People: Cal-Maine Foods names VP’s of operations

US egg producer, Cal-Maine Foods, has announced that Kevin Lastowski and Chris Myers have both been promoted to vice president of operations. These appointments were made effective at the December 28, 2012, meeting of the Company’s Board of Directors.

Lastowski will have responsibility for all of Cal-Maine Foods’ production and processing facilities located in South Florida, and Myers will be responsible for oversight of all the Company’s operations in North Florida. They will both report directly to Sherman Miller, chief operating officer of Cal-Maine Foods.

Lastowski has been employed with Cal-Maine Foods since 2001. He most recently served as an operations manager in the Company’s Dade City, Florida, operation. Previously, he served as the general manager for the Company’s Bushnell and Brooksville, Florida, operations and has also held management positions at Cal-Maine Food’s Guthrie, Kentucky, and Bethune, South Carolina, operations. Lastowski graduated from North Carolina State University in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree in poultry science and associate’s degrees in both agricultural pest management and agribusiness management.

Myers joined the Company in 2002 and has held management positions at different locations in Florida since Cal-Maine Foods acquired these operations in 2005. He is also located in Dade City. Myers began his tenure with the Company in Bethune, South Carolina, and later moved to assume management positions with Cal-Maine Foods in Louisburg, North Carolina. Myers has an associate’s degree in general agriculture from North Carolina State University. He is a member of the board of the Florida Poultry Federation and also serves on the Florida Animal Industry Technical Council and the Florida Emergency Poultry Disease Committee.

“We are pleased to announce these promotions and to recognise the hard work and dedication that both Kevin Lastowski and Chris Myers have shown to Cal-Maine Foods over these past years,” said Dolph Baker, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. “They are very familiar with the critical aspects of our operations and bring extensive field experience to their new positions, having both served in different locations for Cal-Maine Foods.”