Idaho Grower Shippers Association appoints first female board member, and more
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Produce Alliance, Chicago Bill Bastian joined as vice president of business development, sales. Bastian comes aboard with over 30 years of produce know-how and a background in all aspects of the business, from owning and running his own produce company, GW Produce, to managing sales functions and serving as a general manager at Produce Alliance member house LaGrasso Brothers. He most recently served as vice president of sales at a national produce procurement company.
Contract Packaging Association (CAP), Oakbrook Terrace, Ill. Ron Puvak was appointed managing director, responsible for overseeing the association’s current activities and creating a plan for long-term growth. Puvak maintains a 40-plus-year track record in management, development of packaging technology and promotion of new innovation and business development. Puvak has been with Plastic Technologies, Inc. (PTI) for the past 11 years as the director of marketing and new business development, where he helped brand owners achieve packaging objectives. Before joining PTI, he was responsible for new business development at AGR International, and was the managing director of The Packaging Conference. Puvak has also maintained leadership roles in a number of societies and associations, including the Society of Plastics Engineers Blow Molding division and the International Society of Beverage Technologists.