Golden State Foods Promotes Bartee, Mance and Norman
Golden State Foods (GSF), one of the largest diversified suppliers to the foodservice and retail industries, is pleased to announce the promotions of three leaders. In GSF's Irvine, California corporate global headquarters, promotions include Ken Mance to group vice president, human resources and labor, as well as Dave Norman to group vice president, corporate controller. Based in Arkansas City, Kansas, Bryan Bartee will now serve as group vice president, operations for the company's KanPak Kansas dairy products facility.
With oversight of labor relations and employee relations, as well as engaging, supporting, and aligning with business leaders throughout GSF's global enterprises, Mance will implement and coordinate human resources (HR) strategies, policies, and programs that support the organization's business objectives and goals. After joining GSF in 2022 as group vice president, global field human resources, he provided impactful leadership in numerous areas of HR management for employment, wage and salary administration, Equal Employment Opportunity compliance, labor relations, succession planning and staffing, change management, and leadership development.