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San Miguel Produce Inc., Oxnard Calif., has hired Jennifer Osborne as director of sales.
The Allen Lund Co. has hired Andy Shoemaker as director of perishable logistics.
Fresh Farms, Rio Rico Aziz., has hired Scott Rossi as director of sales and marketing.
AgSafe, Modesto, Calif., is starting a search for a president and CEO.
Industry veteran Rick Russo has joined Church Brothers Farms, Salinas, Calif., as vice president of strategic growth and planning.
Dana Thomas, CEO of avocado marketer Index Fresh, Riverside, Calif., plans to retire in 2020.
Frank Robert “Bob” Nunes, who founded The Nunes Co. in 1976 with his brother Tom, has died.
Plant-based dips company Good Foods, Pleasant Prairie, Wis., has hired Malin Benicek as vice president of technical services.
Church Brothers Farms, Salinas, Calif., has hired Grace Ho as vice president of food safety and quality.
Sakata Seed America, Morgan Hill, Calif., has hired Brian Just as sweet pepper lead and senior plant breeder.
Hazel Technologies, Chicago, has hired Martin Roeder as its Latin America sales manager.
Ravenna, Ohio-based Sirna & Sons Produce has added fourth-generation family member Allie Sirna as the company’s business solutions coordinator.
The International Mango Organization and International Pineapple Organization hired Patrick Kelly as the director of innovation, a new role for both groups.
Steve Roosdahl, who has been with The Oppenheimer Group for 24 years, has been promoted to vice president of operations.
Sunkist Growers, Valencia, Calif., has hired Matt Shekoyan as vice president of strategy.
Applications are being accepted for the Eastern Produce Council’s 2020 Leadership Program.
Naturipe Farms, Salinas, Calif., has promoted Jim Roberts to president of sales, a new position at the company.
Erin Dickson has joined Ten Acre Marketing, Grand Forks, N.D., as senior vice president of strategy.
Doug Bulgrin, the onion packing shed manager for Gumz Farms, Endeavor, Wis., is the new president of the National Onion Association.
California Giant Berry Farms, Watsonville, Calif., has named Joe Barsi president of the company.
Five Crowns Marketing, Brawley, Calif., is expanding berry and asparagus volumes, and is adding industry veterans and facilities to support the increase.
Felix Martinez Lopez is the new director of Agro Produce Puerto Rico Inc., San Juan.
Josh Bergling has been promoted to vice president of technology at Choptank Transport, Preston, Md.
Agt3 Holdings, a Laguna Niguel, Calif., indoor vertical growing technology company, has appointed former California Secretary of Agriculture A.G. Kawamura to its board.
Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc., Coral Gables, Fla., has promoted Hans Sauter at its first chief sustainability officer.
Associated Wholesale Grocers, Kansas City, Kan., has realigned its real estate department.
Awe Sum Organics, Santa Cruz, Calif., has hired Joe Feldman as director of sales and marketing.
Jim Sarale, co-founder and part-owner of Kings Crown Packing and Queens Crown, has died.
CORRECTED: Produce Alliance has promoted Stephanie Fyle to chief procurement officer.
Bob Von Rohr retired from his position as director of marketing and customer relations at Glassboro, N.J.-based Sunny Valley International, the culmination of more than 50 years in the produce industry.