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Landec Announces Dawn Kimball as New Senior Vice President, Chief People Officer
Newly created position enhances executive leadership team aimed at future growth SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 31, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Landec Corporation
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[{"type":"text","content":"Newly created position enhances executive leadership team aimed at future growth\nSANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 31, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Landec Corporation (Nasdaq: LNDC), a diversified health and wellness company, with two operating businesses, Curation Foods Inc. and Lifecore Biomedical Inc., welcomes Dawn Kimball as senior vice president and chief people officer. She will lead the human resources organization and serve as a steward of Landec’s culture. Her immediate priority will be to review organizational design and development to optimize results.\n Kimball brings a wealth of knowledge cultivated over 20 years in the industry as a transformative business leader. She focuses on developing diverse cultures of deep connection where every individual feels seen, heard and valued for his or her contributions. Kimball’s previous experience includes expertise in learning and leadership development, HIPO executive development, and succession planning and change leadership. She has also overseen talent management and acquisition, employee engagement, organizational development, and mergers and cultural integration within several organizations. Kimball’s new role adds another strategic hire focused on supporting the priorities of Landec CEO Dr. Albert Bolles in fiscal 2020. With an emphasis on coaching and development to enhance overall capabilities, the company is investing in talent across its entire organization to drive meaningful change. The results of these efforts have already begun to drive a cultural transformation at Landec, focused on profitability, executing with excellence, productivity and sustainability. “How an organization manages and develops its talent determines their unique competitive advantage,” said Kimball. “Now that our strategic pillars are set, we must place the right people in the right roles at the right time to drive a culture that helps achieve extraordinary outcomes for the whole organization.” Kimball returns to Landec after previously serving as senior vice president of human resources. Prior to rejoining Landec, Kimball served as vice president, enterprise learning and talent management at Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. and as director of human resources while at Belcorp USA. During her career she held multiple positions during her tenure at Williams-Sonoma, Inc., including vice president human resourc...