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.
Leadership Team
Robert Chesler
Chief Executive Officer
Josh susany
Chief Financial Officer
Ashley Ellixson
Chief Business Operations Officer
Grant Gondell
Head of Global Commodities
Steve Baxley
SVP of Operations
Dave Kedzierski
SVP of Business Transformation
Doug Hubby
Director of Customer Compliance and Dairy Services
Stephen Jaffe
VP of Information Technology
Todd Wittlinger
VP of Commercial & Business Development
jon hersam
Interim VP of People Operations
Heidi Myers
Director of Lab and Supplier Quality
AJ Cecconi
Director of Commercial & Business Development
Matt Glasser
Director of Portfolio Management
Kristen Gardner
Director of Export Operations & Logistics
Brent Butcher
Director of Fluid Sales
Sarah Padilla
Director of Food Safety & Quality Assurance
Stacey nikolay
Director of Global Markets & Sourcing
frances Zapanta
Director of Planning & Inventory