Hain Celestial names new CIO, MHI elects new board members, and more
ASSOCIATIONS/ORGANIZATIONS:
MHI, Charlotte, N.C. Chris Becker, president of G.W. Becker, Inc., and Eddie Murphy, owner/president of SpaceGuard Products, Inc., were elected to the roundtable advisory committee, effective Jan. 1, 2018. Additional members include Kevin Ambrose, chief executive officer, Wynright/Daifuku; Steve Diebold, president, WireCrafters, LLC; Bill Ferrell, CICMHE liaison, Clemson University; Sal Fateen, chief executive officer, Seizmic, Inc.; Rick Fox, president, Fox IV Technologies; Don Frazier, emeritus, Frazier Industrial Co.; John Hill, emeritus, director, St. Onge Co.; Bryan Jensen, vice president, St. Onge Co.; Jeff LeClair, vice president, manufacturing and supply chain, Basin Holdings; Brian McNamara, president and CEO, Southworth International Group, Inc.; Brad Moore, vice president of sales, viastore SYSTEMS Inc.; Dan Quinn, emeritus, HAMACO Industries; Brian Reh, president and CEO, Gorbel Inc.; Shana Relle, YPN liaison, marketing and operations, Intralox, LLC; Pat Sedlak, principal, Sedlak Management Consultants; Clark Skeen, president, CubiScan; and Jim Vandegrift, president, R&M Materials Handling, Inc. Meanwhile, Kevin O’Neill, president of Steele Solutions, was elected MHI vice president, while Gregg Goodner, board member, Hytrol Conveyor Co., Inc., will be MHI chairman, and Brett Wood, president and CEO, Toyota Material Handling, North America, as MHI president. Additional members of the 2018 MHI board of governors include Jay Anderson, president, Steel King Industries, Inc.; Steve Buccella, vice president corporate sales and business development, Dematic Corp.; Bryan Carey, president, Starrco Co., Inc.; Brian Cohen, chief executive, Hanel Storage Systems; David Lippert, president, Hamilton Caster and Mfg. Co.; John Paxton, vice president and general manager, Demag Cranes & Components; George Prest, chief executive officer, MHI; E. Larry Strayhorn, president, WEPCO, Inc.; Colin Wilson, president and CEO, Hyster-Yale Group; Dave Young, president, EGA Products, Inc.; and Arthur Stroyd, Jr., partner, Del Sole Cavanaugh Stroyd, LLC as general counsel.
The Fresh Produce Association of the Americas (FPAA), Nogales, Ariz. Erika Dominguez was selected as the new policy analyst/communications coordinator, responsible for coordinating FPAA’s communications activities, including outreach to reporters, overseeing the website and social media and more. She will also focus on some specific policy issues that the FPAA monitors on behalf of the members. Previously, Dominguez was FPAA’s membership programs coordinator, and has helped the FPAA with specific projects related to the Unisource utility rate case.