INDUSTRY NEWS: Julia Sabin Re-Elected as OTA’s President

Julia Sabin was re-elected by the Organic Trade Association's Board of Directors to continue as its president for the coming year.

Julia Sabin of Smucker Natural Foods Inc. was re-elected by the Organic Trade Association’s (OTA’s) Board of Directors to continue as its president for the coming year. It will be her third year as president. Other officers for 2010 are Sarah Bird of Annie’s Inc., vice president – U.S.A.; Gunta Vitins of SunOpta, Inc., vice president—Canada; Matt McLean of Uncle Matt’s Organics Inc., secretary; Chuck Marcy, Healthy Food Holdings LLC, treasurer; and Kristen Holt of Quality Assurance International, treasurer-elect.

In the recent OTA Board of Directors election, OTA trade member companies re-elected Julia Sabin to the Board. Elected to the Board for the first time were Chris Ely (co-founder, Applegate Farms), Kristin Holt (president, Quality Assurance International) and Gunta Vitins (director, Public Relations, SunOpta, Inc.). The election elicited a record number of votes, with more than 30 percent of eligible trade member companies casting ballots.

The Board also selected Leslie Zuck, executive director and co-founder of Pennsylvania Certified Organic, to fill an appointed seat on the Board.

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