Background
Arline, Marcella Kate was born on March 27, 1952 in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States. Daughter of James Askew and Elizabeth Marie (Preston) Schools.
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Marcella Kate Arline
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Marcella Kate Arline, American, British Food products executive. Recipient Distinguished Svc. award of Merit Gamma Sigma Delta, 1985, Distinguished Alumni award Department Food Science and Technology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1988, Tribute to Women in Industry award Young Women’s Christian Association, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1991, Distinguished Svc. award National Ag. Alumni and Development Association, Inc., 1992.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Food Science & Technology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1974.
Career
Director compliance and quality Eberwine Brothers, Inc., Suffolk, Virginia, 1974-1976. Supervisor quality control Planters Nuts, 1976-1978, manager packaging specifications division, 1978-1979, manager audits division, 1979-1981, manager material evaluation division, 1981. Manager quality assurance and environmental affairs Hershey Chocolate Company, Stuarts Draft, Virginia, 1981-1987.
Assistant to vice president manufacturing Luden's division Hershey (Pennsylvania) Chocolate Company, 1987-1989. Manager manufacturing H.B. Reese division Hershey Chocolate United States of America, 1989-1990, plant manager, 1990-1994. Director quality assurance Hershey Chocolate United States of America, 1996-1999.
Vice president quality & regulatory compliance Hershey Foods Corporation, 1999—2001, vice president human resources, 2001—2002, senior vice president human resources & corporation affairs, 2002—2007. Member food science advisory committee University Illinois, 1989-1995. Member strategy committee Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1989.
Advisory council Virginia Polytechnic Institute College Ag. & Life Sciences, since 1993.
Achievements
Membership
Board directors, Second vice president Junior Achievement Waynesboro (Virginia)/Augusta County, 1982-1987. Member Shenandoah River Basin Committee, 1985-1987, Future Agriculture Study, Virginia, 1986-1987. Board directors Hershey Youth Football Association, 1988-1990.
Member business advisory board Shippensburg University, 1999-2001. Member Institute Food Technologies, Virginia Food Processors Association (board directors, president 1980-1981), American Society Quality Control, Center Atlantic States Association Food and Drug Officials (associate member chairman), Virginia Manufacturing Association (environmental affairs committee 1983-1987), Virginia Polytechnic Institute Agriculture Alumni Organization (board directors 1980-1987, 88-98, vice president 1982-1983, 92-93, president 1983-1984, 93-95), National Agriculture Alumni and Development Association (board directors 1985-1998, secretary-treasurer 1990-1998), Virginia Polytechnic Institute Alumni Association (board directors 1995-2002), Grocery Manufacturers Association, National Food Processing Association.
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Married; children: James Matthew, Ashley Elizabeth.
