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People in Brief

Pratibha Chaturvedi, Ph.D., joined KGKSynergize Inc. as scientific director. ... BestFormulations announced several new hires, includingRaj Malholtra as quality control manager and Dwayne Hayashi as senior buyer. ...James Fagedes is a new graphic designer at IntegratedMarketing Group. ... EnzymesInc. named Andrew Turner as its public relationscoordinator. ... Main Street Ingredients appointedChad Miller to the position of chief financial officer (CFO). ... NationalEnzyme Co. promoted Terese Mansell to national sales manager from herprevious post as Eastern division sales manager. ... CardinalNutrition Inc. hired Sharon Majewski as director ofregulatory affairs and quality assurance. ...GTC Nutrition promoted Barbara Homs to the newposition of manager of marketing and customer service. ... Allen Gritton joined PharmoreIngredients as the West coast and Rocky Mountainregion sales manager. ... Following its acquisition of Rhodia,Danisco made severalpersonnel announcements concerning former Rhodia employees: Jeffrey Downer isnow Rhodias director of marketing; Beth Jones is product managerfreshdairy and probiotics; and Scott Bush is business development directorculturedivision and probiotics. In additional news, John Breeden was promoted todirector of sales for Danisco, Mike Parsons was promoted to dairy sales directorand Shannon Neuens was promoted to business development specialist, cheesecultures and enzymes, North America. ... OasisLifeSciences hired Scotty Kufus as director ofbusiness development. ... Kyle J. Griffiths was named vice president of globalsales for A.M. Todd, whileMatthew Redd joined the company as director of marketing. ... Ari Rothman joined Vitamin Discount Center LLC asdirector of marketing communications. ... The GuelphFood Technology Centre hired Gary Fread as itspresident and chief executive officer (CEO), following the retirement of TerryMaurice. ...Alexanderwerk Inc. hired Nick Hayes as vicepresident and general manager of North American operations. ... Meridith Mossmanwas appointed brand manager for ZAND® and Herbs for Kids® at BotanicalLaboratories. ... Shelagh Jamieson, director ofmarketing services at Bioriginal Food and Science Corp.,is taking a one-year leave of absence; Manny Sabares, marketing brand manager,will fill in during her leave. ... Chr. Hansen appointedDavid R. Carpenter as president and CEO for North America and promoted Don Coxto senior vice president of sales and marketing. In addition, Kristian Elsborgwas promoted to vice president of sales for dairy, Ken Gawley was promoted todirector of marketing for food and beverage, and Paul Duddleston was promoted tovice president of sales for food and beverage. ... Tony DeLio accepted aposition as associate vice chancellor at the Universityof Illinois and Urbana-Champaign. ... NellsonNutraceutical Inc. hired Thomas J. Jagiela as vice president of manufacturing. ... Kevin F.Hahnen and Louis M.Scarmoutzos, managing partners and founders of MVSSolutions Inc., were selected as principal advisors inthe Larta Institute and NationalInstitutes of Health Commercialization Assistance Program....Pharmavite LLC appointed Jeffrey D. Moran asexecutive vice president and CFO, and David S. Smith as executive vice presidentand chief science officer. ... Planet Dog announcedseveral appointments and promotions. New hires include Renee True-Potter, salescoordinator, Jim Riordan, vice president of sales, Nicole Manusakis, accountexecutive, Cheryl Michalski, account executive, and Bridget Murphy, accountexecutive. Also, Brooke Pettit was promoted to account executive and Patti Smithis now human resources manager. ... Multivac hiredMark Hammelrath for the new position of market development manager for its fooddivision. ... Bioriginal Europe/Asia announcedthree new appointments: Martin Hettema is area sales manager for Asia, HannekeSchleicher is QESH manager and Joan de Jong is the new European operationsmanager. ... Michael Schiller was named the new president of MomentusSolutions, makers of Healthy Moments Health Strips.... Pierce Sioussat joined Bioforce USA asvice president of retail relations.