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Sargento Announces New Roles for Eight Execs

Aug. 6, 2024
All internal promotions, the changes come a month after Michael Pellegrino was named COO.

A month after naming a new chief operating officer and revealing two retirements, Sargento announced new roles for eight team members across its Consumer Products and Food Service & Ingredients business units.

The new appointments are:

Erin Price, General Manager, Consumer Products--She was Senior Vice President of Marketing, and in her 17 years at Sargento, led the company's Food Service & Ingredients division.

Jeremy Schellin, General Manager, Food Service & Ingredients--He was Vice President of Strategic Planning.

Rod Hogan, Senior Vice President, Innovation—He replaces Kristi Jankowski, who retired from her long-held position as Executive Vice President of Innovation.

Chris Regennitter, Senior Vice President, Sargento Sales--Prior to joining Sargento in 2019, he held various senior-level sales leadership positions at Kraft Heinz and Pepsi Co.

Brian Ginn, Vice President, Consumer Products Sales--In addition to the strategic channels business he leads today, he will manage more than 50% of the Consumer Products customer account portfolio.

Joy Judski, Vice President, Food Service & Ingredients Sales—She was Vice President of Sales for Consumer Products.

Chris McCarthy, Vice President, Strategic Planning—In 11 years at Sargento, McCarthy returns to this job title.

Amy Ehlen, Vice President, Pricing & Demand Planning—With Sargento since 2012, she now reports directly to CFO Jeremy Behler.

"We have a great team to help us continue our success for the Sargento Family and our key stakeholders," added Michael Pellegrino, who was anointed COO on June 27. "We look forward to the future of Sargento with these new roles and developments."

About the Author

Dave Fusaro | Editor in Chief

Dave Fusaro has served as editor in chief of Food Processing magazine since 2003. Dave has 30 years experience in food & beverage industry journalism and has won several national ASBPE writing awards for his Food Processing stories. Dave has been interviewed on CNN, quoted in national newspapers and he authored a 200-page market research report on the milk industry. Formerly an award-winning newspaper reporter who specialized in business writing, he holds a BA in journalism from Marquette University. Prior to joining Food Processing, Dave was Editor-In-Chief of Dairy Foods and was Managing Editor of Prepared Foods.

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