Beth Ford — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Serves as President and CEO of Land O'Lakes, Inc., a Fortune 250 company and century-old farmer and retail member-owned cooperative, since 2018.
Holds board positions for the Business Roundtable (chairing the Immigration Committee), Starbucks, BlackRock, Inc., and PACCAR.
Leads Land O'Lakes, which operates in all 50 states and 60 countries, touching half the harvested acres and 10,000 rural communities in the nation.
Advocates for high-speed Internet access in rural and underserved areas and initiated the American Connection Project.
Holds a Master of Business Administration from Columbia Business School and a bachelor's degree from Iowa State University.

Biography

Beth Ford is the President and CEO of Land O'Lakes, Inc., an American agricultural cooperative, a position she has held since 2018. Under her leadership, Land O'Lakes operates in all 50 states and 60 countries, touching half the harvested acres and 10,000 rural communities in the nation, and feeding 100 million animals each day. Ford is notable as the first openly gay female CEO of an American Fortune 500 company.