People in Brief 29094

People in Brief

BDI Marketing (www.bdi-marketing.com) announced the hire of Laura King as an account executive...Fred Dulin was promoted at Eastman Chemical Company (www.Eastman.com) to serve as business director for its global resin intermediates business and the Europe, Middle East and Africa regions for the company's Performance Chemicals and Intermediate Business...Vita-Mix (www.vitamix.com) announced Teresa Smith's appointment as the company's marketing communications coordinator for the commercial department...Joseph Urban, Jr., Ph.D., M.B.A., has joined ProClinical (www.proclinical.com) as senior director of technology...T & G Ingredient Services (847-635-9960) appointed Ann Boyrazian to vice president of marketing and sales for T & G Ingredient Tops...Stirling Foods (800-332-1714) announced Bryan Vangstad's new position as the company's national salesmanager...Shayne Foley joined Herb Pharm (www.herb-pharm.com) to serve as the company's national educator...Vernon Brunner joined the board of directors at Natrol (www.natrol.com) and Laura Moore was appointed to serve as the company's corporate secretary...Martin Wehr was hired to serve as vice president of business development for Aegis Analytical Corp. (www.aegiscorp.com)...Charkit (203-655-3400) announced the additions of Giovanna Jordan, purchasing and inventory control manager; SharonKonspore, senior accountant; Alicia Yumibanda and Karen Burr, customer service representatives...UnitednatureX GmbH (www.unitednatureX.com) announced that Jörg Hennicke was appointed as manager of the fruits and vegetables division of the company...StaceyRaidy, senior vice president at Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide (www.ogilvypr.com) was appointed to the advisory board of the Graduate Program in Nutrition Communication at Tufts University School of Nutrition Science and Policy...Robert Green, president of Integrated Biomolecule Corp. (www.integratedbiomolecule.com), was named a 2001 Entrepreneurial Fellow by the University of Arizona School of Business...Nutraceutix (www.nutraceutix.com) announced that William St. John, chairman and chief scientific officer, and Patricia St. John, vice president of administration and corporate secretary, resigned. Terri Butler, Ph.D., was hired to fill the newly created position of general manager for probiotics andnutraceuticals, and Randall Schoenfeldt was hired as director of marketing...Margaret Urquhart has joined the board of directors at Pilot Therapeutics (www.pilotp.com)...Technology Flavors and Fragrances (TFF) (www.tffi.com) announced that Diane Trepanier is the company's new senior account executive, and she will be based out of Montreal...Rexall Sundown (www.rexallsundown.com) announced that Kelly Michols has been promoted to serve as executive vice president, and Jeffrey Corbitt was appointed to serve as senior vice president and general manager...Richard Sherman has been named as a member of the board of directors at Aquasearch (www.aquasearch.com), and EdwardB.T. Sun was named director of global sales and marketing...Larry Connor was appointed as the general manager of Trade Fixtures (www.tradefixtures.com), a subsidiary of Display Technologies...Signature Brands Group (www.signaturebg.com), formerlyVitaChlor/VCI Beverage Center, promoted Dilip Vyas to serve as director of research and development, named Tom Copeland food and beverage chemist, and announced that Krista Nelson, a lab technician, will support all product development activities...Stephen Volker joined Austin Chemical Company (www.austinchemical.com) as manager of business development. Volker has more than 20 years of experience in sales and marketing for the food ingredient industry. His main duties at Austin will be to expand the company's sales and distribution activities to food and pharmaceutical companies...Natural Alternatives International (NAI) (www.nai-online.com) announced the appointment of Dr. Fausto Petrini as vice director of the company's Swiss subsidiary, NAI Europe,S.A., and NAI also announced the appointment of Randell Weaver as interim chief financial officer (CFO). The company's former CFO and treasurer, PeterWulff, left NAI to pursue other interests...Kathryn Paul was appointed to the board of directors for Horizon Organic Holding Corp. (www.horizonorganic.com)...Bioriginal Food & Science Corp. (www.bioriginal.com) announced the appointment of Shelagh Jamieson as director of marketing...Tim Kelly has accepted the position of vice president of sales and marketing for Run-A-Ton Group's Wholly Healthy division (www.whollyhealthy.com)...Peter Anderson, based in Phoenix, is the new sales and marketing director of Grandpa Brands Co....O.Berk Co. (www.oberk.com) held its 20th annual corporate dinner to honor its employees for a successful year 2000. Ed Hanes was recognized with the Chairman's Award, Christine Hricik received the President's Award, Benito Yumul was given the Warehouseman-of-the-Year award, Richard Lomen received the Driver-of-the-Year award, and the entire cosmetic packaging group received the Salesperson-of-the-Yearaward...Tieraona Low Dog, M.D., joined the scientific and medical advisory board at Enzymatic Therapy (www.enzy.com)...Sean Manne was hired to work in the marketing division of Vanson Inc. (www.vanson.com), and Ernarae Bisset was moved into division management for dietary supplements...Christopher Hirsheimer was named editorial director of Rodale's (www.rodale.com) Organic Living Group, and Kevin Aiken was named advertising research manager of Rodale's Organic Living Group...Hueck Foils (732-974-4100) named Angela Roggenhofer as its healthcare marketing manager of the Americas...Technical Sourcing International (TSI) (www.tsiinc.com) announced that Hans Wernke has been appointed business development manager...Accordant Health Services (www.accordant.com) announced that RichardHodach, M.D., Ph.D., was promoted to vice president of medical affairs.