Produce company DiMare, Inc., has appointed Jeff Dolan as president of its DMB Packing business. He previously worked as the field operations manager. In his career, Dolan has served as chairman of the board of the Occidental Canal Co., and was a founding chairman of the California Fresh Market Tomato Growers Exchange. He was also on the California Tomato Commission and the California Tomato Growers cooperative.
Allie Combs has joined the sales team of SunFed, an Arizona-based shipper-distributor of Mexican produce items. Combs previously worked as an account coordinator for Moxxy Marketing, based in Portland, Ore.
Oklahoma Ag Secretary Blayne Arthur has been chosen to serve as the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture’s president for 2023-2024. She will host the 2024 NASDA Annual Meeting on Sept. 22-25, 2024. In other NASDA news, Arkansas Secretary of Agriculture Wes Ward is the group's new vice president, Maine Commissioner of Agriculture Amanda Beal is now the second vice president, and Washington State Director of Agriculture Derek Sandison was elected secretary-treasurer. Wyoming Director of Agriculture Doug Miyamoto will serve as NASDA’s past president.
Mike Schmidt is being detailed to the Senate Ag Committee’s majority staff for Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., according to USDA sources. Schmidt currently works at the Department of Agriculture as a senior adviser to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and previously served as an adviser to USDA’s Farm Production and Conservation Undersecretary Robert Bonnie. He previously worked for Stabenow on the Senate Ag Committee.
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Former Commodity Futures Trading Commission Commissioner Dawn Stump now works for SEDA Experts as the managing director.
Clay Edwards has left Cargill where he was the sustainability program lead. He now works for Wyffels Hybrids as the sales strategy and operations manager.
AgReliant Genetics has named Brian Barker as the new chief executive officer and president. David Pugh has also been tapped as the new chief financial officer and vice president of finance. Barker began his career with The Dow Chemical Company and most recently worked at Corteva Agriscience. Pugh previously was at Elanco as the treasurer and vice president of finance strategy and risk management.
Frank Yiannas has taken a seat on the board of directors for iFoodDS, a food safety and traceability supply chain company. Yiannas is the former deputy commissioner for food policy and response at the Food and Drug Administration. Before joining the FDA, Yiannas spent more than 30 years in food safety leadership roles with Walmart and The Walt Disney Co.
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