New hires, promotions, retirements
Conagra Brands promotes Tracy Schaefer Conagra Brands Inc. has announced the appointment of Tracy Schaefer to senior vice president and chief information officer, effective August 22, 2022.
"Tracy has a strong track record of delivering excellent results in finance, information technology and global business services," said Dave Marberger, chief financial officer, Conagra Brands. "Her deep understanding of the business, strategic mindset, and exceptional leadership skills will all be critical as we continue to work across the enterprise to deliver on our strategic plans." Read more Thompson promoted at Brock Grain Systems
Tauren Thompson has been promoted to product technical group manager for Brock Grain Systems, according to Mark Dingeldein, new product development director for the CTB Inc. business unit. Thompson’s new responsibilities in this position include managing the product technical group, supporting the Brock dealer network, and working with sales, customer support, engineering, and dealers to improve Brock products. Read more AAFCO selects new executive director After an extensive process, AAFCO announced it has hired Austin Therrell as its new executive director, effective September 6, 2022. The AAFCO hiring committee evaluated applicants based on government and regulatory experience, food chain and industry knowledge, feed regulation material comprehension, strategic planning and leadership skills. Read more Tim Brown joins Grain States Soya/SoyBest Grain States Soya Inc. announced this week that Tim Brown has joined the company as the new nutrition technical service manager.
In this role, Brown will work with current and future customers on their dairy cattle nutrition needs. Read more JBS announces key leadership changes Three JBS executives are transitioning to new leadership roles within the company. Michael Koenig has been named global chief ethics and compliance officer of JBS. Denilson Molina has been named global chief financial officer of Wild Fork Foods in North America and Swift in Brazil, a newly-created position to support this growing business. Victor Machado, current chief financial officer of Swift Prepared Foods, has been named chief financial officer of JBS USA. Read more Nutrien announces Ken Seitz as president, CEO Nutrien Ltd. recently announced the appointment of Ken Seitz as its president and chief executive officer (CEO), effective August 8, 2022. Seitz will also join the Nutrien Board of Directors. The announcement follows an extensive seven-month global search including internal and external candidates led by the board and supported by a world-class executive recruitment firm with a dedicated agriculture and chemical practice. Read more
GreenStone Farm Credit Services appoints CFO GreenStone Farm Credit Services is pleased to announce the promotion of Kimberly Brunner as its executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO). Brunner assumed the new role on August 1, 2022, in sync with the previous announcement of former CFO Travis Jones transitioning to the chief executive officer leadership position for the association. Read more
Michael Torrey Associates adds policy coordinator Michael Torrey Associates (MTA) welcomes Caroline Snell to the policy team. The Washington, D.C.-based firm offers government relations, strategic communications, and issue advocacy as well as full-service association management to a growing number of clients in the food, agriculture, and forestry sector.
Snell serves as policy coordinator for Michael Torrey Associates, where she provides policy research, communications, and administrative support for the team. Prior to accepting this position, Snell served as MTA’s intern. Read more Reese to lead UMN West Central Research and Outreach Center After serving as the director of operations at the University of Minnesota’s West Central Research and Outreach Center, Morris, for the last 12 and a half years, Professor Lee Johnston returned fully to his research work in the University of Minnesota's Department of Animal Science, where he has been a faculty member since 1988. He will continue to base his research out of the WCROC.
Johnson has garnered much appreciation throughout the UMN system for his outstanding work in delivering educational programs to pork producers and other industry professionals, conducting swine nutrition and management research, and supervising the WCROC's swine research unit while serving as director.
Mike Reese, who has served as the center's renewable energy program director since 2001, assumed WCROC's leadership role as the new director of operations. As the WCROC's renewable energy director for more than 20 years, Reese has overseen the development of the renewable energy program at Morris and participated as principal investigator or project manager on more than $30 million of research and demonstration projects. Read more
