CHS CEO and leadership

Jay Debertin is executive vice president and chief operating officer, Energy and Foods, for CHS, a diversified energy, grains and foods company based in St. Paul, Minn. Debertin leads the company’s diverse energy operations and processing and food ingredients. Energy includes refineries, pipelines and terminals, refined fuels, propane, lubricants and transportation. CHS Processing and Food Ingredients includes manufacturing facilities in the U.S., China and Israel. He also serves as chairman for the Ventura Foods, LLC, its vegetable oil-based foods joint venture. Debertin joined CHS in 1984 in its petroleum division and held a variety of positions in its energy marketing operations. He was named vice president, Crude Oil Supply, in 1998 based in the company’s Denver, Colo., office. In 2001, he returned to St. Paul, Minn., with responsibilities including raw material supply, refining, pipelines and terminals, trading and risk management, and transportation. He has held his current responsibilities since 2014. Debertin also serves as chairman for Ventura Foods. He earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of North Dakota in 1982 and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Wisconsin – Madison in 1984.