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People in Brief

ElwoodRichard, founder of NOW® Foods, retiredas president of NOW on Jan. 1; Al Powers was promoted from vice president topresident by the companys board of directors. Richard will continue on theorganizations board. ... Biopolymer Engineering Inc.hired Donald Cox, Ph.D., as vice president of researchand development for the commercial group; he will work on developing commercialapplications for Biopolymers immune support products. ... UniveraInc., the holding company for UnigenPharmaceuticals and Aloecorp,hired Thomas J. Hoolihan, Esq., as vice president, general counsel and corporatesecretary. He will consolidate and lead the legal efforts for the parent companyand its subsidiaries. ... In the wake of Louis Mancini leaving GNC,the company announced several personnel changes. David R. Heilman was promotedto chief administrative officer and executive vice president from his formerposition as chief financial officer. That role was filled by Curtis J. Larrimer, formerly senior vice president of finance andcorporate controller. ...Ethnobotanist and author Chris Kilham joined the scientificadvisory board of Enzymatic Therapy.... Chr. Hansen announced twonew hires: Roy Riley as U.S. technical sales representative for fermented dairyproducts and Iain Grant as an account manager for Ontario and Quebec. ... NationalStarch Personal Care appointed Charles Aaron, Jr., tosenior customer support manager and Theresa DeBellas-Edris to customer supportand demand manager. ...Todd Harrison joined Venable LLPsfood and drug group. ... Wild Oats Markets Inc. announced Robert Miller was elected to serve as non-executivechairman of the companys board of directors. He is also the non-executivechairman of the board of Rite Aid Corp. ...Emerita, the retail division of Transitionsfor Health, hired Wilton G. Bell as national salesmanager. ... Mari Jo Hanbury joined The GarmonCorp./NaturVet as East Coast sales manager. ...NutraCea announced Bradley D. Edson was appointedby the companys board of directors as the new company president; he will alsoserve on the board of directors. ... John E. Dore, Ph.D., left his position asscientific director at Cyanotech Corp. topursue outside opportunities; he will continue in a consulting capacity for sixmonths. ... John McGeough was named natural channel sales manager by OldMother Hubbard. ... Scott Steil was promoted to vicepresident of sales and marketing for Humanetics Corp.