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NAMES IN THE NEWS

The SAND E RS O N FAR M S C H A M PI ON SH I P,
Mississippi's only PGA TOUR event, presented
a record-breaking $1.109 million donation to
Friends of Children's Hospital, the private
fundraising organization supporting B AT SON
CHILD RE N'S HO S P ITA L . Since Laurel, Miss.based SANDE RS O N FA R M S became the
tournament's title sponsor in 2013, more than $2.7
million has been donated to support Mississippi's
only children's hospital.

Dr. Kohl Danielle Schrader
Mario Rodriguez

POLY- C L I P SY S T E M U S A ,
Mundelein, Ill., announced the
appointment of D R . KOH L
D A N I E L L E S C H R A D E R as
the company's new technical
applications manager. Schrader is
responsible for the oversight and
management of field applications
and technical support for Poly-clip
System and Walsroder.
As a part of Elgin, Ill.-based
M I D D L E B Y C OR POR AT I ON's
commitment to China, J OH N P.
M E R R I T T was appointed vice
president of sales for China for
Middleby Worldwide. Merritt
assumes responsibility for all sales
and marketing activities for the
Middleby Food Processing brands
in China.

John P. Merritt

Ashley Collins
John Pesicek

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Riverside, Mo.-based M A R L EN
I N T E R N AT I ON A L I N C .
announced the addition of AS H LEY
C OL L I N S as a food and meat
scientist to its Solution Center
applications team. Collins is
responsible for providing product
and process solutions support to
food and meat processors.
L I SA I N GR A M , daughter of
B I L L I N GR A M, longtime CEO
at Columbus, Ohio-based W H ITE
C A ST L E SY S T E M S I N C . , is the
company's new CEO. Ingram is the
fourth generation of her family to
lead the 94-year-old company.

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Vice president of public affairs ER IC MITTENTH AL was
named president of the NATIONAL H OT DOG AND
S AUS AGE C OUNC IL (NHDSC), which is a project of
the NORTH AMER IC AN MEAT INS TITUTE . 
GAINC O INC . , Gainesville, Ga., announced that
H UMB ERTO H ER NANDEZ joined the company as
product marketing manager. Hernandez is responsible for
commercial direction and product support. 
TOM B ENÉ was promoted to president and COO of
S YS C O C OR P., Houston, effective Jan. 1. In his new
role, Bené continues to report to CEO B ILL DELANEY .
Bené oversees all of Sysco's business operations and
commercial functions.
DAV ID C . NOVAK , executive chairman of Louisville,
Ky.-based YUM! B R ANDS INC . will retire in May. Novak
also will step down from the board at that time. Upon
retirement from the board, he will become "founder,
retired chairman and CEO."
J UDY WERTH AUS ER was named executive vice
president and chief people officer of DOMINO' S PIZZ A ,
Ann Arbor, Mich. Previously, Werthauser was senior vice
president of human resources at TAR GET C OR P.
PAUL K EAR NEY joined B ETTC H ER INDUS TR IES
INC . , Birmingham, Ohio, as vice president of sales. He is
responsible for directing the domestic and international
sales activities for Bettcher's Food Processing and
Foodservice divisions plus its Gainco subsidiary. 
Lexington, Ky.-based ALLTEC H acquired 100 percent
of the outstanding shares of MAS TER F EEDS INC . in
a share purchase agreement with AG PR OC ES S ING
INC . Masterfeeds, a leading commercial animal nutrition
company in Canada, is now part of the Alltech family of
companies, which includes 12 other companies.
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