Lou Noval has been named territory manager, responsible for growing the distributor’s sales in southern Florida.

Matthew Rubin joins the company as senior vice president and general manager of Petsense, its pet specialty retail subsidiary.

Blaine Phillips will retain his position as chairman of the company in addition to his new role as chief executive officer.

Jim Higley joins the firm with more than 25 years of experience.

If confirmed, Jewel H. Bronaugh will be the first African American woman to serve as deputy secretary of agriculture.

Jenny Condon will lead the company as it develops a direct-to-consumer platform for Trudog and an omnichannel strategy for Halo Pets.

The American Feed Industry Association awarded these two long-time industry professionals for their significant contributions to the pet food sector.

Jeffrey Hohn will succeed Jeff Bigger, who will become executive board chair of the company.

The pet industry sales veteran will lead the company’s pet portfolio in the pet specialty channel.

James Boddicker, Nico Roesler and Tom Huppe have been promoted to support the publishers wide variety of food industry publications.