People in Brief
Ronald Johns joined Pharmachem Laboratories as an account
manager, responsible for business in the Southeastern and Southwestern United
States. ... Degussa BioActives made two sales appointments. Jack Chenault
is now director of sales and marketing for dietary supplements in North America.
He was previously the business manager for functional foods within Degussa
BioActives and was based in Germany. Gary Shap is now sales manager for the
Northeast region; he was previously with Daiichi Fine Chemicals. ... Jens Skytte
Soerensen is the managing director of Fortitech Europe ApS, a division of Fortitech
Inc. ... CPB International Inc. appointed Lysa J. Bloch as sales
manager, selling nutraceuticals to the nutritional, food and cosmetic markets.
... Ronald L. Fugate has been named vice president and general manager of Zila
Nutraceuticals (Inter-Cal Nutraceuticals); he worked most recently as senior
marketing director in the Bristol-Myers Squibb Consumer Medicines Division. ... Stauber
Performance Ingredients added Laurie Burke and Bill Stephens as key account
representatives. Burke will be based in the corporate office in Fullerton,
Calif., while Stephens will be based in Salt Lake City. ... David B. Roll,
Ph.D., joined U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP) as director of dietary supplements
to oversee USP efforts to create standards for dietary supplement products. ... Davisco
Foods International announced four appointments. Susie Rockway, Ph.D., is
director of research and development to manage research activities; she was
previously director of scientific affairs at PharmaNutrients. Michael Bednarek
was named national sales manager; Angela Broadwater is marketing assistant; and
Sean Fogarty was appointed customer service manager. ... Rhodia Food
added food scientist Connie Wong to its probiotics development team. ... Natural
Marketing Institute added three specialists to its team. Darrin Duber-Smith
is the new strategic marketing director for the personal care sector; Gynne
Rogers is strategic marketing analyst for the LOHAS sector; and Kelly Hanlon is
a market research analyst. ... Spectrum Organic Products appointed Neil
G. Blomquist as its chief executive officer (CEO); he served previously as
president and CEO of Spectrum's branded divisions. ... Joseph Pizzorno Jr.,
N.D., president emeritus of Bastyr University, received the 2002
Physician of the Year award from the American Association of Naturopathic
Physicians. ... Enzymatic Therapy Inc. named Randy J. Rose as
president/CEO; he was previously president/CEO of Energizer Holdings' North
American and European operations. ... Tiffeny Millbourn joined Planet Dog
as office specialist and customer service rep. ... DelSite Biotechnologies, a
subsidiary of Carrington Laboratories Inc., appointed Charles McCormick,
Ph.D., to its scientific advisory board. ... SIG Combibloc Inc., a
supplier of aseptic carton filling systems, named Ben Hamer as president/CEO.
... The Organic Materials Review Institute announced its new executive
officers: Mary Mulry, Ph.D., president; John Foster, vice president; Chuck
Benbrook, Ph.D., secretary; and Dan Japhet, Esq., treasurer. ... Erin Tomlinson
joined SK Food International in its marketing department. ... GRABBER
Performance Group promoted Gary Gerds to general manager from national sales
manager.