November 13/Mt. Olive, N.C./Butterball LLC -- Butterball LLC announced that veteran food industry executive Kerry Doughty has joined the company as executive vice president of sales and marketing.

In this position, Doughty reports directly to president and CEO Keith Shoemaker and has overall responsibility for the sales and marketing of all Butterball LLC product lines. A 25-year-plus industry veteran, Doughty has served in several executive management capacities, most recently as vice president of foodservice sales at Perdue Farms.

From the November 19, 2007, Prepared Foods e-Flash