March 12, 2010
Robert
Aspell has been named president of Cargill China, replacing
Norwell Coquillard, who retired after 30 years with
Cargill. www.cargill.com
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Andrew Burke has been named chief marketing officer
and executive vice president, and Stephen Kim has been
named senior vice president, general counsel and human
resources, of Diamond Foods, Inc.
www.diamondfoods.com
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  Rodney Booth
(pictured on left) has retired as managing director of
Perten Instruments, taking on a business development role within
the larger Perten Instruments Group. Jeff Rogers
(pictured on right) has been
appointed managing director to lead Perten Instruments of
Australia Pty Ltd.
www.perten.com
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Fred A. Cholick has been named president and CEO of
the Kansas State University (KSU) Foundation. Cholick, dean of
the KSU College of Agriculture and director of KSU Research and
Extension, succeeds Gary Hellebust.
www.k-state.edu
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Janice Cooper has been named executive director of the
California Wheat Commission. Cooper has worked with many
agricultural organizations, including the California Association
of Wheat Growers, where she served as executive director.
www.californiawheat.org
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Elisabeth Hagen has been named under-secretary for
food safety at the USDA. Hagen will serve with Secretary of
Agriculture Tom Vilsack.
www.usda.gov
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Huifen He has been named director of the product
development center for Caravan Ingredients, Lenexa, KS, U.S.A.
She will be responsible for directing the activities of bakers,
cereal chemists, and food scientists to develop new
bakery-related products for customers as requested by sales.
www.caravaningredients.com
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Keith H. Heffernan has been named senior vice
president of operations and industry relations at the U.S.
Grains Council (USGC). Heffernan formerly served as chief of
staff for the Farm Credit Administration.
www.grains.org
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 Lawrence Johnson
(pictured at left), a professor of food science and
human nutrition at Iowa State University, has received the 2010
Andersons Cereals and Oilseeds Award of Excellence in
recognition of his significant contributions in research,
outreach, and technology transfer, as well as his leadership and
professional service related to cereals and oilseeds.
www.iastate.edu
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Maurice Moloney has been appointed chief executive of
Rothamsted Research.
www.rothamsted.ac.uk
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Pedro Parente has been named president and CEO of
Bunge Brazil. www.bunge.com
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 Michael R. Taylor
(pictured at right) has been named deputy commissioner
for foods at the U.S. FDA. He is the first individual to hold
the position, which was created along with a new Office of Foods
in August 2009. www.fda.gov
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Solveig Tofte and Tod Bramble have been elected
to three-year terms on The Bread Bakers Guild of America’s Board
of Directors. Tofte is head baker at The Turtle Bread Co. in
Minnesota. Bramble is national sales manager at King Arthur
Flour Co., in Vermont.
www.bbga.org
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Bret Weaver will become CEO of CSM Bakery Supplies
North America as of May 1, 2010. In addition, Ron Savelli
has been appointed president and CEO of H. C. Brill, upon
Weaver’s transition.
www.csm-global.com;
www.hcbrill.com
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