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Virgil Del Ghingaro dies at 86;
headed Brolite for decades
BARRINGTON, ILL. - Virgil Del Ghin- family, until just before his death.
garo, who owned and led a specialty ingreIn addition to his work, Mr. Del Ghindient business for many years, died Sept. 28 garo was an avid hockey player, coach
in Barrington following an extended illness. and fan and enjoyed playing golf.
A native of Painesdale, Mich., Mr. Del
He is survived by his wife of 63 years
Ghingaro was a veteran of the
Patricia Del Ghingaro; children,
Korean War. He was awarded a
Deborah (Michael) O'Donnell;
Bronze Star for his service.
Caryn (Steve) Roderick; and David
Mr. Del Ghingaro acquired Bro(Kristen) Del Ghingaro; 10 grandlite Products, a maker of baking
children; 15 great grandchildren;
ingredients such as cultures and
and a brother, Dean Del Ghingaro.
starters, dough improvers, bases,
In lieu of flowers, memorials
mixes and concentrates. He was Del Ghingaro
may be sent to the V Foundation
active in the business, now led by
for Cancer Research, 14600 Weston
the second and third generations of his Parkway, Cary, N.C. 27513. MBN

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Former Mondelez International
exec named to TreeHouse board
OAK BROOK, ILL. - Jean Spence, an
independent consultant who recently
served as executive vice-president of research, development and quality at Mondelez International, has been appointed
an independent director on TreeHouse
Foods, Inc.'s board of directors. Ms.
Spence's appointment brings the total
number of board members to 10.
Prior to the 2012 spin-off transaction
to form Mondelez, Ms. Spence was senior vice-president of worldwide quality, scientific affairs and compliance at

Kraft Foods Inc., where she was responsible for improving quality and food
safety on a world-wide basis, coordinating global compliance programs, scientific relations, regulatory relations, microbiology, and auditing. Before joining
Kraft, she was a process supervisor for
Procter and Gamble.
She has represented the food industry
on the Department of Homeland Security
Advisory Council and Kraft on the International Life Sciences Institute and Junior
Achievement of Chicago boards. MBN

RiceBran adds three to sales
and quality assurance team
HOUSTON - RiceBran Technologies
has expanded its sales and quality assurance team.
Denny Lacy has been named director of
sales. Mr. Lacy has more than 20 years of sales
management experience in the food and animal nutrition industry, most recently as vicepresident of sales at AFB International. Earlier, he worked at DuPont Nutrtion & Health,
Conagra Brands, Penford and Cargill.
Amy Gilliland has joined RiceBran as
director of technical sales. Ms. Gilliland
has more than 20 years of experience in
technical and ingredient sales, including
experience in starch and fiber applications.
She most recently was technical director at
Batory Foods. Earlier, she held executive
positions at Celanese Food Ingredients,
Pinnacle Foods and National Starch.
Sherry Rhoads has been named vicepresident of compliance, regulatory and
external affairs. Ms. Rhoads has 29 years of
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experience in the flour milling industry, most
recently as director of FSQR at Ardent Mills.
Prior to Ardent Mills she held quality assurance management positions at Conagra
Brands, Horizon Milling and Cargill.
"Denny has a long history of successfully marketing specialty ingredients to the
food and animal nutrition industries, with
long established account relationships that
include some of the most well recognized
C.P.G. and companion animal companies
in the market," said Brent Rystrom, president and chief executive officer of RiceBran. "Amy has a proven technical sales
background as well as a unique understanding of starch and fiber applications.
"Sherry's wealth of experience in all aspects of quality assurance and regulatory
compliance provides a solid foundation
for our company as we seek to expand the
depth of our production capabilities and
enter into larger market opportunities." MBN

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