Avera to Retire After 33 Years in Bread Business
Stephen Avera, chief legal counsel at Thomasville, Georgia-based Flowers Foods Inc., is retiring at the end of the year after more than three decades at some iteration of the packaged baked goods company.
May 29, 2019 at 04:13 PM
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The top lawyer at Flowers Foods Inc. will soon retire after more than three decades at some iteration of the Thomasville, Georgia-based packaged baked goods company.
Chief legal counsel Stephen Avera will retire from his role at the end of the year, the company announced. Stephanie Tillman, Flowers' vice president, chief compliance officer and deputy general counsel, will succeed Avera, effective Jan. 1.
Through a company representative, Avera declined to comment on his retirement, given that it is still several months away. Tillman was out of the office on Wednesday and could not immediately be reached for comment about her upcoming promotion.
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