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Over the past 23 years, I’ve had the privilege of building some of the greatest beverage alcohol brands in the world. I’ve been fortunate enough to work across many different functions, including finance, operations, and marketing. Since 2019, I’ve had the honor of serving as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Brown-Forman Corporation. I have lived and traveled the world on behalf of our great organization and I can tell you there is “Nothing Better in the Market” than Brown-Forman.

Gregory A. Heckman has been our CEO since 2019 and also serves on Bunge's board of directors. He is Founding Partner of Flatwater Partners and has over 30 years of experience in the agriculture, energy and food processing industries. Most recently, Greg was CEO of The Gavilon Group. Previously, he was Chief Operating Officer of ConAgra Foods Commercial Products and President and COO of ConAgra Trade Group. He holds a B.S. in agriculture economics and marketing from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Jim Snee is chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer of Hormel Foods, a global branded food company with over $9 billion in annual revenue across 75 countries worldwide. In its 128-year history, Hormel Foods has earned a reputation as one of the most successful and admired Fortune 500 food companies in the world. Guided by its purpose of Inspired People - Inspired Food, 20,000 team members at Hormel Foods are inspired not only by the food they make, but by the difference they are making in the world. The company’s brands include SKIPPY®, SPAM®, Hormel® Natural Choice®, Applegate®, Justin’s®, Columbus®, Wholly Guacamole®, Hormel® Black Label® and more than 30 other beloved brands. Hormel Foods is a member of the S&P 500 Index and the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats, and was named one of Fortune magazine’s Most Admired Food Companies and one of Forbes’ World’s Best Employers. In 2018, the company donated more than $15 million to causes such as hunger, cancer research and education, earning it a spot on “The 100 Best Corporate Citizens” list of Corporate Responsibility Magazine for the 11th year in a row, among numerous other awards and accolades for its corporate responsibility and community service efforts. Jim is only the 10th president and chief executive officer in the company’s history. During his tenure as CEO, he has led the company’s evolution as a global branded food company and its growing reputation as an award-winning corporate citizen by focusing on the food the company makes and the difference it makes in the world. His career with Hormel Foods spans more than a quarter century. He joined the company in 1989 and assumed roles of increasing responsibility throughout its divisions and at the company’s global headquarters. Jim was named vice president of affiliated business units in 2008, and in 2011 he advanced to leader of Hormel Foods International, overseeing the company’s growing global portfolio. He was named president and chief operating officer in October 2015 and chief executive officer in October 2016. He was elected chairman of the board in October 2017. Jim is active in numerous industry and nonprofit boards and organizations, including the Republic Services (NYSE: RSG) board of directors and the executive board for the Thielen Foundation. Jim earned a bachelor of arts degree in marketing from New Mexico State University (Las Cruces, N.M.) and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn. He has also participated in Harvard Business School’s executive leadership and management programs.

James Zallie is executive vice president, global specialties and president, Americas. Previously, Mr. Zalled served as executive vice president, global specialties and president, North America and EMEA. Before joining Ingredion, he was president and chief executive officer of National Starch, which was acquired by Ingredion in 2010. During his 27 year tenure at National Starch, he held various positions of increasing responsibility, first in technical, then marketing and then international business management. He holds master’s degrees in food science and business administration from Rutgers University and a Bachelor of Science degree in food science from Pennsylvania State University. Mr. Zallie is a member of the board of directors for Innophos, a leading producer of specialty grade phosphate products for the food, pharmaceutical and industrial market segments.

Joe Sanderson is based in Laurel, Mississippi. He has worked as Chairman/President/CEO at SANDERSON FARMS INC, Board Member at SANDERSON FARMS INC, and VP:Processing & Marketing at SANDERSON FARMS INC. Joe works or has worked as TRUSTEE at The National WWII Museum. He attended Millsaps College.

Robert L Steer is a President/CEO at SEABOARD CORP and Board Member at Ingen Y Ref San Martin Tabacal. He has worked as VP:Finance at SEABOARD CORP, Board Member at Fjord Seafood ASA, and Senior VP/CFO/Treasurer at SEABOARD CORP.

William Rodney McMullen (born 1961) is an American businessman, the CEO of Kroger, the second-largest general retailer in the US, since January 1, 2014.

Steven 'Steve' Oakland is a Board Member at TREEHOUSE FOODS, INC.; Board Member at FOOT LOCKER, INC.; and Board Member at MTD Products Inc. He has worked as VP/Gen Mgr:Foodservice Market at JM Smucker Co, Co-Vice Chair/Pres:US Food & Beverage at JM Smucker Co, and President:Intl Food Service at JM Smucker Co. Steven attended University of Mount Union.

Jay Jandrain, president and chief executive officer of Butterball, LLC, is responsible for leading business strategy for the world’s largest turkey producer. Jandrain previously served as chief operating officer for Butterball, LLC, overseeing plant operations, corporate purchasing, transportation and warehousing, demand and supply planning, corporate engineering and research and development (R&D). Jandrain joined Butterball in May of 2002 as the director of product R&D. He has since held roles including vice president of deli sales, vice president of product R&D, vice president of integrated business strategy and executive vice president of sales. Prior to Butterball, Jandrain held multiple sales, marketing and R&D management positions with companies such as Cargill and Plantation Foods. He received his Bachelor of Science in Food Science from Cornell University.