The Tillamook County Creamery Association has tapped a coffee industry executive as its new CEO.
Patrick Criteser will take over as president and CEO on Aug. 20. He succeeds Harold Strunk, who retired in June.
Criteser most recently was president and CEO of Portland-based Coffee Bean International, where sales increased by more than 300 percent during his tenure. He previously held management positions at Nike Inc., the Walt Disney Co. and Procter & Gamble. He is also a former principal at the Portland-based venture capital firm SmartForest Ventures.
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