Mike Homewood was promoted to Vice President of Sales and will now oversee five direct reports for Agropur Ingredients' business unit. Rob Hollnagel Jr., Terese O'Neill, Carla Fabian, Gerry Buescher, and Krysta Sunne will report to Homewood. Additionally, several people received new roles to help structure and develop sales within different product categories. Jill Rippe also joined the Management Committee for the unit.

1. PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
Media Contact: Corrie Reilly, Marketing & Communications (608) 781-2345, corrie.reilly@agropur.com
Agropur Ingredients structured for success in food business
La Crosse, WI, April 30, 2015 – Agropur Ingredients recently announced the following promotions and structural
developments within the Business Unit Ingredients.
Mike Homewood, Vice President of Sales, will assume all sales responsibilities for the business unit. Mr. Homewood
will now have five direct reports, which include Rob Hollnagel Jr., Terese O’Neill, Carla Fabian, Gerry Buescher, and
Krysta Sunne.
As Contract Manufacturing - Director of Sales, Rob Hollnagel Jr will direct Sports Nutrition, Contract Blending,
Contract Packaging, and Contract Agglomeration sales areas.
Terese O’Neill will lead the sales segments of Frozen Dessert, Bakery Ingredients Ingredient Distribution and
Cheese Ingredients within her role of Ingredients – Director of Sales.
Within the scope of Carla Fabian’s role as Health & Wellness – Director of Sales she will oversee the sales segment
of Beverage Ingredients. The unit’s marketing department which is led by recently named Marketing &
Communications Manager, Corrie Reilly, will also report into Mrs. Fabian.
New Business Development activities will be managed by Gerry Buescher who was promoted to this Director
position to assist in the development of new branded ingredients. Rebecca Dulek will be transferring into this newly
formed team under Mr. Buescher as New Business Development – Account Manager.
Krysta Sunne, Customer Sales Supervisor, manages the company’s sales support team which interacts with all
sales focus groups.
Additionally, Jill Rippe, the company’s longstanding Director of R&D, has joined the Management Committee for the
Unit.
About Agropur Ingredients
Agropur Ingredients is a global leader in supplying the food, beverage & nutritional industries with
superior quality contract manufacturing services and innovative functional ingredients. Whether objectives
are to streamline production processes, improve texture, increase shelf-life, enhance nutrition, boost
output, balance cost, or achieve better sensory perception – Agropur Ingredients has a solution for
you. As part of Agropur Dairy Cooperative we are global in our vertical integration and equipped to assist
in all facets of product sourcing, formulation, manufacturing, testing, packaging, and distribution.
Agropur Ingredients functional ingredients business sector supports the dairy, bakery, beverage and
cheese industries through brands including: Cornerstone®, Keystone®, FlavoGen®, BakiGen®,
Capstone®, DariGen®, PZ-44® and Reddi-Sponge®. For more information, email
ingredients@agropur.com or visit www.agropuringredients.com and www.agropurPL.com.
About Agropur Founded in 1938, Agropur Cooperative is a leading player in the North American
dairy industry with sales of more than $4.7 billion as of the end of 2014. The Cooperative is a
source of pride for its 3,473 dairy producer members and 8,000 employees. Agropur now processes
more than 5.4 billion liters of milk per year in its 40 plants across North America and boasts an
impressive line of well-known brands and products, including Natrel, Québon, OKA, Farmers, Central
Dairies, Sealtest, biPro, Island Farms, Agropur Grand Cheddar, and the Ultima Foods joint venture’s
iögo and Olympic brands.
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