Cadiz Inc. Adds General Counsel to Senior Management Team.Business Editors SANTA MONICA Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 18, 2001 Cadiz Inc., (Nasdaq: CLCI CLCI Dichlorodimethyl Ether ), Chief Financial Officer, Stanley Speer, today announced the appointment of Jennifer Hankes Painter as general counsel. Ms. Painter was previously with the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. offices of Sullivan & Cromwell where she handled general corporate matters, mergers and acquisition transactions, venture capital, IPOs and securities matters for a variety of industries ranging from banking and finance to technology, telecommunications, public utility and agriculture. She has worked with domestic and international corporations and financial advisors in private and public finance and securities offerings. Prior to joining Sullivan & Cromwell, Ms. Painter spent 10 years with the U.S. military as an engineer officer. Her duties included construction project management as well as design project management with the Corps of Engineers based in Los Angeles, where she managed and supervised construction and flood management control contracts of $20 million annually for seven military bases throughout Arizona and Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, . She also was a logistics officer for a battalion of 200 individuals located throughout the world in 13 time zones who provided portable large-scale power generation, technical support and reconstruction services to FEMA FEMA, n.pr See Federal Emergency Management Agency. in the event of natural disasters, third world countries in peacetime and other military support in time of conflict. "Cadiz has developed a growth strategy that requires the expertise and management of in-house general counsel. Jennifer not only brings the versatility of a proven corporate track record as counsel to a variety of industries, but she has a critical understanding and experience in handling and managing oversight of environmental and natural resource based projects which are similar in scope to many of Cadiz's activities," said Speer. Ms. Painter is a graduate of Loyola Law School Loyola Law School is the law school of Loyola Marymount University, a private Jesuit school in Los Angeles, California. Loyola was established in 1920. Like Loyola University Chicago School of Law and Loyola University New Orleans College of Law (separate and unaffiliated , Los Angeles, California and of the United States Military Academy United States Military Academy, at West Point, N.Y.; for training young men and women to be officers in the U.S. army; founded and opened in 1802. The original act provided that the Corps of Engineers stationed at West Point should constitute a military academy, but , West Point, New York West Point is a federal military base (and a census-designated place) located in the Town of Highland Falls in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 7,138 at the 2000 census. with a BS in Civil Engineering. Founded in 1983, Cadiz Inc., is a publicly held water resource management and agricultural firm. With its subsidiary, Sun World International, Inc., Cadiz is one of the largest vertically integrated agricultural companies in California. The Company owns significant landholdings with substantial water resources throughout California. Further information on the Company can be obtained by visiting its corporate web site at www.cadizinc.com. |
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