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• Coborn's announced that Matt Leiseth, Vice President of Operations and President of its Hornbacher’s stores, has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Operations and President of Hornbacher’s.
At the same time, Nathan Tykwinski, Vice President of Retail Services, will transition to Vice President of Operations … George Chomiak, Senior Director of Operations, has been promoted to Vice President of Operations … Neil Fandel has been promoted to Senior Director of Supply Chain, Logistics, Trucking, Warehouse/Distribution … and Emily Coborn Wright, Vice President of Retail Support Services, has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Retail Support Services.
And, Dennis Host has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Marketing and Communications … Dusty Kerssen has been promoted to Vice President of H.R. and Organizational Development … and Andy Knoblauch has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Center Store Merchandising.
And … Andrew Burggraff, Category Manager, has been promoted to Senior Category Manager … Beth Mineart, Administrative Assistant, has been promoted to Assistant Category Manager … and Troy Vosburgh has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Fresh Merchandising.
• Gelson's said yesterday that John Bagan, the company's president, now will serve as president/CEO, following the retirement of Rob McDougall after 15 years with the company.
Gelson's also said that it has concurrently promoted Rich Gillmore to Vice President of Center Store and Sean Saenz to Vice President Fresh Foods, while announcing key title changes to reflect additional responsibilities.
Clare Bogle is now Chief Financial and Administrative Officer … Ron Johnson is now Chief Information and Supply Chain Officer … Tom Frattali is now SVP of Group Synergies, leading Gelson’s efforts in group purchasing, supply chain efficiencies and private label expansion with the parent company.
And, Paul Kneeland is now SVP of Merchandising and Sales … Tim Mahoney is now SVP of Operations, and Yvonne Manganaro is now SVP of Customer and Team Experience.
• Publix Super Markets announced that Charlotte Division Vice President Chuck Roskovich will retire on March 31, toi be succeeded by Joey Riddle, currently regional director in the Charlotte division.
• The Fresh Market announced that it has hired Nathan Baldwin, most recently the vice president of restaurant services at Chili's, to be its new vice president of merchandising food service.
