Vitiva, Slovenia, has opened a U.S. office in Kentucky, to better serve the North American market, and has appointed Connie Sandusky, Ph.D. vice president sales and marketing for North America.Ms. Sandusky joins Vitiva with an impressive track record of driving sales growth in the functional food ingredient arena. In this new position, Ms. Sandusky will oversee Vitiva’s commercial activities in the U.S. by developing key commercial relationships in the food, beverage and nutraceutical markets. Previously she held technical sales and marketing leadership positions with Aurora Algae, DD Williamson, Kalsec and Solae companies.