People in Brief 51326

LiAnn Rotto, owner of Golden Gate Brokerage in San Francisco, passed away in August at the age of 48 of cancer; Rotto was a board member of the Natural Products Association’s Northwest Region. ... Amy McDonald joined FONA International as director of sales. ... Sun Chlorella USA announced Warren Harvard Low, O.D., is the newest addition to its Health & Science Advisory Board. ... AIBMR Life Sciences Inc. announced several new hires. John Endres, N.D., is a research associate and Beth Baldwin, N.D., a clinical research scientist in the company’s Natural and Medicinal Products Division. Kathleen Gould is the new executive assistant, working directly with AIBMR’s executive team. ... Barbara Katz was promoted from general manager to president of HealthFocus International. ... All-Pak Inc. named six new employees: Cheryl Brockman, customer care representative, Global Supply Division; Doug Jacobs, sales manager, Global Supply Division; Amy McNulty, sales and administrative assistant, Dangerous Goods Division; Katy Murphy, sales assistant, Custom Solutions Division; Patty Zivkovic, customer care representative, Global Supply Division; and Kristin Yakulis, national account manager, Custom Solutions Division. ... David Cai, Ph.D., joined Cognis Nutrition & Health as senior scientist, responsible for managing scientific research projects in North America. ... Mastertaste Inc. hired David Diaz as general manager of its flavors team in Pachuca, Mexico. ... Eckhart Kiesel joined Ciranda Inc. as vice president of business development; he worked most recently as president of Rapunzel Pure Organics USA. ... Eurofins GeneScan hired Lulu Kurman as manager of food safety systems. ... LycoRed announced two new hires to support its newly-established Premix Business Unit, serving the United States and Canada. Bill Murphy will serve as the director of the new operation, while Jessica Calhoun is manager of technical services. ... Briess Malt & Ingredients Co. named TinTin Delphin as Division Manager-West and Steve King as Division Manager-East to manage sales of Briess ingredients to food, beverage and pet companies. ... Douglas Lynch joined Unigen Pharmaceuticals Inc. as vice president, sales and marketing. ... Valensa International appointed Dennis Nagle as vice president of production. ... Gary Shap is the new sales manager for the Eastern and Midwest regions of the United States for InterHealth Nutraceuticals. ... Cardinal Nutrition Inc. hired Tim Gardner as its new vice president of operations. ... ZMC-Kougen USA appointed Sander Krupski as national sales manager. ... Peter Hafermann, chief executive officer (CEO) of Aloecorp, and Regan Miles, CEO at Unigen Pharmaceuticals, were elected to join the board of directors of ECONET Inc., the parent company for Unigen, Aloecorp and Univera LifeSciences. In additional news, Aloecorp hired Barbara Apps as director of business development. ... Embria Health Sciences appointed Mark Joyner to the position of director of operations; his first endeavor will be oversight of the construction of the company’s new headquarters in Ankeny, Iowa.