People: NutraCea (NTRZ.PK)

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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position
Short, W. John 60 2009 Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer
Gingras, Leo 51 2007 Chief Operating Officer
Batista, Eliseu 2009 Executive Vice President, Latin America
Newland, Kody 52 2006 Senior Vice President - Sales and Marketing
Bensol, David 53 2009 Director
Shropshire, Kenneth 54 2006 Director
Lintzenich, James 55 2009 Director
McMillan, Edward 63 2005 Director
Saunders, Steven 53 2005 Director
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Biographies

Name Description
Short, W. John Mr. W. John Short has been appointed as Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer of NutraCea. Mr. Short has served as President since July 2009. Mr. Short has held senior positions with financial services and consumer products businesses in North America, South America, Asia and Europe including over a decade in international corporate banking with Citibank N.A. in New York, Venezuela, Ecuador and Hong Kong. From January 2004 through December 2005 Mr. Short was engaged as an advisor by the Government of El Salvador to assist in the restructuring of that country’s apparel industry in relation to the elimination of global apparel quotas. From April 2006 through December 2007, as CEO and Managing Member of W John Short & Associates, LLC, Mr. Short was engaged as Chief Executive Officer of Skip’s Clothing Company. In 2008 and 2009, as CEO and Managing member of W John Short & Associates, LLC, Mr. Short was engaged as a management consultant, Advisory Board Member and/or Director to several companies including SRI Global Imports Inc., G4 Analytics Inc and Unifi Technologies Inc.
Gingras, Leo Mr. Leo G. Gingras, has served as Chief Operating Officer of NutraCea since April 2007, and from February 2007 until April 2007 he served as Special Assistant to former Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining NutraCea, Mr. Gingras served as Vice President of Soy Processing and Technical Services for Riceland Foods, a rice and soybean processor, from November 2000 until March 2007. Before November 2000, Mr. Gingras held various positions at Riceland Foods, including Manager of Oil Operations and Quality Assurance Manager. During his appointments at Riceland Foods, Mr. Gingras oversaw several hundred employees and business units with sales over $320 million. Prior to Mr. Gingras’ employment at Riceland Foods, he was the Research and Development Manager at Lou Ana Foods, Inc., a company with annual sales of $120 million that processes, packages and markets edible oils.
Batista, Eliseu Mr. Eliseu Batista is Executive Vice President, Latin America of NutraCea. Mr. Batista spent over 20 years with Revlon in various roles including Vice President of Operations - Latin America/Western Hemisphere, overseeing manufacturing and distribution in Canada, South America and Central America.
Newland, Kody Mr. Kody K. Newland, has served as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing since February 2006. From 1997 to 2006 Mr. Newland was Vice President of Sales for American Modern Insurance Group Inc., a subsidiary of The Midland Company, a provider of specialty insurance products. From 1983 to 1997 Mr. Newland held various sales and marketing positions with the Foremost Corporation of America (now a division of the Zurich Company), a property and casualty insurance company.
Bensol, David Mr. David Bensol has served as one of Directors of NutraCea since March 2005 and had served as Chairman of the Board. Mr. Bensol has been President of Bensol Realty Corp, a commercial real estate company, since 1978, and a management consultant since January 2000. Mr. Bensol was the former CEO of Critical Home Care, a home medical equipment provider that recently merged with Arcadia Resources, Inc. (AMEX: KAD) Mr. Bensol was the Executive Vice President and Director of Arcadia Resources from May 2004 until his resignation from those positions in December 2004. In 2000, Mr. Bensol founded what eventually became Critical Home Care, through a series of acquisitions and mergers. From 1979 to 1999 Mr. Bensol founded several public and private companies which became industry leaders in the areas of home medical equipment providers, acute care pharmacy providers and specialty support surface providers. Mr. Bensol received a BS Pharm. from St. Johns University, New York, and became a registered pharmacist in 1978.
Shropshire, Kenneth Mr. Kenneth L. Shropshire has served as one of NutraCea's Directors since April 2006. Mr. Shropshire has been a professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania since 1986; in this capacity serving as a David W. Hauck professor since 2001, the chair of the Department of Legal Studies from 2000 to 2005, and the faculty director of the Sports Business Initiative since 2004. Mr. Shropshire was counsel to the law firm of Van Lierop, Burns & Bassett, LLP, from 1998 to 2004 and has been a practicing attorney in Los Angeles, California, focusing on sports and entertainment law. Mr. Shropshire has also taught coursework at the University Of Pennsylvania School Of Law, the University of San Diego School of Law and Southwestern University School of Law. Mr. Shropshire currently is a member of the Board of Directors of Valley Green Bank.
Lintzenich, James Mr. James C. Lintzenich is the Director of NutraCea. He had served as NutraCea’s Interim Principal Financial Officer and Interim Chief Accounting Officer since August 2009 and as one of the directors since October 2005. Mr. Lintzenich was a director of RiceX from June 2003 to October 2005. From August 2000 to April 2001 Mr. Lintzenich served as President and Chief Operating Officer of SLM Corporation (Sallie Mae), an educational loan institution. From December 1982 to July 2000, Mr. Lintzenich held various senior management and financial positions including Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of USA Group, Inc., a guarantor and servicer of educational loans. Mr. Lintzenich currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Lumina Foundation for Education and the Ball State University Foundation.
McMillan, Edward Mr. Edward L. McMillan, has served as one of Directors of NutraCea since October 2005. Mr. McMillan was a director of RiceX from July 2004 to October 2005. From January 2000 to present Mr. McMillan has owned and managed McMillan LLC, a transaction consulting firm which provides strategic consulting services and facilitates mergers and/or acquisitions predominantly to food and agribusiness industry sectors. From June 1969 to December 1987 he was with Ralston Purina, Inc. and Purina Mills, Inc. where he held various senior level management positions including marketing, strategic planning, business development, product research, and business segment management. From January 1988 to March 1996, Mr. McMillan was President and CEO of Purina Mills, Inc. From August 1996 to July 1997, Mr. McMillan presented a graduate seminar at Purdue University. From August 1997 to April 1999 Mr. McMillan was with Agri Business Group, Inc. Mr. McMillan currently serves on the boards of directors of Balchem, Inc. (NASDAQ:BCPC), Durvet, Inc., Newco Enterprises, Inc., CHB LLC., and Hintzsche, Inc. Mr. McMillan also serves as Chair of the University of Illinois Research Park, LLC and Greenville College Foundation Board.
Saunders, Steven Mr. Steven W. Saunders, has served as one of Directors of NutraCea since October 2005. He was a director of RiceX from August 1998 to October 2005. Mr. Saunders has been President of Saunders Construction, Inc., a commercial construction firm, since February 7, 1991, and President of Warwick Corporation, a business-consulting firm, since 1992.

