March 3/Melville, N.Y./Comax Flavors Press Release -- Comax Flavors announced two key new additions to its sales organization:  Gary Long as southeastern regional sales manager and Alexis Dobrasz as midwest account representative. In their new positions, they will be responsible for current account management as well as new business development.

Prior to joining Comax, Long held the position of national accounts executive at Edlong Dairy Flavors for 26 years. His industry background also includes five years of experience as a production supervisor and six years as an R&D/QA manager. Long is a graduate of the University of Kentucky.

Prior to joining Comax, Dobrasz spent five years in research and development at Sensient Flavors in the position of food technologist, Dairy Solutions. Before that, she worked as a quality control technician. A member of IFT, Dobrasz earned her B.S. from Purdue University in 2000.

From the March 7, 2011, Prepared Foods E-dition