Landec Corporation announced the appointment of Molly A. Hemmeter as Chief Operating Officer. Ms. Hemmeter joined Landec in June 2009 as VP of Business Development and subsequently became Landec's Chief Commercial Officer. Ms. Hemmeter will report directly to Gary Steele, Landec's CEO and Chairman of the Board.

Prior to Landec, Ms. Hemmeter was VP of Global Marketing and New Business Development of Ashland Inc.'s Performance Material Division where she created processes for identifying global new business development opportunities with significant revenue potential and led the programs from inception through commercialization.