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People in Brief

Elizabeth Srejic joined Virgo Publishings Health &Nutrition Division as an associate editor. She will work on INSIDER and HSR: Health SupplementRetailer magazines. ... The Cognis Group appointedPaul S. Allen as president of its U.S. subsidiary, Cognis Corp. Gregory E. Pflumwas named chief administration officer for Cognis Corp., and will continue inhis role as leader of supply chain management in North America. ... PharmoreIngredients Inc. hired John Duris to fill the new position of Eastern U.S. salesmanager. ... Chr. Hansen announced several appointments. Tim Harried waspromoted to product manager, cheese ingredients, for Chr. Hansens dairybusiness. Jim Funk was promoted to director of sales, sweeteners, in the foodand beverage area. Chr. Hansen also hired two territory managers in CanadaLucMonbourquette and Marcel Veilleux. ... Stacy Baca joined MB North America assales manager for the West Coast. ... Analytical Spectral Devices hired TomBrown as director of sales and marketing. ... Robert Rusty Bryant, Ph.D.,was hired as vice president, discovery research, for Linguagen Corp. ... KevinF. Hahnen, a managing partner and founder of MVS Solutions Inc., was selected asan instructor in the entrepreneurship training series at the Larta Institute.... Alpha Packaging promoted Paul Bonastia to director of sales and SeanSapienza to an inside sales position. The company also added Terry Warren andChristina Loomis to its customer service team. ... Leiner Health Productsannounced four promotions at its Canadian division, Vita Health Products. BobBarthels is now vice president of sales, Jeffery Cunningham is the new directorof Eastern regional sales, Carlson Teakle is now vice president of informationtechnology, and Ken Tardi was promoted to director of plant operations. ... GRABBER Performance Group promoted Chris Pappas to national sales manager. ...Sandy Bethke was hired as Central regional sales manager for nSpired Foods.