Stemilt Tate Mathison (L) Dennis Howell (R)

Tate Mathison (left) and Dennis Howell

Wenatchee-based Stemilt Growers has announced that it has promoted Tate Mathison to director of sales and Dennis Howell to director of planning.

According to the group, the newly created positions are a continuation of the company’s strategic goals centered on sales planning and process development.

“Tate has shown an ability to excel and lead,' said Mike Taylor, Stemilt’s vice-president of sales and marketing. 'His incredible people skills and passion for this business will serve him well in this new role, where he will guide strategic alignment between our fruit manifest and customers.

'Dennis has a mind for planning and process development and exceptional knowledge of information technology systems, which are imperative as he guides our planning department,' he added.