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total
Short, W. John --
Gingras, Leo 474,324
Batista, Eliseu --
Newland, Kody 245,046
Bensol, David --
Shropshire, Kenneth --
Lintzenich, James --
McMillan, Edward --
Saunders, Steven --
As Of 30 Dec 2008

Insider Trading

Name Shares Traded Price
SAUNDERS STEVEN 92,500 $0.37
SAUNDERS STEVEN 7,500 $0.35
SAUNDERS STEVEN 100,000 $0.34
EDSON BRADLEY D 4,000 $0.59
EDSON BRADLEY D 8,000 $0.62
EDSON BRADLEY D 2,000 $0.61
EDSON BRADLEY D 15,000 $0.56
EDSON BRADLEY D 7,500 $0.55
EDSON BRADLEY D 2,500 $0.54
EDSON BRADLEY D 35,000 $0.56
GINGRAS LEO GERARD 50,000 $0.00
SAUNDERS STEVEN 10,000 $0.72
SAUNDERS STEVEN 222,500 $0.74
SAUNDERS STEVEN 27,500 $0.73
BENSOL DAVID S 7,500 $0.85
SAUNDERS STEVEN 100,000 $0.50
SAUNDERS STEVEN 12,000 $0.89
SAUNDERS STEVEN 100,000 $0.98
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