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NEWS FRONT
PEOPLE
Theresa Cogswell, vicepresident of R&D, Interstate
Bakeries Corp., Kansas City,
MO, resigned from the company effective May 4.
Ms. Cogswell, who will be
COGSWELL
leaving the company to pursue other interests, has been an active member of the American Bakers Association's
Food Technical Regulatory Committee as
well as the American Society of Baking, for
which she serves as the group's immediate
past chairman. Ms. Cogswell has been a part
of the baking industry for 27 years.
Late July Organic Snacks,
Hyannis, MA, promoted
Darby Ziruk to senior vicepresident of sales.
The company also hired
Karen
Borie as viceBORIE
president of sales and
expanded its regional sales team with
the hiring of Tom Dikeman, director of

food service and convenience sales; Dan
Kettman, director of sales, Midwest region; and Cindy Moran, director of sales,
Southeast region.
Roman Meal, Tacoma, WA, promoted Gary
Jenson to president. Mr. Jensen joined
Roman Meal in 2004 as executive vicepresident and c.o.o.
Tasty Baking, Philadelphia, PA, appointed
Mark. T. Timbie to its board of directors as
a class 1 director.
Mastertaste, Teterboro, NJ, appointed Colin Garner director of global business development, natural products division.
Kyra Greweling joined Run-A-Ton Group,
Chester, NJ, as vice-president of marketing
and sales for Wholly Wholesome.
Ventura Foods, Brea, CA, promoted Brian
Brintle to director strategic sales devel-

opment, national accounts department.
Pete Goldsberry and Don Meyer were
promoted to vice-president, corporate
chain accounts of the East and Central
regions, respectively.
Barry Callebaut AG, Zurich, Switzerland, hired
Bruce Smith, Northeast regional sales manager
of the gourmet division; Greg Mohr, region
sales manager of the gourmet division, responsible for Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming;
Gary Dinstuhl, confectionery specialist of the
Southeastern US; Kristin Wood, Midwest regional sales manager; Paul Reed, customer
service director of North America; and Geoff
Grosz, Midwest area sales manager.
The company also promoted Greg Keyes
to national key account manager.
Louis Flores Ruiz, co-founder and chairman emeritus of Ruiz Foods, Dinuba, CA,
passed away Sunday, April 1. Mr. Ruiz was
born October 30, 1918, in Chihuahua,
Chihuahua, Mexico.

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