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Industry Speaker Series & Banquet

Chris Policinski
President and Chief Executive Officer, Land O’Lakes, Inc.

Industry Speaker Series & Banquet
Monday, July 26, 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm

Chris Policinski is President and Chief Executive Officer of Land O’Lakes, Inc., a privately owned food and agriculture inputs company which does business in the U.S. and more than 50 countries and has sales of over $10 billion.

Policinski has over 30 years of experience in the food industry, and joined Land O’Lakes in 1997 as its Vice President of Strategy and Business Development. He later became the Chief Operating Officer of the Dairy Foods business unit, and was appointed President and CEO in 2005. Prior to joining Land O’Lakes, Policinski held leadership positions with Kraft General Foods, Bristol Meyers Squib, and The Pillsbury Company.

He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Grocery Manufacturers Association, the National Milk Producers Federation, the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, the U.S. Global Leadership Campaign, Xcel Energy, the Greater Twin Cities United Way, and the Carlson School of Management Board of Overseers.

Policinski earned his MBA degree from New York University and his undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame.