Calcot, Ocean Spray among co-ops with new leaders - Newsline - Brief Article

Rural Cooperatives, Sept-Oct, 2003 by Patrick Duffey

Marketing cooperatives operating in different geographical areas of the nation have made leadership changes. New leaders include:

* David Farley's tenure as chief executive officer at Calcot, the West Coast's largest cotton marketing cooperative, lasted only eight months. He has been replaced by Robert Norris, the co-op's executive vice president and a 30-year employee of Calcot.

* Ocean Spray, the Massachusetts-based cranberry marketer, confirmed its earlier interim choice of Randy Papadellis as its permanent CEO and president.

* At Alto Dairy, based at Waupun, Wis., the board has selected Rich Scheuerman, a 15-year veteran of the dairy industry, to be its new president.

* Select Sires at Plain City, Ohio, has hired Steve Crea as its chief financial officer to manage its business, finance, human resources and management information systems development.

* Kevin Hall, a Nebraska farmer-rancher, is the new chairman of the board of Western Sugar Cooperative, replacing Rick Dorn of Billings, Mont., who steered the formation of the sugar cooperative and its purchase of the Western Sugar Company assets.