SUPERVALU promotes CFO, Warren Buffett retires from Kraft Heinz’s board of directors and more personnel news
ASSOCIATIONS/ORGANIZATIONS: Reusable Packaging Association (RPA), Tampa, Fla.
The new directors on the board serving 2-year terms for 2018-2019 are Andrae Kirkland, senior analyst, craft integration and reverse logistics process improvement, Anheuser-Busch InBev; Brandon D'Emidio, director, marketing and product management, CHEP; Paul Pederson, vice president, protein and dairy supply chain and food safety, Polymer Logistics; and Michael Wasson, vice president, supply chain and operations, Tosca. Wasson will also assume the role of secretary-treasurer. In addition, Morten Bielefeldt, senior vice president sales and service, Brüel Systems, was appointed to fill a vacant seat. Leaving the board after serving multiple terms are Jack Fillmore, director, engineering and new product development, Buckhorn; Cindy Doman, packaging engineer, Herman Miller; and David Rodgers, vice president of sales/business development, Tosca. In addition, Shawn Stockman, director of business solutions, ReturnCenter, was named chair of the RPA Operations and Logistics Committee. And, Susan Heil, vice president of marketing, Tosca, was appointed chair of the RPA Food and Beverage Committee.
National Potato Promotion Board, Denver, Colo.
Newly appointed producer members joining the board, effective March 1, are as follows: Jared Smith, Alamosa, Colo.; Wes Pahl, Aberdeen, Idaho; Tyson Ruff, Aberdeen, Idaho; Kasey Poulson, Poulson Farms; Eric Searle, Burley, Idaho; Mike Larsen, Declo, Idaho; Ryan Christensen, Grace, Idaho; Jeff Blanksma, general manager at Blanksma Farms; Steve Elfering, vice president of operations, Potandon Produce LLC; P.J. Stevens, seed sales and marketing advisor, J.R. Simplot Co.; Blake Matthews, farm manager, Matthews Farms; Blake Thorlund, Greenville, Mich.; Jeffrey Jennings, co-founder of B & S Enterprises, Inc.; John Coombs Jr., farm manager, Coombs Sod Farms; Kyle Michael, owner of Crank it Up Diesel; and Adam Weber, Moses Lake, Wash.