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NAMES IN THE NEWS
Abby Kornegay
Jeff Savell
Carey Bartell
Yifat Gavriel
Doug McKalip
Bettcher Industries
Bettcher Industries announced
the acquisition of Frontmatec, a
subsidiary of Kolding, Denmark-based
Axcel, which specializes in automated
and robotic pork and beef primary
processing technology. Frontmatec
serves more than 1,500 customers
in the red meat processing sector
worldwide and employs more than
1,300 workers.
Animal Agriculture
Alliance
The Animal Agriculture Alliance
recently hired Abby Kornegay as
manager, issues and engagement.
Kornegay joins the Alliance team
from her previous role as animal care
program manager for Butterball LLC.
Texas A&M
The Texas A&M University, College
Station, Texas, Board of Regents
recently named Jeff Savell as the vice
chancellor of Texas A&M AgriLife and
dean of Agriculture and Life Sciences
at Texas A&M. Before assuming this
role, Savell served as a distinguished
professor of meat science at the
university and was the E.M. " Manny "
Rosenthal Chair in Animal Science.
Conagra
Chicago-based Carey Bartell was
promoted to executive vice president,
general counsel and corporate
secretary at Conagra Brands Inc.,
effective June 6. In other news, Erica
Carvalho was hired as supply chain
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manager at Conagra Brands. Carvalho
joins Conagra from Dreyer's Grand
Ice Cream, where she worked as the
continuous improvement manager and
went on to assume the role of supply
chain manager for over five years.
JBS USA
Greeley, Colo.-based JBS USA
appointed Karla Thieman as the
new senior vice president of public
policy and government affairs. She
will oversee US public policy and
government relations strategies for
JBS and Pilgrim's Pride Corp. In the
newly added role, Thieman will be
based in Washington, DC, where she
will lead the establishment of a new
office and government relations team.
AMSA
The 75th American Meat Science
Association (AMSA) Reciprocal
Meat Conference (RMC) will honor
recipients of the 2022 Achievement
Award, including Kaitlyn Compart,
director of scientific affairs for
Smithfield Foods. Other recipients
include Amilton de Mello and
Benjamin Bohrer.
Panera Bread
Lukas Schmid has been promoted
to vice president of manufacturing
at Panera Bread Co. Schmid has
been with Panera Bread since May
2017, most recently as vice president
of supply chain analytics and finance
since September 2020. Before that,
he was plant manager and director of
finance at the company. Prior to Panera
Bread, he was finance manager of
Americas at Michelman.
MPPA
Minnesota Pork Producers
Association (MPPA), Mankato,
Minn., announced its new chief
executive officer, Jill Resler, effective
immediately. Proceeding 28-year CEO
David Preisler, Resler was promoted
to the position after a 13-year tenure
with MPPA.
Aleph Farms
Rehovot, Israel-based Aleph Farms,
a cultivated meat company that grows
steaks from non-genetically engineered
animal cells, announced Yifat Gavriel
as the new chief of regulatory affairs
and quality assurance. Gavriel will help
with commercialization, specifically
bringing the company's products
to global markets. Gavriel has over
15 years of experience in quality
assurance and regulatory affairs
management with multiple companies
across the world.
USTR
The Biden Administration announced
on June 8 plans to nominate Doug
McKalip to the position of chief
agricultural negotiator for the United
States Trade Representative.
McKalip has worked in federal
service for 29 years as an agriculture
policy leader and trade expert. Most
recently, he served as senior advisor to
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.
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