The United Fresh Produce Association has announced a raft of new officers and directors nominated to serve on its board of directors, effective from its 2 May 2011 meeting which takes place in New Orleans.
Jim Lemke, chairman of the United Fresh board development committee, revealed that Kroger's corporate vice-president produce & floral merchandising and procurement Reggie Griffin had ascended to chairman of the board, with Paramount Citrus president David Krause nominated as chairman-elect.
Ron Midyett, CEO of Apio Inc. and currently a member of the colidated board and cairman of the fresh-cut processor board, has been nominated as secretary treasurer, while current chairman, Steffanie Smith of River Point Farms will move to the position of immediate past chairman.
In addition, a number of other industry leaders have been nominated to serve as new members of the United Fresh board for a two-year period, inlcluding Tony Freytag of Crunch Pak sliced apples, Scott Danner of Liberty Fruit Company, David Hille of Cabbage Inc., John Keeling of the National Potato Council, Dave Russell of Del Monte and Angela Paymard of N2N Global.
Current board members nominated to new positions of service on market segment boards and councils include Jan Berk of San Miguel Produce, Paddy Callaghan of Nature's Best and Dan'l Mackey Almy from DMA Solutions.
'In total, the slate of nomineed for our consolidated board of directors, together with our returning board members and new officers, makes this a tremendously diverse and skilled set of leaders to represent our entire industry and guide our association in the year ahead,' said Mr Lemke.
Board members concluding service at the May meeting include Mr Lemke, Mike Cavallero, David Barney, Ashley Rawl, Charles Hall, Brian Kocher and Rick Urschel.
'I'd like to personally thank those leaders who are concluding their service at this meeting,' said United Fresh president Tom Stenzel. 'They have contributed greatly to our industry's success in so many ways, and we appreciate the time and resources they have given to serve our industry.'
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