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announced several new hires. Ray Hartman joined the Sweet and Confections Business Unit as a senior flavorist; Rebecca Wagner was hired as senior scientist for the Sweet and Confections Business Unit; and Joanne Kennedy is a new senior account executive, focusing on key Northeast accounts. In addition, Denise Re was promoted to flavorist on the Flavor Development team, and Amy McDonald was promoted to vice president of sales. ... Natural Synergies, a network of independent health food retailers, tapped Eric Gutmann as president and chief operating officer. ... Fortitech Inc. hired Alejandra Gratson and Kevin Krall as formulation scientists, Sharlene Grenier as a quality control assistant, and Dana Brown as regional sales manager for the Mid-Atlantic, upper Midwest and part of Canada premix sales. ... ADM Natural health & Nutrition announced two promotions: Gerd Mueller was promoted to vice president of sales from his role as international sales director – Europe, and Greg Dodson was named business director from his position as product manager – Vitamin E, Sterols and Tocopherols. ... Lauren Taylor-Cimino joined BI Nutraceuticals as Eastern regional sales manager. ... Multisorb Technologies promoted John F. Solomon to market leader, Specialty Foods. ... Endangered Species Chocolate hired Becky Kingery as a quality coordinator. ... Main Street Ingredients promoted Eric Rogich to plant manager. ... Luther Chell joined Manitoba harvest hemp Foods & Oils in the new position of inside sales and business development manager. The company also tapped Robb Wagg as U.S. national sales manager. ... Bioriginal appointed Rick Kaiser to the position of vice president of sales for North America. ... Greg Stephens, R.D., and Linda Povey joined The Natural Marketing Institute (NMI), both serving as vice presidents of strategic consulting. ... Peilin Guo, vice president of functional foods and international markets for Jarrow Formulas Inc., was named treasurer for the board of the Natural Products Association, China. In additional news from Jarrow, the company hired Rory Lipsky, L.Ac., as its new marketing manager. ... Shari Duke was promoted from assistant controller to operations manager for Planet Dog. ... SourceOne Global Partners hired Leslie Van der Meulen as director of sales, and promoted Sam Davidson to marketing manager. ... Robert Dimond, chief financial officer of wild Oats Markets Inc., resigned from the company effective Dec. 31, 2006. ... XanGo LLC made several personnel announcements. Sandy Coleman was hired as vice president of logistics; Scott Smith was promoted to chief information officer from his position as vice president of information technology; Craig Johanson was promoted to vice president of marketing; and Tai Tolman was promoted to general manager of Southeast Asia and will relocate to Singapore. ... Stuart Trager, M.D., joined Z Trim holdings as director of clinical affairs, and will represent Z Trim to the media and the medical, scientific and clinical communities. ... The Organic Center hired Lisa Proctor as its vice president of communications. ... EO Products hired Donna Myer as national sales manager. ... Bergstrom Nutrition Inc. promoted Jane Duvachelle to manager, Animal Nutrition, responsible for sales development of the equine and pet market; the company also hired Holly Harmon as trade marketing manager. ... Mark Ketchel joined Cyanotech Corp. as director of sales for the company’s BioAstin Natural Astaxanthin and Hawaiian Spirulina Pacifica. ... Embria health Sciences hired Kevin Boot as regulatory counsel. ... Enzymedica Inc. expanded its education team with the appointment of Rob Streisfeld, NMD, as national educator. ... GELITA AG announced Michael Witzel, chairman of the management board, left the company due to unreconcilable differences in opinion about company management. ... Integrated Marketing Group hired Diania Dickerson as media buyer. ... Global Organics Ltd. hired Lisa White as director of operations and business development, and Ed White as quality assurance manager. ... Ed Olson joined Sabinsa Corp. as senior vice president of manufacturing. ... Interhealth Nutraceuticals hired Fiona Taylor as marketing director. ... Tom Woodward was promoted to vice president of sales and marketing for Devansoy Inc. from his role as vice president of business development. ... Q Laboratories Inc. made two new hires to its microbiology research & development R&D department: Erin Crowley, laboratory supervisor, and Patrick Bird, project leader.