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NAMES IN THE NEWS

M C D O N A L D 'S CO R P. , Oak Brook, Ill., announced additions to its
leadership team. Former Obama press secretary, RO B E RT G I B B S ,
was named executive vice president and global chief communications
officer. Gibbs succeeds B R I D G E T CO FFI N G, who announced her
retirement earlier this year after 30 years with McDonald's. S I LV I A
L AG N A D O was named executive vice president and global chief
marketing officer. K A R E N K I N G, formerly McDonald's chief people
officer, was named the company's executive vice president and chief
field officer.

Scott Scriven
Mario Rodriguez

Glen Long
John Pesicek

Bruce Sudler

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Chicago-based PROV ISU R
T EC H N O LO G I ES I N C . appointed
S COT T S C R I V E N as vice
president of its Slicing Business
Unit and a key member of the
company's executive team. Prior
to this position, Scriven was
senior vice president of sales and
marketing for R E IS E R I N C . in
Canton, Mass., and before that
president and CEO of W E B E R
I N C . in Kansas City, Mo.
PM M I , The Association for
Packaging and Processing
Technologies, based in Reston,
Va., and owner and producer of
the PACK EXPO, welcomed G L E N
LO N G to its team as senior vice
president, effective June 22. Long
will focus on driving alignment
between PMMI members and the
industry's end-user community.
I N T E L L I G R AT E D, Chicago,
announced the promotion of
B RU C E SU D L E R to the position
of sales manager for its Midwest
regional sales and operations,
based in Woodridge, Ill.
Londonderry, NH-based W I R E
B E LT COM PA N Y O F A M E R I C A
was recently named the 2015
Manufacturing Business of the Year
by BUS I N ESS N H M AGA ZI N E .
This is the first time the company
has won this award.

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M I C H A E L S K A H I L L , vice president of global affairs
for Smithfield, Va.-based SM IT H FI E L D FO O DS , was
elected to the board of directors of the US - C H I N A
AG R I C U LT U R E & FO O D PA R TN E RS H I P (AFP). AFP
was created in 2013 to serve as the key public-private sector
coordinator for bilateral food and agriculture cooperation.
The A N I M A L AG R I CU LT U R E A L L I A N C E Board of
Directors recently elected S H E R R I E W E B B , director
of animal welfare for the N AT I O N A L P O R K BOA R D
(NPB), as chairperson of its board of directors.
D R E W M A DS E N , former president and CEO of
DA R D E N R ES TAU R A N TS I N C ., St. Louis, was named
president of PA N E R A B R E A D CO. He will report to
RO N S H A I C H , chairman and CEO. Madsen will oversee
the core cafe business, while Shaich will focus on strategy,
growth initiatives and innovation across the company. 
Morristown, NJ-based PLT H E A LT H S O LU T I O NS I N C .
announced the appointment of S E T H FLOW E R M A N
as executive vice president and D E V I N S TAG G as vice
president, strategy and business development.
Westchester, Ill.-based I N G R E D I O N I N CO R P O R AT E D
completed its acquisition of Centennial, Colo.-based
PE N FO R D CO R P O R AT I O N , a US-based leader in
specialty ingredients for food and non-food applications.  
DA R D E N R ES TAU R A N TS , Orlando, Fla., announced that
S YS CO S PEC I A LT Y M E AT COM PA N I ES/BU C K H E A D
B E E F, Auburndale, Fla., was named one of six "William B.
Darden Distinguished Supplier Award" honorees for 2015.
VA P O R P OW E R I N T E R N AT I O N A L L LC , Franklin
Park, Ill., acquired all assets of PR EC IS I O N BO I L E RS ,
Morristown, Tenn. Precision will continue to operate as a
stand-alone company and do business as Precision Boilers.
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