Broadway, VA - WLR Foods, Inc.'s President and Chief Executive Officer, James L. Keeler, announced that Neil D. Showalter will succeed Robert T. Ritter as the company's Chief Financial Officer.
Mr. Showalter currently serves as Vice President of Finance for WLR Foods, a position he has held since November, 1997. Prior to becoming Vice President of Finance, Mr. Showalter was President of WLR's subsidiary, Cassco Ice & Cold Storage, Inc. (1996 - 1997) where he had also served as Vice President (1994 - 1996) and as General Manager of Administration (1989 - 1994). Before joining Cassco, Mr. Showalter practiced for 10 years as a CPA with McGladrey & Pullen.
A summa cum laude graduate of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia, with a bachelor of business administration degree in accounting and economics and a master of business administration degree, Mr. Showalter served as President of the Accounting Honor Society and President of the Economics Honor Society and was a member of the University Honor Council. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants and serves as Chairman of the Finance and Administration Committee of the International Association of Refrigerated Warehouses.
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