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NEWS | PEOPLE

SCHALLER

MILLER

BRAUDE

SEABERG

MGP Ingredients, Atchison, KS, re-elected
Daryl R. Schaller, PhD, president of Schaller
Consulting, and Linda E. Miller, indepen-

dent marketing consultant and a member of
the University of Kansas engineering management faculty, to the company's board

Shearer's Foods, Brewster, OH, promoted
Brian Newland to vice-president of national and international sales. Mr. Newland will
direct and manage the strategic growth of
the Shearer's brand.
Fritz Kohmann, c.f.o., was named
Crain's Cleveland Business's CFO of the
Year (large private company). Mr. Kohmann was honored for his efforts in a year of
fiscal challenges.
Ryan Barkan, assistant controller, was
elected president of the Young Alumni
Council at Malone University for the 200910 school year.

D.D. Williamson, Louisville,
KY, promoted Katie Price to
customer support chemist in
the Global Support Center.
Ms. Price has worked as a D.D.
Williamson lab technician PRICE
since 2008.

Fleischer's Bagels, Inc., Rochester, NY, expanded its sales and marketing team with
the addition of Mike Rosensteel as national
sales manager, retail/alternate channels,
and Andrea Vos to the newly created position of marketing manager.
Wixon, Inc., St. Francis, WI, named Scott
Cramer as food service product manager.
Prior to joining the company, Mr. Cramer
served as regional business manager for
Kerry Ingredients and as food technologist and director of technical sales for Total
Ultimate Foods.
John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc., Elgin, IL,
appointed of Phil Gorski as business manager focused on the club store channel. Mr.
Gorski previously worked for PepsiCo.
NuTEC Manufacturing, New Lenox, IL,
appointed Michael Blanchette as Western
regional sales manager.

PMMI, Arlington, VA, elected four new
members to its board of directors. The
members include Ben Garvey, general
manager, Garvey Corp., Blue Anchor, NJ;
Sharron Gilbert, president and c.e.o., Septimatech Group, Inc., Waterloo, ON; Timothy McCarthy, vice-president, Kinsley, Inc.,
Doylestown, PA; and Michael A. Senske,
president and c.e.o., Pearson Packaging
Systems, Spokane, WA.
Kaman Industrial Technologies, Bloomfield, CT, appointed Steven J. Smidler senior vicepresident and c.o.o. Mr.
Smidler will oversee the
company's sales, marketing,
customer service and opera- SMIDLER
tional functions.
Symrise, Holzminden, Germany, appointed
Hans Holger Gliewe as head of the flavor
and nutrition division. Mr. Gliewe has been
with the group since 1980. Dominique
Yates, c.f.o., left the company.

Enreco, Inc., Sheboygan
Falls, WI, promoted Jackie
Baughman to accounts manager. Ms. Baughman joined
the company in May as a
sales support administrator.

BAUGHMAN

The Cognis Group, Cincinnati, OH, appointed Gregory E. Pflum as vice-president of its
nutrition and health business unit in North
America. Mr. Pflum replaces David M. Eckert.
Bosch Packaging Technology, Inc., New
Richmond, WI, appointed Henk Hoogendoorn as national sales manager.
Natural Products, Inc. (NPI), Grinnell, IA,
hired Gregory Stempien as bakery technologist. Mr. Stempien comes to the company
with more than 20 years of experience formulating grain-based food products.
Pamela's Products, Ukiah, CA, hired Linda
Gerwig as vice-president of sales. Ms. Gerwig
most recently served as vice-president of sales
for the personal care division at Hain Celestial.
Kemin Industries, Des Moines, IA, will
now operate as Kemin Food Technologies.
Melanie Galloway will serve as president.
Ms. Galloway most recently served as senior
vice-president of Kemin.
Greyston Foundation, Yonkers, NY, hired
William Mistretta as president and c.e.o.
Mr. Mistretta brings with him more than
20 years of senior experience in the baking
and food service industry.

Martin F. Marincic joined
The Lanly Co., Cleveland,
OH, as director of marketing and sales.
MARINCIC

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of directors. Michael Braude, retired president and c.e.o. of the Kansas City Board of
Trade, has been re-elected to the board by
stockholders. Karen Seaberg, local business
entrepreneur and community leader, will fill
the unexpired term of Ladd Seaberg, who
retired from board service on Aug. 27. That
term expires in October 2011.
The company also appointed Don Tracy
to vice-president of finance and c.f.o.

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