People in Brief

Karen Chen moved into the position of marketing manager, Health Care, for Croda Inc., from her previous Croda post as marketing manager, Skin Care and Makeup. ... Chris Nolte joined Kyowa Hakko USA as director of sales, with responsibility for the Southwestern United States. ... Ken A. Mueller is the new CFO at NutraCea. ... Mark E. Whitacre, Ph.D., was promoted to COO and president of operations at Cypress Systems Inc.; he joined the company’s management team in late 2006 as president of technology and business development for Cypress’ East coast office. ... HP Ingredients appointed Johan Hendriks to a dual position: formulator and sales executive handling the West Coast United States and Europe. ... Sabinsa Corp. appointed Benoit Le Gall as quality assurance and quality control manager for its Payson, Utah facility. ... Katia Fowler joined the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) as director of communications. ... Capsugel promoted Arthur Radcliffe to business development manager, Dietary Supplements, Americas region. ... Cyvex Nutrition made two major personnel moves. The company hired Matt Phillips to fill the newly-created position of president and COO. Concurrently, Cyvex announced Charlene Lee, executive vice president and general manager, left the company to start her own marketing firm, Fruition Marketing. ... EAS appointed two additional regulatory advisers to its Europe office in Brussels: Aleksandra Wesolowska and Elodie Lebastard. ... LIFE SPAN Labs named Marcus Laux, N.D., as its health science advisor. ... Nellson Nutraceutical LLC appointed three new directors—Allan Lutz, Scott Meader and Hugh Rovit—and named Lutz as interim CEO. ... FONA International Inc. announced several new hires and promotions. Joining FONA are Melissa Battles, senior applications technologist, Grain Business Unit; William Churchwell, environmental, health and safety compliance officer; Theresa Guess, quality assurance supervisor; and Angel Ray Pimienta, plant manager. James Evanoff was promoted to CFO, and Andrea Weinecke was promoted to analytical supervisor. ... Tree of Life promoted Greg Leonard to senior vice president, natural foods sales.