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NAMES IN THE NEWS

Barry Carpenter

Brian Vancrum

The San Antonio, Texas-based F OOD
SAFE T Y NE T S E RVI C E S announced
that BA RRY C ARP E NT E R , former
president and CEO of the N ORT H
AME RIC AN ME AT IN ST I T U T E ,
will join the company as a senior
advisor for regulatory affairs and
client relations. Carpenter also worked
for 37 years leading the Agricultural
Marketing Service's Livestock Seed
Division of the US Dept. of Agriculture.
MA RLE N INT E RNAT ION A L I N C .
announced the appointment of B R I A N
VAN CRU M to the position of vice
president of sales. Vancrum joins
Marlen after a 20-year sales career in
industrial process solutions.
U S FO O D S HO L DING C OR P.,
Rosemont, Illinois, announced
T IMO T HY P. CO NNOL LY as its
executive vice president and chief
supply chain officer.
BUT T E RBAL L L L C, Garner, North
Carolina, promoted S U ZA N N E
G RIFFI N to senior vice president,
general counsel and secretary.

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PR OV I S U R TEC H NOLOGIES ,
Mokena, Illinois, announced J IM
E D WA R D S as the director of project
management for the engineered
systems team. Edwards has over
25 years of experience in the food
industry, most recently as an assistant
vice president of engineering at
Lopez Foods.
Saint Joseph, Missouri-based
B I OZY M E announced the hiring of
B R E T T T OSTENS ON as the area sales
manager in South Dakota.
Bentonville, Arkansas-based
WA L M A RT named S AR A
M ORT I M OR E as vice president, Global
Food Safety Compliance. Mortimore
previously worked as vice president of
product safety, quality and regulatory
affairs at L A N D O' LAK ES .
N I R E N C H A UDH ARY was named
president and CEO of St. Louis-based
PA N E R A B R EAD C O. on April 29.
He succeeds BLAINE H UR S T who
retired this past month and will remain
on Panera's board and become vice
chairman. Chaudhary joins Panera from
KR I SPY KR EME DOUGH NUTS INC .
S H E E TA L S H AH has joined Redwood
City, California-based IMPOS S IB LE
F OOD S as senior vice president of
product and operations.
N E D LY E R LY was named president
and CEO of Carpinteria, Californiabased C KE RES TAUR ANTS on April

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16. The company also named MIC HA EL
WOIDA the new international division
president for CKE Restaurants on
April 30.
MONIC A R OTH GERY has been
named chief operating officer of
Louisville, Kentucky-based K F C US.
Rothgery, a 27-year veteran of YUM!
B R ANDS , succeeds PH IL K LEZMER ,
who recently retired from the role.
The NATIONAL R ENDER ER S
AS S OC IATION (NRA) announced
ANNA WILK INS ON as director
of communications. Wilkinson will
manage all internal and public NRA
communications, public relations and
will also serve as communications
director for the Fats and Proteins
Research Foundation (FPRF), the
rendering industry's research arm.
The US POULTRY and US A POULTRY
& EGG EXPORT C OUNC IL
(USAPEEC) broke ground on an
expansion to USPOULTRY's existing
offices in Tucker, Georgia. The
expansion will create an additional
12,000 sq. ft. of space owned by "The
Coop Group LLC" a partnership of
USPOULTRY and USAPEEC.
OS I GR OUP LLC , Aurora, Illinois, has
joined the UNIV. OF WIS C ONS IN 's
F OOD R ES EAR C H INS TITUTE as
a supporting member. The center
operates its own laboratories and
conducts independent research on food
safety issues.

NAMI; Marlen International; US Foods; Butterball

The KE M C O S YS T E MS announced
three new members of its sales team.
MAT T L E W I S will lead Kemco's
global laundry market vertical.
DILLO N MO RAN will take over
as Regional Sales Manager for
the Northeast Territory. Finally,
DAV ID S CHWART Z E L will be
the Regional Sales Manager for the
Northwest Territory.

Timothy Connolly
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