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People in Brief

Zila Inc. announced that Douglas D. Burkett, Ph.D., thecurrent president and chief executive officer (CEO), has been elected chairmanof the board of directors. He succeeds Joseph Hines, who will remain a member ofthe board. Zila is the parent company of Zila Nutraceuticals/Inter-CalNutraceuticals, which will be exhibiting at SupplySide West, Booth#1739-1741. ... R.W. and Mary Nelson, founders of Kemin Industries, wereawarded the 2002 People of Vision award from Prevent Blindness Iowa. The awardhonors Iowans for leadership and concern for the community, and is presented bythe Iowa Society to Prevent Blindness. Kemin Foods, a division of KeminIndustries, is exhibiting at SupplySide West, Booth #1716. ... Cyanotech Inc.announced two promotions. Jeane Vinson is now sales manager for Cyanotech. BobCapelli will serve as vice president of sales and marketing for both Cyanotechand its Nutrex Hawaii branded products division. Cyanotech is exhibiting atSupplySide West, Booth #1576. ... Global Marketing Associates announcedthe return of Michael Irwin as national sales manager after a three-year hiatus.Global Marketing Associates is exhibiting at SupplySide West, Booth #1937. ...Scott Spiker has joined the staff of AMAX NutraSource; the company isexhibiting at SupplySide West, Booth #1827-1829. ... Novel IngredientServices announced Mark Centauro joined the company as a key account managerfor the Northeast; he will be based in Long Island, N.Y. Novel IngredientServices is exhibiting at SupplySide West, Booth #1231. ... Hauser Inc.appointed Anthony F. Del Vicario to the new position of vice president of newproducts and business development; Hauser will be exhibiting with RFIIngredients at SupplySide West, Booth #1385-1389. ... William Carrion joined CarringtonLaboratories as vice president, operations; the company is exhibiting atSupplySide West, Booth #1237. ... Soft Gel Technologies hired CallistaMaclean as purchasing manager; she will head Soft Gel's purchasing departmentand will acquire materials for Soft Gel's sister company, OptiPure.Soft Gel and OptiPure are exhibiting at SupplySide West, Booth #1516. ... ImproveUSA Inc. announced Jacqueline Pack joined the company's sales and marketingstaff; the company is exhibiting at SupplySide West, Booth #1564. ... Bio-EnergySystems promoted Eric Caldwell from manufacturing manager to marketing vicepresident; Bio-Energy Systems is exhibiting at SupplySide West, Booth #1762. ...Jim Frick has joined Nuvex Ingredients in the newly created position ofvice president of sales and marketing. Nuvex is exhibiting at SupplySide West,Booth #1362. ... Himalaya USA announced Joseph Chimbel was named vicepresident of sales and marketing. The company also named Lacey Liner as mediarelations specialist. ... Best Formulations hired Don Steele as vicepresident of softgels and Robin Koon as vice president of sales & marketing;they will work to expand Best's business in softgel encapsulation. ... Mark D.Keats was named president of Taiko Healthcare Inc.; he will overseeoperations in the United States and Japan. ... Shuster Laboratories promotedEllen Candela to senior account manager in the consumer products division. Also,Shuster hired Caroline Hartono as a food scientist to develop conventional andfunctional foods. ... Living Naturally appointed Dot Peck as vicepresident, strategic business development. She will initially focus on launchingproducts for industry suppliers. ... Ullman, Shapiro & Ullman LLP announcedSeth A. Flaum and Vanessa Riviere have become associates of the firm, and Ira R.Hecht has become affiliated with the firm as business and technology counsel.... Niels Olsen, division manager of Niro Soavi, has accepted a positionas division manager of GEA Filtration; Ron Tuckner will assume Olsen'sposition at Niro Soavi. ... Arran Stephens, president of Nature's Path Foods,received an Entrepreneur of the Year award from Ernst & Young's PacificRegion program. The Canadian Health Food Association also presented Stephenswith an award of excellence for achievement in the organic products sector. ... UnitedNatural Foods Inc. appointed Rick Antonelli as president of the Easternregion and promoted Dan Atwood to the newly created position of senior vicepresident. ... Shionogi Qualicaps hired Gregory L. Bowers as presidentand CEO of the North American division.