Novel Ingredient Services hired two new account managers for its sales
team. Fred Moser will work out of a regional office in St. Charles, Ill., while
Eddie Horn will be based in Ava, Mont. ... Emerita promoted Mary Banack
from director of operations to general manager and Lisa Dolezal to vice
president of sales and marketing from director of sales and marketing. ... Longevity
Through Prevention Inc. announced its co-founder, Gina Nick, N.D., was
elected president of the California Naturopathic Doctors Association. ... Jose
L. Martinez, Ph.D., will lead the newly merged Thar Labs and Thar Process groups
as general manager of Thar Process Services. ... D.H. Litter Co. Inc. named
Bruce D.Fox as market manager for Consumer Care. ...Pam Anderson joined the Ark
Naturals retail sales team, and Sue Haberkorn is now in charge of the
company’s support staff, including retail customers, trade show, office and
accounting. ...
MeadWestvaco Corp. named its exec team for the new Packaging Resources
Group: Robert Feeser, president; Brian Chambon, vice president, business
transformation; Jeff Jensen, vice president, operations; Charlie Johnson, vice
president, global lines of business; Nick Kern, vice president, product
development and technical sales service; Frank Oliveri, vice president,
marketing/business development; Dave Reinhart, vice president, commercial operations; and Thomas Dalgleish,
vice president, supply chain. ... BI Nutraceuticals appointed Dennis
Flynn to Eastern regional sales manager and promoted Matt Phillips to vice
president, marketing and sales, Americas/Europe, and Mike Swenson to vice
president, global sourcing. ... David Mastroianni joined Specialty Nutrition
Group Inc. as a partner of the management team. ... Melanie Galloway was
promoted to vice president of Kemin Food Ingredients with responsibility
for the Americas, including Canada, Mexico, the United States and South America.
...
Pharmachem Laboratories Inc. hired Monica Johnson as its new director of
marketing to expand the company’s business into the cosmetic/personal care
marketplace, with a focus on the extraction and processing capabilities at the
Avoca location in Merry Hill, N.C. ... Neil Blomquist joined the board of
trustees for the American Botanical Council (ABC); Blomquist is
transitioning out of his position with Spectrum Organic Products, following the
company’s acquisition by the Hain- Celestial Group. ... NutraCea appointed
to its board of directors Kenneth L. Shropshire, a professor at the Wharton
School of the University of Pennsylvania and faculty director of the Wharton
Sports Business Initiative. ...
Minnesota Applied Research Center hired three new employees: Karin
Westberg, MS, RD/LD, as registered dietitian; Christine Madson, MAEd, CCRC, as
certified clinical research coordinator; and Timothy Busian as a research
assistant. ... Maxx Performance created a scientific advisory board to
help provide technical information to overcome customers’ processing and
formulation challenges. Members of the board include Patricia Rayas-Duarte,
Oklahoma State University, Fred Owens, Pioneer HiBred Corp., L. Wayne Greene, Auburn University, and Gilles Paquette, Canacure Corp. ... Neptune
Technologies and Bioressources appointed Donald Allard as vice president,
sales and marketing. ... Nutrition 21’s board of directors selected
Paul Intlekofer, the company’s chief operating officer (COO), to serve as the
company’s new president and chief executive officer (CEO). ... KGK
Synergize Inc. appointed Stephen Allen, the vice president of new ventures
with Nestlé, to KGK’s board of directors. ... Darryl Mircheff was promoted to
vice president, international sales, at InterHealth Nutraceuticals Inc.;
he will be responsible for all business development and sales initiatives
outside the United States and Canada.