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Director appointed at Geneva: Olga Padilla-Zakour has been appointed director of the New York State Food Venture Center, an outreach program of CornellÕs food science and technology department at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva. The Food Venture Center creates partnerships with entrepreneurs and established companies across the state to bring new food products and processes to the marketplace. ÒDr. Padilla-Zakour brings exciting and resourceful leadership to this program,Ó said food science and technology chairman Mark McLellan. ÒHer academic and industry experience is an invaluable asset as she endeavors to develop the Food Venture Center.Ó Padilla-Zakour was hired to replace Don Downing, professor emeritus of food processing, who has led the Food Venture Center since it opened in the fall of 1988. Padilla-Zakour received her licentiate in food technology from the University of Costa Rica in 1983; her M.S. in 1988 and a Ph.D. in 1991 in food science and technology from Cornell.

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