Virginia Dare, Brooklyn, NY, has appointed Stephanie Lynch business development director and Sandy Liang food technologist. Ms. Lynch will focus on business development in the health and wellness, nutritional and pharmaceutical industries. She previously served as global marketing manager, Food & Nutrition Business, at The Dow Chemical Company. Ms. Liang will be responsible for creating new flavor concepts for food products and beverages and designing prototypes, while also supplying technical support in the health and nutrition areas. She has more than four years of product development experience.