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BEMA100 | 2018 | www.bema.org

BAKERS,
ALLIEDS RUN
IBIE TOGETHER
Since 1949 BEMA and ABA have shared
management of Baking Expo, now
named IBIE. The two groups alternate
in appointing the show's chair and
provide equal numbers of member
representatives to the IBIE Executive
Committee.
For 2019, these officers are:
Joseph Turano, chair, president of
Turano Baking Co.; Dennis Gunnell,
vice-chair, vice-president, sales and
marketing, Formost Fuji Corp.; Dave
Watson, secretary and treasurer, vicepresident, engineering, Campbell Soup
Co./Pepperidge Farm; and Michael
Cornelis, past chair, vice-president
of American Pan, a Bundy Bakery
Solution.
The committee also includes members: Robert Benton, senior vicepresident and chief manufacturing officer, Flowers Foods; Andrea Henderson,
vice-president, Rondo, Inc.; Dale J.
"DJ" Lecrone, CEO and owner, LeMatic,
Inc.; Timothy Ramsey, vice-president,
procurement, product development and
commercialization, Hearthside Food
Solutions LLC; Fred Springer, president, Burford Corp.; and Jorge Zarate,
Global Operation and Engineering
senior vice-president, Grupo Bimbo.
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