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NEWS FRONT
PEOPLE
The board of directors of
The Kellogg Company,
Battle Creek, MI, elected
David Mackay c.e.o. effective Dec. 31. Mr. Mackay
will succeed Jim Jenness,
MACKAY
who will continue as a chairman of the
company and member of the board.
Alan Harris, chief marketing and customer officer, will retire at the end of January 2007. Mr. Harris joined Kellogg in 1984
as a product manager and has held a variety
of leadership positions with the company.
The executive committee of the American
Egg Board, Park Ridge, IL, selected Joanne
C. Ivy to succeed Louis B. Raffel as president and c.e.o. upon his retirement at the
end of 2006. Ms. Ivy currently serves as the
company's senior vice-president.
Flowers Foods Bakery Group, Thomasville,
GA, named Larry Ruth president of Leeland Baking Co., in Houston, TX. Mr. Ruth

succeeds Robert L. Cummings, who passed
away unexpectedly in May.

will succeed Mr. Koulouris as president of
Bremmer, Inc.

Flowers Foods Specialty Group's food service division named Bob Hysell to the 2007
board of the International Foodservice
Manufacturers Association (IFMA). Mr.
Hysell is responsible for Flowers' food service sales, marketing and operations.

Turkington APV, Goldsboro, NC, promoted John
Lucas, current president, to
group c.e.o. Mr. Lucas will
succeed founder and chairman, John Turkington.
LUCAS
Stuart Ashman, current group c.e.o. will
move to a non-executive role to focus on
strategic development.

Lou Giliberti joined Kaak Group North
America, Lithia Springs, GA, as regional
sales manager for the Northeast. Mr. Giliberti brings more than 30 years of sales experience to the company.
Ralcorp Holdings, Inc., St. Louis, MO, announced Richard Koulouris will assume the
newly created role of president, The Carriage House Companies, Inc.
Ronald Wilkinson, current corporate
vice-president and director of product
supply at Ralston Foods Sales, Inc. and
The Carriage House Companies, Inc.,

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Hartness International, Greenville, SC,
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Smith, vice-president of sales and marketing; Keith Cooper, director of sales for
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