Beth Ford

Beth Ford, president and CEO of Land O’Lakes, Inc. has led the Fortune 250 company and more than century-old farmer and retail member-owned cooperative since 2018. Land O’Lakes touches half the harvested acres and 10,000 rural communities in the nation, and feeds 100 million animals each day. During her tenure, Land O’Lakes focused on its members, the technology that enables them, and on ensuring the vibrance and connection of the communities in which they live and work. She has brought her unique perspective to areas including trade, broadband access, immigration, global food security, and broad policy issues affecting working people. She is informed by her breadth of experience prior to Land O’Lakes in senior positions in seven companies in six industries. Her time on the Boards of Directors for the Business Roundtable (chairing the Immigration Committee), Starbucks, Columbia Business School, BlackRock, Inc. and PACCAR, as well as numerous other industry, non-profit and university boards, have additionally equipped her to address a wide array of issues. Listed among Fortune’s 100 Most Powerful People in Business and one of the TIME100 Most Influential People, she holds a bachelor’s degree from Iowa State University and a master’s degree in business from Columbia Business School.