Leadership
Decades of experience
Our team leads with decades of experience within the dairy products and manufacturing industry under their belt.
Many of our leaders gained experience by working their way up through various positions in the UDA plant. Such exposure to many different areas within our company results in hands-on leaders with big- picture vision.
Robert Chesler
Chief Executive Officer
Ashley Ellixson
Chief Commercial Officer
Steve Baxley
SVP of Operations
Dave Kedzierski
SVP of Business Transformation
jon hersam
Director of People Operations
Heidi Myers
Director of Lab and Supplier Quality
Zach Fort
Director of Legal Affairs
Sarah Padilla
Director of Food Safety & Quality
Kai Thompson
Asst. Corporate Controller
Sales and Trading
Grant Gondell
Head of Global Commodities
Todd Wittlinger
VP of Commercial & Business Development
Scott Miniat
Director of Strategy & Commercial Origination
Kristen Gardner
Director of Export Operations & Logistics
Matt Glasser
Director of Portfolio Management
Jonathan Hernandez
Director of Customer Service
Luisa Resendiz
International Sales Director Mexico/LATAM
Frances Zapanta
Director of Planning & Inventory