Landec Appoints Molly Hemmeter As COO - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - Landec Corp. (LNDC), a developer and marketer of technology-based materials science products for food and medical applications, announced Friday that it has appointed Molly Hemmeter as its Chief Operating Officer.

Hemmeter joined Landec in June 2009 as VP of Business Development and subsequently became Landec's Chief Commercial Officer. Hemmeter will report directly to Gary Steele, Landec's CEO and Chairman of the Board.

Before joining to Landec, Hemmeter was VP of Global Marketing and New Business Development of Ashland, Inc.'s Performance Material Division. Prior to Ashland, she held a variety of managerial positions at Bausch & Lomb and Eli Lilly in areas of P&L management, brand management, new channel development and operations.