PETALUMA, Calif. — Organic prepared frozen food brand Amy's Kitchen has appointed Mel Cash as chief growth officer and promoted Leanne Molter from chief transformation and strategy officer to chief financial officer.
Cash joins the company from Nestlé, where he most recently served as chief marketing and innovation officer, and previously served as head of corporate strategy at Masco and vice president of global category strategy and marketing for plant-based proteins and growth brands at Kellogg Company.
Molter succeeds retiring CFO Peter Wong, who joined Amy's in May 2023 as vice president of finance and strategy.
Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Molter served as Vice President of Treasury, Corporate and Business Finance at J.M. Smucker Co. He also held finance-related positions at PepsiCo, ADP and Advanced Interconnect Technologies.
Mr. Wong has served as Amy's CFO since 2011. He previously served as CFO of Zoom Eyeworks and prior to that was Director of Finance and Accounting for Peet's Coffee & Tea, Inc.
“We are excited to welcome Mel to our senior leadership team,” said Paul Schieffer, president of Amy's Kitchen. “Her impressive track record and industry insight make her the ideal leader to drive our sales, marketing and communications efforts forward.”
“We are thrilled to have Leanne spearhead the organizational transformation and lead our finance and information technology efforts to achieve our ambitious goals. Her strategic foresight and operational capabilities have already driven our business forward, and we are confident she will take Amy's Kitchen to even greater heights as Chief Financial Officer.”
