL, as CEO, effective January 30, 2012. He brings more than 20 years of senior-level experience in leading private and non-profit organizations and initiatives. Most rec…
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January 16, 2012
Virginia Dare, Brooklyn, NY, has appointed Kevin Nicolson quality assurance manager. In this role he will be responsible for managing the quality team, interacting with vendors and helping customers. Mr. Nicolson brings five years of experience to th…
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January 16, 2012
Stonyfield, Londonderry, NH, has announced that Walt Freese will join the company as president and Chief Executive Officer (CE-Yo). Co-founder Gary Hirshberg will continue as Stonyfield chairman and shareholder, while advocating for change in nationa…
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January 9, 2012
Sabinsa Corporation, East Windsor, NJ, has named Anurag Pande, PhD, vice president, Scientific Affairs. Dr. Pande has been with Sabinsa’s parent company, Sami Labs, since 2004 in a research capacity. Since 2008 he has been based in Sabinsa Japa…
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January 6, 2012
Santiago Vega has joined Corn Products International, Westchester, IL, as senior manager, Nutrition Marketing. In this role, Mr. Vega will lead Corn Products' North American nutrition marketing initiatives to support global nutrition strategies.…
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January 6, 2012
NOW Health Group, Bloomingdale, IL, has promoted Jim Emme to president of NOW Foods. Mr. Emme joined NOW Foods in January 1995 as plant manager and was promoted to COO in December 2007. With 30 years experience in consumer packaged goods companies, h…
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January 5, 2012
P.L. Thomas, Morristown, NJ, has hired Jennifer Thomas as East Coast territory manager for nutraceuticals sales and Frank Gutjahr as key account manager for food sales. Ms. Thomas has a successful sales track record as a market development specialist…
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