Mushroom Council

The Mushroom Council, Lee’s Summit, MO, is expanding its marketing team with the addition of two produce marketing leaders. Cristie Mather steps in as vice president of marketing, and Adriane Rippberger joins as director of marketing.

Collectively in their careers, Mather and Rippberger have helped shape marketing strategies for dozens of food and beverage organizations, both at agencies and in-house, including commodity boards, brands and associations representing apples, avocados, berries, dairy, grapes, pears, watermelon, potatoes and nuts.