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Kahiki Foods Appoints Packaged Foods Experts to Board of Directors
Tuesday 14. July 2009 - Kahiki Foods, Inc. today announced it has appointed consumer packaged goods marketing experts Lynn Clarke and Tammy Katz as Advisory Members to its Board of Directors.
“We are pleased to welcome Lynn Clarke and Tammy Katz our Board of Directors,” said Alan Hoover, Kahiki’s president and chief operating officer. “As we develop our strategic agenda, their accomplished careers, leadership, and expertise in consumer-level marketing will provide valuable insight to the Kahiki brand.”
Lynn Clarke is currently CEO of MetroKitchen.com, an 11-year-old Internet retailer of upscale brands of cookware, knives, and kitchen accessories, sold directly to consumers. Previously, she spent seventeen years at PepsiCo and General Mills before becoming CEO at two private equity companies. Clarke presently serves on the Board of Directors of Pittsburgh-based ABARTA, Inc. (Kahiki’s parent company), and is a National Trustee of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia. Clarke is also a member of Women Corporate Directors and the Young Presidents Organization. She resides in Greenwich, Connecticut and Atlanta, Georgia.
Tammy Katz is currently CEO of Katz Marketing Solutions, a marketing and brand management consulting firm. Katz is a veteran consumer goods marketing executive and has led marketing of major brands, including Miller Lite, Ortho, RoundUp, Enfamil, Boost, Dearfoams, Borden, Titebond, Pathlore, and Ruffles, both as an industry marketing executive and consultant. Katz presently serves on the Board of Directors of Monterey Gourmet Foods and several central Ohio non-profit boards. Katz is also an Adjunct Instructor of Brand Management at the Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University. She resides in Columbus, Ohio.
Last year Kahiki charted new record-highs in overall sales, year-over-year growth and output per direct labor hour. The company was selected in March as the recipient of Refrigerated and Frozen Foods magazine’s “Food Plant of the Year” Award for its outstanding commitment to quality, safety, and consistency.