Ford brings decades of experience across six different industries.
The Land O'Lakes Inc. board of directors named Beth Ford president and CEO of the Arden Hills, Minn.-based cooperative. Ford is replacing Chris Policinski, who retired, and will assume her new role Aug. 1, Land O’Lakes said.
Ford comes to the CEO role after a series of executive postings within the company. In December 2017, she was named chief operating officer of Land O'Lakes Businesses, where she oversaw Land O'Lakes' WinField United, Purina Animal Nutrition and Dairy Foods business units. Prior to that, Ford was head of Land O'Lakes' Dairy Foods and Purina Animal Nutrition businesses, where she led record performance and growth, leveraging innovation through R&D to strengthen both brands, the company said. She also was instrumental in the acquisition of Vermont Creamery in early 2017.