People in Brief 33417

People in Brief

Ian Newton, managing director of CeresConsulting, was appointed executive director of theOmega-3 Working Group for the Council for Responsible Nutrition; he will workclosely with the groups chair, Robert Orr, president of OceanNutrition Canada. ...Kentan Desai, M.D., Ph.D., was named chief medical officer for Biopolymer Engineering. ... NutritionalLaboratories Inc. announced four new hires. Steve Kearl is a technical servicesspecialist in the operations department, Sue Mirabito joined the qualityassurance (QA) department as training specialist, Greg Tomlinson is a newprocurement manager in the materials department, and Andy Roche joined the QAdepartment as a process improvement specialist. ... Christopher Jaeger is thenew Mid Atlantic sales representative for JarrowFormulas Inc. ...Aloecorp hired Javier Sanchez Solano as plantoperations manager for its Mexico operation, and Robert Espinoza as QA managerfor Aloecorps newly expanded Lyford, Texas, processing and manufacturingfacility. ... David A. Lakey was tapped to be president of CardinalNutrition Inc. ... DavidMichael & Co. announced two employees were promoted to senior accountmanager positions. Denis Blais is responsible for sales in Eastern Canada andJennifer Jacobs is responsible for sales in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma,Arkansas, Nebraska, Mississippi and Kansas. In other news, D. Richard Ensorjoined David Michaels strategic alliance advisory board. ... Scott M. Larkinwas promoted to vice president of sales and marketing for North America for LycoRedGroup. He will also be involved with new products withLycoReds sister company, Biodar. LycoRed also hired Dave Thomas as NorthAmerican director of marketing and business development for the food anddevelopment division. ... Whole Foods Market announcedseveral presidential appointments. Ken Meyer is the new president of the MidAtlantic region, Patrick Bradley is the president of the Midwest region andScott Allshouse was named president of the South region. ...Burdock Group added three new staffers: Amanda Persad, Ph.D., for toxicology/epidemiology/clinicaltesting; Richard Isbrucker, Ph.D., toxicology and molecular biology;and Phil Casterton, toxicology and specialist in cosmetics and personal care.... GTC Nutrition hiredJuliana Zeiher as food applications manager. ... Maria Morgan, president of SmallPlanet Foods, was appointed to the board of directorsfor the Organic Trade Association;she fills the spot left vacant by Brian Leahy, who left OTAs board when heleft California Certified Organic Farmers. ... Debra Berman joined Bio-BotanicaInc. as bulk ingredients sales manager. ... ChemiNutra hired Amy Arola as sales manager. ... A.B.Isacson Associates appointed Nicole Zampino asmanager, packaging, to oversee a new company initiative focused on the sector.... Nordic Naturals hiredGretchen Vannice, M.S., R.D., as research coordinator.