Hall of Fame honors for Sargento’s founder; DMI, Bai Brands make executive appointments
In recent dairy industry news, Barb O’Brien is named president of DMI; Marathon Cheese’s Zastoupil elected president of Wisconsin dairy group.
Dairy Management Inc., Rosemont, Ill., promoted Barb O’Brien to the newly created position of president. In this role, O’Brien will oversee the strategic planning and operations for DMI, which manages the national dairy checkoff.
O’Brien, a 15-year veteran of DMI, will remain as president of the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy, an entity she helped design and build eight years ago that advances collaboration among more than 450 companies and 1,000 farmers and others from across the dairy community to help guide the industry’s future.
“Barb has a proven track record in developing strategy and building partnerships with and through the industry to position U.S. dairy farmers and the broader dairy community for success,” DMI CEO Tom Gallagher said.