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NAMES IN THE NEWS
Jacinth Smiley
James Sheehan
Gregory Jones
Paul Hogan
Mark Kaminsky
Hormel Foods
Austin, Minn.-based Hormel Foods
Corp. named Jacinth Smiley as the
next executive vice president and
chief financial officer at the company.
She will succeed James N. Sheehan,
who plans to retire at the end of the
year after 43 years with the company.
Hormel also promoted Jeff Frank,
who is currently vice president of
Grocery Products and leader of the
integration of the Planters brand. He
will succeed Luis Marconi as group
vice president, Grocery Products.
Marconi is retiring.
Cargill
Cargill, Minneapolis, named Gregory
D. Jones as its chief diversity, equity
and inclusion officer. Jones joins
Cargill from KeyBank, where he was
executive vice president and chief
diversity, equity and inclusion officer
since April 2020.
Conagra Brands Canada
Paul Hogan has been named vice
president and general manager at
Mississauga, Ontario-based Conagra
Brands Canada.
National Chicken Council
During the National Chicken
Council's (NCC) annual conference
in Washington, DC, the NCC installed
Mark Kaminsky, chief operating
officer of Koch Foods, as chairman for
2021-2022. It is Kaminsky's second term
as NCC chairman, previously serving
from 2018-2019.
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Greater Omaha Packing
Greater Omaha Packing, Omaha,
Neb., named Wendy Thornhill to
the newly created position of director
of strategic marketing and corporate
communications. Thornhill will work
with the leadership team, suppliers
and critical customers to level up
the company's branding and brand
image along with sales and marketing
functions.
Cracker Barrel Old
Country Store
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
Inc., Lebanon, Tenn., announced that
Craig Pommells joined the company
as senior vice president and chief
financial officer, effective Dec. 6.
KFC Corp.
KFC Corp., a subsidiary of Yum!
Brands based in Louisville, Ky.,
announced Nick Chavez as KFC US
chief marketing officer.
Pilgrim's UK
Warwick, England-based Pilgrim's UK
announced Barney Kay as its new
agriculture director, effective Nov. 8.
Zaxby's
Athens, Ga.-based Zaxby's announced
Zach McLeroy, current chief executive
officer and co-founder of the company,
will move to the role of chairman,
effective January 2022. The first
external CEO will be Bernard Acoca,
who served as CEO and president of El
Pollo Loco since March 2018.
Bettcher Industries
Global investment firm KKR and MPE
announced the signing of a definitive
agreement for KKR to acquire Bettcher
Industries from MPE. The acquisition
includes all divisions including its
tooling business of handheld trimmers,
tools and cutting consumables under
the Bettcher brand and its process
solutions group under CantrellGainco,
a manufacturer of processing
equipment, yield enhancement and
yield tracking systems.
USDA
Thirteen new appointees will
join 17 returning members to the
National Advisory Committee on
Microbiological Criteria for Foods
(NACMCF). The list includes: Teshome
Yehualaeshet, DVM, PhD, Tuskegee
University; Yaohua (Betty) Feng,
PhD, Purdue University; Bing Wang,
PhD, University of Nebraska-Lincoln;
Randy W. Worobo, PhD, Cornell
University; Mahipal Kunduru, PhD,
Topco Associates LLC; Elisabetta
Lambertini, PhD, Global Alliance
for Improved Nutrition; Joelle
Mosso, Eurofins; Max Teplitski,
PhD, Produce Marketing Association;
Joseph (Stan) Bailey, PhD,
bioMérieux; Tanya Roberts, PhD,
Center for Foodborne Illness Research
and Prevention; Janell Kause, USDA,
Food Safety and Inspection Service;
Andreas Keller, PhD, HHS, Food
and Drug Administration; and Lt. Col.
Audrey McMillan-Cole, DVM, DoD,
Defense Logistics Agency.
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