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People in Brief

Novel Ingredient Services hired two new account managers for its salesteam. Fred Moser will work out of a regional office in St. Charles, Ill., whileEddie Horn will be based in Ava, Mont. ... Emerita promoted Mary Banackfrom director of operations to general manager and Lisa Dolezal to vicepresident of sales and marketing from director of sales and marketing. ... LongevityThrough Prevention Inc. announced its co-founder, Gina Nick, N.D., waselected president of the California Naturopathic Doctors Association. ... JoseL. Martinez, Ph.D., will lead the newly merged Thar Labs and Thar Process groupsas general manager of Thar Process Services. ... D.H. Litter Co. Inc. namedBruce D.Fox as market manager for Consumer Care. ...Pam Anderson joined the ArkNaturals retail sales team, and Sue Haberkorn is now in charge of thecompanys support staff, including retail customers, trade show, office andaccounting. ...MeadWestvaco Corp. named its exec team for the new Packaging ResourcesGroup: Robert Feeser, president; Brian Chambon, vice president, businesstransformation; Jeff Jensen, vice president, operations; Charlie Johnson, vicepresident, global lines of business; Nick Kern, vice president, productdevelopment and technical sales service; Frank Oliveri, vice president,marketing/business development; Dave Reinhart, vice president, commercial operations; and Thomas Dalgleish,vice president, supply chain. ... BI Nutraceuticals appointed DennisFlynn to Eastern regional sales manager and promoted Matt Phillips to vicepresident, marketing and sales, Americas/Europe, and Mike Swenson to vicepresident, global sourcing. ... David Mastroianni joined Specialty NutritionGroup Inc. as a partner of the management team. ... Melanie Galloway waspromoted to vice president of Kemin Food Ingredients with responsibilityfor the Americas, including Canada, Mexico, the United States and South America....Pharmachem Laboratories Inc. hired Monica Johnson as its new director ofmarketing to expand the companys business into the cosmetic/personal caremarketplace, with a focus on the extraction and processing capabilities at theAvoca location in Merry Hill, N.C. ... Neil Blomquist joined the board oftrustees for the American Botanical Council (ABC); Blomquist istransitioning out of his position with Spectrum Organic Products, following thecompanys acquisition by the Hain- Celestial Group. ... NutraCea appointedto its board of directors Kenneth L. Shropshire, a professor at the WhartonSchool of the University of Pennsylvania and faculty director of the WhartonSports Business Initiative. ... Minnesota Applied Research Center hired three new employees: KarinWestberg, MS, RD/LD, as registered dietitian; Christine Madson, MAEd, CCRC, ascertified clinical research coordinator; and Timothy Busian as a researchassistant. ... Maxx Performance created a scientific advisory board tohelp provide technical information to overcome customers processing andformulation challenges. Members of the board include Patricia Rayas-Duarte,Oklahoma State University, Fred Owens, Pioneer HiBred Corp., L. Wayne Greene, Auburn University, and Gilles Paquette, Canacure Corp. ... NeptuneTechnologies and Bioressources appointed Donald Allard as vice president,sales and marketing. ... Nutrition 21s board of directors selectedPaul Intlekofer, the companys chief operating officer (COO), to serve as thecompanys new president and chief executive officer (CEO). ... KGKSynergize Inc. appointed Stephen Allen, the vice president of new ventureswith Nestlé, to KGKs board of directors. ... Darryl Mircheff was promoted tovice president, international sales, at InterHealth Nutraceuticals Inc.;he will be responsible for all business development and sales initiativesoutside the United States and Canada.