People Briefs

People Briefs

Cyvex Nutrition promoted Cecilia McCollum to executive vice president. McCollum was previously national sales manager. ... Ajay Srinivas was named president of LaneLabs International, the international division of LaneLabs USA Inc. He will pursue international expansion opportunities for the company. ... Transitions for Health named Thomas E. Hose president; Sharon MacFarland remains chief executive officer (CEO) of the Portland-based company. ... Michael Schachter was promoted to vice president of sales and corporate development at American Health & Nutrition. ... Vanson Inc. promoted Ernarae Bisset to head up national and international sales for its LipoSan Ultra ingredient. ... Mannatech Inc. promoted Betsy King to vice president of quality assurance from director of quality assurance. ... Natrol Inc. announced two new hires for its Prolab Inc. sports nutrition division. Vincent Andrich was hired as vice president of sales and Alan Shugarman as senior brand manager. Andrich and Shugarman both worked most recently with Weider Nutrition. ... Mark V. Cavaliere was appointed director, good manufacturing practices, for U.S. Pharmacopeia's Dietary Supplement Verification Program. ... California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF) announced that its president, Brian Leahy, has been appointed to the California Food Biotechnology Advisory Committee. ... Display Technologies promoted Barbara Walters-Zwang to vice president of human resources. ... Bunge Ltd. appointed Andrew Burke as managing director of the company's soy ingredients business and new business development. He served previously as U.S. CEO of Degussa. ... Rainbow Light announced several promotions and new hires. In sales, Monique Wellise was promoted to national sales manager, Karen Mondoux was promoted to Western regional sales manager and Heidi Senecal was promoted to Northeast/Midwest regional sales manager. In marketing and administration, Sara Lovelady was promoted to marketing director, Scott Dunn was promoted to creative services manager and Margaret Edwards was promoted to business administration manager. The two new hires are Amy Brooksbank as junior brand manager and Julie Dennis as training and communications director. ... Robert C. Bailey was hired by Roche Vitamins as marketing manager, with responsibility for promoting Roche products to the food industry. ... Charkit Chemical Corp. appointed Marcos Gonzalez as a customer service representative. ... Linda Gerwig joined Global Organics Ltd. as director of sales for North America. She worked previously as marketing manager at Barbara's Bakery. ... Bill Liebhardt, former research director at The Rodale Institute has returned to the organization to coordinate and manage its research programs. ... Go 2 Pharmacy dba Innovative Health Products Inc., appointed Victoria Travers as its vice president of sales and marketing. ...AMINO GmbH hired Lutz Thomas as head of sales and marketing; he worked previously at Merck KGaA. ... BIN Sales & Marketing promoted Shelly Ansag to the new position of merchandising manager and hired Wendy Van Aken as Western New England sales representative. ...The Nutritional Ingredients Business Unit of DSM Food Specialties appointed Eugene Jezek as national accounts manager in the United States. ... Pilot Therapeutics announced the following promotions/new hires: Gene Hintze, vice president of marketing; Jack Voller, vice president of sales; David J. Mills, controller; Vance Parker, director of business development; E.M. Pyatte, director of production; and Bert Clayton, senior analyst.