New hires, promotions, retirements
Melissa Lema joins California Milk Advisory Board marketing team The California Milk Advisory Board (CMAB), the marketing order representing California dairy producers, announced it has welcomed Melissa Lema as director of producer relations.
Lema joins the CMAB from Western United Dairies where she spent 11 years, most recently as a North Coast field representative focusing on all aspects of the relationship between producers and industry professionals, from laws and regulations to animal welfare, as well as overall industry communication. Read more Blake Meyers elected to National Academy of Sciences
Blake Meyers’ interest in plant science reaches back to his childhood, when he helped his mother tend to the family garden of flowers and vegetables in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Today, Meyers is a professor of plant science and technology at the University of Missouri and a researcher at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, an independent, not-for-profit research institute in Saint Louis County. In May, he became the 12th MU faculty to be elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), one of the highest honors a U.S. scientist can receive. Read more Cambridge Technologies announces staff changes
Cambridge Technologies has named Jeff Schaaf as bovine sales manager. He previously had been a sales representative for the company primarily handling bovine accounts in the upper Midwest.
Mike Daly has been promoted to swine sales manager. Previously he was a sales representative for the company, first covering the Eastern United States and more recently handling major swine accounts.
Ben Hause has rejoined the company as chief scientific officer following a six-year hiatus during which he served as a professor at South Dakota State University. Previously, he was the vice president of research, development, and diagnostics for Cambridge. Read more Evonik appoints new head of animal nutrition business line Evonik has appointed Dr. Gaetano Blanda as the new head of its animal nutrition business line. Gaetano Blanda, who was previously senior vice president and general manager of Evonik’s coating additives business line, will take over the role from Dr. Emmanuel Auer. Read more
