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People in the News 1/18/07
- Boulder-based Organic India, maker of Tulsi tea products, appointed Ken Vickerstaff as CEO. Previously, Vickerstaff served in senior-management positions at Hain-Celestial Group, Inc. and WhiteWave Foods.
- Boulder-based Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy announced Janet Mathews has been named CFO. Mathews is the former CFO of Broomfield-based Gaiam, Inc. Pharmaca also announced that Ian Mukaida will be vice-president of store development.
- Boulder-based Haystack Mountain Goat Dairy announced founder Jim Schott is stepping down as CEO. The new CEO will be Tim Overlie, a 23-year veteran at Wild Oats Market.
- Robert Dimond is stepping down as CFO of Wild Oats Markets and Gregory Mays will assume the role of CFO until a permanent replacement is selected.
- Stephen K. Onody resigned as CEO of Lifevantage Co., maker of Protandim®. He will continue to act as a management consultant while a replacement is recruited.
- Ryan Black, former football player for the University of Colorado, received one of three 2006 U.S. State Department Awards for Corporate Excellence, presented in November by Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice. Black was recognized for his work with Sambazon, manufacturer of South American acai products. Black’s company, based in San Clemente, CA, supports nearly 1,000 grower families who work in the Amazon rainforest through its purchases of acai.
- Following CEO Perry Odak’s resignation, who received a $3.7 million severance, the board of directors of Wild Oats Markets, Inc. named Chairman Gregory Mays interim CEO. Mays brings 33 years of retail grocery experience to Wild Oats and will continue in his role as Chairman. New senior vice president of merchandising and marketing, Roger Davidson, will have an initial base salary of $350,000 with a guaranteed bonus of $43,750 for 2006 that is payable in 2007 and will receive a guaranteed bonus of at least $75,000 in 2007, according to a Security and Exchange Commission filing. Davidson has more than 37 years of operations and management experience in the food retail industry, and he most recently held the title of senior vice president and chief operating officer for Supervalu Inc.’s retail food division. He replaces Stephan Kaczynski, who left Wild Oats in April 2006 to head the Cincinnati-based Biggs grocery chain.
- Boulder's Best Organics, makers of organic gift collections featuring exclusively Boulder-based companies, has hired Laura Ruby, formerly of Door-to-Door Organics, to oversee Marketing and Business Expansion.
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