March 4, 2010 (FinancialWire) — Dean Foods (NYSE: DF), a dairy and soy products company, has promoted Chris Sliva to the new position of president, Morningsta. Sliva is currently chief operating officer of the Morningstar Division of Dean Foods.

In his new role, Sliva will oversee the Morningstar division’s entire private label, extended shelf life and cultured businesses.

Sliva joined Dean Foods at WhiteWave in 2006 as senior vice president of Sales and Chief Customer officer. In 2008, he was promoted to chief operating officer, Morningstar.

He previously served as vice president and general manager of Americas Output for Eastman Kodak Corp., where he also served as vice president, Retail Sales and vice president, U.S. Sales. Prior experience includes marketing and sales roles at Fort James Corp. and Procter & Gamble.

Texas-based Dean Foods is a food and beverage company in the United States. The company’s Fresh Dairy Direct business is a processor and distributor of milk and other dairy products in the country. Its WhiteWave-Morningstar business produces and sells a range of nationally branded soy, dairy and dairy-related products.

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