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