New Jersey Peach Promotion Council elects new chairwoman

(Courtesy New Jersey Peach Promotion Council)

Bonnie Lunblad was elected chairwoman of the New Jersey Peach Promotion Council.

She succeeded Santo John Maccherone who is vice chairman.

Lunblad is a senior sales representative at Sunny Valley International, Glassboro, N.J., the largest marketer of New Jersey peaches.

“I look forward to continue working to promote New Jersey peaches and the quality fruit our growers tirelessly work to produce,” Lundblad said in the release.

The New Jersey Peach Promotion Council, a voluntary organization, includes growers, packers, shippers, marketers and allied industries dedicated to marketing and promoting New Jersey peaches.

Tom Beaver was elected as a director of the council. Serving as the former director of the New Jersey Department of Agriculture’s division of marketing and development, Beaver is director of sales and marketing at Sunny Valley International.

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