Cold food industry experiences slew of personnel changes
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Idaho Potato Commission (IPC), Eagle Idaho Matt Brigotti joined as foodservice promotions director for the Northeast and Midwest, taking over for Tod Schmidt, regional foodservice promotion director and 16-year veteran who will be retiring in October. Brigotti will lead marketing outreach to restaurant operators, distributors and produce specialists, as well as conduct Idaho potato product seminars and educational sessions and represent the brand and industry at foodservice tradeshows. Brigotti brings over 17 years of sales, marketing, promotion and management expertise. He began his career as president of the New York Spaghetti House, where he turned around an aging restaurant, bringing it into the 21st century and restoring its popularity and profitability. He also worked as a marketing associate for Sysco Food Service, and spent 10 years representing Taylor Farms, managing the McDonalds and US Foods accounts.
ASHRAE, Atlanta Bjarne Olesen, professor at Technical University of Denmark, was elected chairman for the 2017-18 term. Elected officers who will serve 1-year terms are as follows: president-elect Sheila Hayter, group manager, National Renewable Energy Laboratory; treasurer Darryl Boyce, assistant vice president, facilities management and planning, Carleton University; vice president Michael Schwedler, principal and senior applications manager, Trane Co.; vice president Ginger Scoggins, president, Engineered Designs; vice president Edward Tsui, managing director, Intelligent Technologies Ltd.; and vice president Julia Keen, associate professor, Architectural Engineering and Construction Sciences, Kansas State University. Newly elected directors who will serve 3-year terms are as follows: region VII director and regional chair Michael Cooper, senior vice president, Bernhard MCC; region VIII director and regional chair Jonathan Symko, president, QSC Consultants LLC; region IX director and regional chair Trenton Hunt, systems engineer/account manager, Mechanical Products Intermountain; region X director and regional chair Marites Dagulo Calad, vice president, Norman S. Wright Mechanical; region XIV director and regional chair Constantinos Balaras, research/development engineer, National Observatory of Athens; region-at-large director and regional chair Farooq Mehboob, owner, S. Mehboob & Co.; director-at-large Van Baxter, senior R&D engineer, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; director-at-large Donald Brandt, sales engineer, Trane Co.; and director-at-large Tim McGinn, partner, DIALOG.