January 5/Springfield, Mo./IDF & ADF Press Release -- Stephanie Lynch was appointed vice president of Sales and Marketing for International Dehydrated Foods Inc. (IDF) and American Dehydrated Foods Inc. (ADF), leaders in dehydrated meat and poultry ingredients for the food and petfood industries, In this role, Lynch will be responsible for the company’s global sales, marketing and business development.

Prior to joining IDF/ADF, Lynch was the director of Health & Wellness for Virginia Dare and was the global market manager for Dow Chemical's Food and Nutrition business while living in Zurich, Switzerland. She led Dow’s food business through a strategic shift to a new focus on the health benefits of its dietary fibers and is co-author of several patents filed on health benefits of cellulosic dietary fibers. Prior to her association with Dow, Lynch was a food scientist and project leader at Thomas J. Lipton (Unilever) in Englewood Cliffs, N.J.  She earned a bachelor's degree in food science from Rutgers University and is a regular presenter at SupplySide West.

From the January 10, 2011, Prepared Foods E-dition