People Briefs 34895

People Briefs

Kelatron Corp. appointed Debbie Adkins as its lead scientist, technical services. She will provide customer support and new product development assistance. ... Jeremy Appleton, N.D., joined Cardinal Nutrition as director of scientific affairs to coordinate the company's sponsored clinical research activities. ... Nutrition 21 hired Eric Klar as business director of its consumer products operations. He will oversee the company's growth initiatives with QVC and new opportunities for consumer products. The company also appointed Bill Levi as business director of ingredients operations; he joins the company from AC Humko Corp. ... David Michael & Co. announced three new hires. Andrew Rosskam joined the company as a total customer satisfaction associate in the San Bernardino, Calif., office; he is also the son of Skip Rosskam, the president and chief operations officer of David Michael & Co. Alain Pillot was hired as senior flavorist at daroma David Michael SAS in Valence, France. Michael Fasano joined the company as director of vanilla technology in David Michael & Co.'s Philadelphia headquarters. ... U.S. Nutraceuticals appointed Marcia Smith-Lancia as national account executive. She worked previously as technical sales manager for East Earth Herb and A.M. Todd. ... Philip Duterme, president and chief executive officer (CEO), of Himalaya USA received the Volunteer of the Year Award for 2002 from the University of Houston College of Pharmacy. ... Cognis Nutrition & Health hired Scott Mace for the new position of market segment manager, pharmaceuticals. ... A.M. Todd announced several new hires. Gary Britting was named Midwest technical sales manager, Tim Gulstrom was named director of North American sales, and Melanie Pessetti was named director of marketing. ... Haresh Madeka, Ph.D., was named technical services manager for Roche Vitamins Inc. His previous experience includes positions at Nutrition 21, Nabisco and Britannia Industries. ... Fortitech announced the appointment of Brian Wilcox as vice president of finance and Joanne Savoie as manager of human resources. ... Frontier Natural Products Co-op added John B. Elstrott, Ph.D., to its board of directors. ...Cyanotech named Bob Capelli its director of sales. He worked previously as senior sales manager with the Forcite division of Tree of Life. ... The Wright Group announced the addition of Mike Fisher to the position of West Coast regional sales manager; he joins the company from B&C Nutritional Products. ... Inter-Cal Nutraceuticals announced three new hires. Steve Lefkowitz joined Inter-Cal as director of marketing; he worked previously for Chattem Inc. Larry Robinson, Ph.D., is the new director of research and development, coming from Nutraceutical International Corp. Brian Craig was named international sales manager, bringing past experience at Penton Media and Nature's Way. ... Kemin Foods appointed Jianhui "Jeff" Huang as a senior scientist in research and development. He was previously employed as a chemist at Kind & Knox Gelatine. ... Nature's Path Foods hired Robbin Conlinn to handle in-house media relations. ... MLO Products Inc. appointed Al Larson, CPA, as chief financial officer (CFO). ... Monterey Pasta Co. appointed Michael Schall (president of The B. Manischewitz Co.) and Chris Cruger (chairman of Dominex L.C.) to its board of directors. ... Northeast Cooperatives announced a restructuring of its executive management team. Mary Carol Skinner, executive director of sales and marketing, left the group after six years. The sales and marketing managers will now report directly to CEO George Southworth. Also, Ted Borek was appointed to operational CFO. He will share CFO duties with current CFO Valerie Dahl. ... Drugstore.com hired Mary Allison as vice president of merchandising. ... Pita Products LLC named Barbara La Rocca to be eastern regional sales manager for the United States and Canada.