Flowers Foods announced Leny J. Garcia-Hill has been promoted to the newly created position of vice president of diversity and recruitment. Previously, Garcia-Hill served as Flowers Foods' director of employee relations. In her new position, Garcia-Hill is responsible for further strengthening Flowers' diversity initiative and recruiting efforts.
"We recognize that our organization is strengthened by diversity," said George E. Deese, president and chief executive officer of Flowers Foods. "Our ongoing diversity strategy is a key part of our employment practices and our corporate culture. With this appointment, Leny will devote herself fulltime to the effort, which we expect will make our diversity initiative and our recruiting efforts even more successful."