- Dean Foods (NYSE:DF -0.9%) has set succession at the top, naming Chief Operating Officer Ralph Scozzafava its next CEO.
- Scozzafava will succeed Gregg Tanner in that role and as a member of the board effective Jan. 1. Tanner will stay on as an adviser through the transition and up to the annual meeting in May.
- Scozzafava joined the company in October 2014 as executive VP and chief commercial officer, and following a career spanning experience with Wrigley and at Campbell Soup. He was promoted to COO in October 2015.