March 18/Food Business Week -- Jones Soda Co. appointed Joth Ricci president and chief executive officer, effective May 1, 2009. Ricci, who has served as the company s chief operating officer since January 22, 2008, succeeds Stephen Jones, who is stepping down but will continue as a member of the board of directors.
Prior to joining Jones Soda, Ricci served as general manager of Portland, Oregon-based Columbia Distributing Company. During his time with Columbia Distributing, Ricci also held the position of vice president of Human Resources & Process Improvement, as well as regional vice president of Sales & Marketing. Before joining Columbia Distributing, he spent more than nine years with McNeil Consumer Healthcare/Johnson & Johnson in various Sales and marketing management roles.