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Hostess hires Tyson veteran
as new chief growth officer
KANSAS CITY - Dan O'Leary has
joined Hostess Brands, LLC as its chief
growth officer, a newly created position.
In this role, he will be responsible for the
general management of the Hostess and
Voortman brands, managing profit and
loss, and overseeing the company's marketing, R&D and strategy organizations.
Mr. O'Leary joins Hostess from Tyson
Foods, Inc., where he spent more than
two years as group general manager of
Tyson's Prepared Retail segment. Before

that, he was senior vice
president of marketing,
insights, R&D, procurement, distribution and customer service for Mizkan
America for more than four
years. Earlier in his career,
Mr. O'Leary spent more
than eight years at Kraft
Foods in a range of leadership positions, including
senior director of desserts

O'Leary

NAMA additions bolster meetings
finance and communications team
WASHINGTON - The North American
Millers' Association has announced four
additions to its team, building out the
group's meetings, finance and communications capabilities.
Megan Baker and Francesca Purcell
have been added to the NAMA
meetings team. Ms. Baker will
coordinate NAMA meetings. Ms.
Baker has been in the meeting
planning business for more than
19 years. Ms. Purcell's professional
background includes assignments
with the Marriott hotel group as
well as the Greenbrier Resort in
White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.
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Providing accounting and
financial planning support for
NAMA will be Angie Quinn. To the
new assignment, Ms. Quinn brings 20
years of experience doing accounting,
auditing, bookkeeping and tax work for
non-profit organizations. She spent 13
years as a senior accountant and auditor at a Washington accounting firm,
working exclusively with non-profits.
For the last several years, Ms. Quinn

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has been running her own accounting
and consulting company, specializing in
accounting and bookkeeping services.
Sarah Hubbart will be providing communications strategy for NAMA. Ms.
Hubbart's career has been a blend of work

Purcell

in communications and policy in Washington, with assignments in government
affairs, issues management and coalition
building in the food and agricultural
sector. She has worked with the Animal
Agriculture Alliance and Michael Torrey
Associates, a boutique consulting firm.
Ms. Baker, Ms. Purcell, Ms. Quinn and
Ms. Hubbart each have been engaged as

and sales and business development
director of the cheese business unit.
" With more than 20 years in the consumer packaged goods industry and a
proven track record growing a diverse
host of both iconic and emerging brands,
Dan is a terrific addition to the Hostess
leadership team, and we are thrilled to
have him join, " said Andrew
P. Callahan, president and
chief executive officer
of Hostess Brands. " His
thorough knowledge of
the CPG industry and deft
understanding of business
market strategy will help
to more rapidly advance
Hostess' innovation agenda
and accelerate growth for
the Hostess and Voortman
brands. " MBN

consultants to NAMA. Announcing the
additions, Jane DeMarchi, NAMA president, highlighted the deep experience of
the four professionals.
" NAMA is supported by a strong team
who bring decades of experience and
expertise that reflects the association's
goals for 2021 and beyond, " she said.
" High-quality membership services
through our signature events, strategic

Quinn

Hubbart

communications, and strengthening and
expanding markets for milled grains
remain a top priority for us. "  
Also relatively new to NAMA's staff is
Brian Goggin, who became associated
with the NAMA team in March 2019.
Working on foreign market development,
Mr. Goggin has extensive experience in
the field. MBN
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