Jafra Cosmetics Names Clark as Chief
Jafra Cosmetics Inc., a Westlake Village division of the Gillette Co., named Ronald D. Clark its president. He replaces Thomas Grant, 60, who retired last December. Clark, 50, previously was a vice president for Avon Products Inc. in New York, responsible for field sales in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and Spain. He said Jafra is at a stage of growth similar to that of Avon several years ago. “I’ve been there before,” Clark said. “I can focus on strategic planning techniques I’m bringing from Avon.”
Jafra manufactures more than 160 skin care and beauty products marketed around the world by a door-to-door sales force. Differing from Avon’s strategy, however, Jafra sells its products exclusively through beauty-education classes in people’s homes, Clark said. Jafra reported worldwide sales of more than $100 million in 1984.
Richard Woolsey was named a regional sales manager for Avecor Inc., a San Fernando supplier of color concentrates and liquids for the plastics industry. Woolsey will be based in Ohio, with responsibility for an 11-state area in the East and Midwest.
Robert W. Bronson was named vice president for corporate quality assurance for San Fernando-based SFE Technologies. SFE manufactures circuit board components. Bronson had been vice president for manufacturing since 1977.
Arthur S. Pfefferman, founder of the Donut Inn franchise chain, was named the 1985 Fernando award recipient. The Fernando is awarded by a committee that includes representatives of chambers of commerce in the San Fernando Valley to a person who “contributes the most to the welfare” of the Valley. Pfefferman was one of three incorporators of the United Chamber of Commerce of the San Fernando Valley and was appointed by President Reagan to the Small Business Administration’s advisory council.
Chatsworth-based Qualcorp Aerospace Systems, a manufacturer of aerospace inspection systems and aircraft instruments, appointed Leon D. (Lee) Furon as its representative to the U.S. Department of Defense, Kamran Ghaemmaghami as vice president-general manager, Lily Rud as accounting manager, Oscar Rivera as sales manager, Truman Rockwood as director of business development and Gabriel Shachar as manager of avionic sales.
Harry Hixson joined Amgen, a Thousand Oaks biotechnology company, in the newly created position of vice president for business development. Hixson comes from Quidel, a La Jolla biomedical firm, where he was president and chief executive officer.
William E. Hartman is the new president and chief executive of Industrial Electronic Engineers of Van Nuys, which manufactures electronic displays, keyboards and panel assemblies. The company also promoted Moshe Elad and Wendell Smith to vice president.
Bruce Magill, formerly director of ordnance systems for the Van Nuys-based Marquardt Co., is now a vice president. Marquardt makes missile warheads and cluster bombs, among other products.
