WENATCHEE, WA - Stemilt has promoted Tate Mathison to Director of Sales and Dennis Howell to Director of Planning. These two new positions were created to further the company’s strategic goals centered on sales planning and process development, according to a press release.

“Tate has shown an ability to excel and lead. His incredible people skills and passion for this business will serve him well in this new role, where he will guide strategic alignment between our fruit manifest and customers,” said Mike Taylor, Stemilt’s Vice President of Sales and Marketing. “Dennis has a mind for planning and process development and exceptional knowledge of information technology systems, which are imperative as he guides our planning department.”

Since joining his family’s company in 2007, Tate has spent the past 7 years working in domestic sales at Stemilt. Most recently, he worked as a sales team leader for national accounts. Prior to Stemilt, he worked as a technical service representative at Dole Food Company in Los Angeles before later being promoted to Tropical Sales Manager.

Meanwhile, Dennis joined Stemilt in 1997 as a technician in the company’s R&D department. His latest accomplishment was as a Sales and Business Planning Team Leader where he oversaw the launch of the new era of supply and demand forecast modeling and process development. He has served in a number of roles during his time at the company, namely as a Quality Control Manager, Director of Quality Control, and Sales Analyst.

Congratulations on your appointment to these newly created positions, Tate and Dennis!

Stemilt