Boston Market names COO, AIB International appoints chairman of trustees, and more personnel announcements
ASSOCIATIONS/ORGANIZATIONS: United Fresh Produce Association, Washington, D.C. Sarah Grady, U.S. strategic supply chain manager for produce, fruit, potato and beverage categories at McDonald’s Corp., was elected to the board of directors, replacing Shannon Mikulskis, program lead, distribution at Chick-fil-A, who resigned due to a change in her time availability. Grady is a current member of the Retail-Foodservice Board at United Fresh, and will take on the vice chairmanship of that board as well.
Feeding America, Chicago Claire Babineaux-Fontenot was appointed chief executive officer, effective Oct. 1. Previously, Babineaux-Fontenot worked as a partner and partner-in-charge at Adams and Reese LLP. She also held various posts at PwC, including dispute resolution practice group leader for the Southwest and for the State of Louisiana, which included assistant secretary for the Office of Legal Affairs and administrative law judge for the Louisiana Department of Civil Service. Babineaux-Fontenot has also sat on the board of trustees for National Urban League and served on the national board of directors for Court Appointed Special Advocates and the board for the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. She sat on the corporate advisory board for the Association of Latino Professionals for America and the board of directors for the National Association of Black Accountants. She also served on the executive committee of the global board of directors for the Walmart Foundation, as well as on the audit committee for Walmart Chile S.A.