The Canadian Produce Marketing Association (CPMA) is pleased to announce Mario Masellis as the 2022-2023 CPMA chair following his appointment during the board meeting held concurrently with the 2022 CPMA Convention and Trade Show.
Masellis is the vice-president, sales and marketing of Catania Worldwide. He has been a CPMA board member since 2009 and a mentor for the Passion for Produce program. He brings to this role broad knowledge and extensive experience having worked in the industry for more than 25 years.
As CPMA chair, Masellis will focus on areas close to his heart including, education and training, government relations efforts and diversity and inclusion.
“It is a tremendous honour to have this opportunity to serve as CPMA chair. I look forward to building upon the work my colleagues and past chairs have done, which supports CPMA as the voice of the produce industry in Canada. The key areas I would like to work on include improving education and training, raising consumer awareness around fresh produce consumption and supporting an environment for diversity and inclusion within our industry,” said Masellis.
2022-2023 CPMA board of directors
In his role as chair, Masellis will be supported by the executive committee which consists of:
- Chair: Mario Masellis, Catania Worldwide (wholesaler)
- Past chair: Guy Milette, Courchesne Larose Ltd. (wholesaler)
- 1st vice chair: Colin Chapdelaine, Star Group/BC Hot House
Foods Inc. (grower/packer/shipper) - 2nd vice chair: George Pitsikoulis, Canadawide Fruit
Wholesalers Inc. (wholesaler) - Executive committee member: Steve Bamford, Fresh Advancements (wholesaler)
The complete CPMA board of directors listing can be found here.
For more information:
Micken Kokonya
Canadian Produce Marketing Association
Telephone: 613-226-4187 x225
mkokonya@cpma.ca
https://cpma.ca/