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

Josh susany
Chief Financial 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

Brent Butcher
Director of Fluid Sales

Kristen Gardner
Director of Export Operations & Logistics

Matt Glasser
Director of Portfolio Management

Jonathan Hernandez
Director of Customer Service

Scott Miniat
Director of Strategy & Commercial Origination

Luisa Resendiz
International Sales Director Mexico/LATAM

Frances Zapanta
Director of Planning & Inventory