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60 2011 CHS
LEADERSHIP
Native of Oregon’s Willamette Valley.
Operates a family-owned blueberry
farm near Aurora, Ore.
JAY DEBERTIN , executive vice president
and chief operating o cer, Energy and
Foods. Responsible for energy opera-
tions, including refi neries, pipelines
and terminals; refi ned fuels, propane,
lubricants and renewable fuels dis-
tribution and marketing businesses.
Also responsible for CHS vegetable-
oil-based foods through Ventura Foods,
LLC. Assumed current position in Janu-
ary 2011. Joined CHS in 1984 and held
positions in energy operations, includ-
ing leadership for raw material supply,
refi ning, pipelines and terminals, trad-
ing and risk management, and trans-
portation. Served as executive vice
president and chief operating o cer
for processing, responsible for the com-
pany’s soybean crushing, refi ning and
MANAGEMENT TEAM
Central Montana Cooperative of Geraldine
and Denton, Mont. President of Montana
Cooperative Development Center and
serves on the boards of ACDI/VOCA and its
audit committee, a Washington, D.C.–based
international cooperative development
organization; Montana Council of Coopera-
tives; and Mountain View of Montana, LLC.
Serves on the Montana State University
College of Agriculture Academic Advisory
Council. Active in local church activities
and as a member of Montana Farmers Union
and Montana Grain Growers Association.
Received Montana Farmers Union Coopera-
tive Leadership Award in 2005. Operates a
family farm near Geraldine, Mont. Earned a
bachelor’s degree in agriculture from Mon-
tana State University, which named him
Outstanding Ag Leader in 2011.
STEVE RIEGEL (2006): Serves on Corporate
Responsibility and Government Relations
committees. Director and former chair-
man of Pride Ag Resources, Dodge City,
Kan., and former director and o cer for
Ford-Kingsdown Cooperative and Co-op
Service, Inc. Advisory director for Bucklin
(Kan.) National Bank, and has served on
local school board. Raises irrigated corn,
soybeans, alfalfa, dryland wheat and milo
near Ford, Kan. Attended Fort Hays State
University, majoring in agriculture, busi-
ness and animal science.
DAN SCHURR (2006): Serves on Audit and
Government Relations committees. Direc-
tor for Blackhawk Bank and Trust, serv-
ing on its audit and trust committee, and
River Valley Cooperative of Mt. Joy, Iowa.
Served as a director and loan committee
member for Great River Bank, and as a local
school board member. Active in numerous
agricultural and community organizations.
Named 2004 Iowa Jaycees Outstanding
Young Farmer. Raises corn, soybeans,
alfalfa and fed cattle near LeClaire, Iowa.
Owns a heavy equipment repair business in
Bettendorf, Iowa. Holds a bachelor’s degree
in agricultural business with a minor in
economics from Iowa State University.
CARL CASALE, president and chief
executive o cer. Joined CHS in current
role in 2011. Previously spent 26 years
with Monsanto Company, beginning
his career as a sales representative in
eastern Washington State and advanc-
ing through sales, strategy, marketing
and technology-related positions before
being named chief fi nancial o cer in
2009. Serves on the boards of National
Cooperative Refinery Association;
Ventura Foods, LLC; Nalco Company;
National Council of Farmer Coopera-
tives; Greater Twin Cities United Way;
and Oregon State University Foundation
board of trustees. Previously served on
the board of the National 4-H Council.
Holds a bachelor’s degree in agricultural
economics from Oregon State Univer-
sity and an executive MBA degree from
Washington University, St. Louis, Mo.
Named Oregon State University College
of Agriculture’s 2009 alumni fellow.
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