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Capital. Named to current position in January 2012.
Previously served as senior vice president of CHS
Business Solutions through 2011 after being named
vice president of Business Solutions Consulting in
2008 and vice president of Member Services in 2005.
Managed cooperatives in North Dakota and Minnesota
for 23 years. Trustee of the Member Cooperatives
Pension Plan, a board member for CHS Pension Plan,
and fiduciary board member for the Co-op 401(k)
Committee. Serves as director for CHS Insurance,
CHS Capital and CHS Hedging. Has served as the
leader of numerous cooperative system organizations,
including North Dakota and Minnesota Managers
Association, Triangle Agronomy LLC, CHS and Land
O’Lakes Managers Council, and business unit advisory
committees. Earned a bachelor’s degree in agricultural
economics from North Dakota State University.
John McEnroe, executive vice president, Country
Operations. Responsible for delivering agricultural
inputs, energy products, grain marketing, animal
nutrition, sunflower processing and other farm
supplies to more than 75,000 producers through
72 retail businesses in 16 states and Alberta, Canada.
Named to current position in January 2012. Joined the
cooperative system in 1979 as a manager trainee in
Crookston, Minn., progressing through a variety of grain
marketing and retail management positions, including
being named regional director in 1984, vice president in
2000 and senior vice president of Country Operations
in 2003. Represents CHS on the boards of the National
Cooperative Refinery Association, CHS Capital, and
numerous Country Operations partnerships and joint
ventures. Serves as executive committee member of
the Grain Elevator and Processing Society. Pursued
a bachelor’s degree in political science from the
University of North Dakota.
Mark Palmquist, executive vice president and chief
operating ocer, Ag Business. Responsible for all global
ag-related business units, including crop nutrients, grain
marketing, terminal operations, exports, logistics and
transportation, along with oilseed processing and food
ingredients business. Joined CHS in 1979 as a grain buyer,
later moved to grain merchandising, where he traded
commodities, including corn, soybeans and spring
wheat. Named vice president and director of the grain
marketing division, senior vice president of the grain
marketing division in 1990 and senior vice president in
1993. Since 2001, has held a variety of leadership roles
for a range of CHS agricultural inputs and marketing
areas, retail businesses, and grain-based food and food
ingredients operations. Named executive vice president
and chief operating ocer for Ag Business in 2005.
Serves as director for Horizon Milling, LLC. Is a long-
standing member of the Minneapolis Grain Exchange
and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Earned a
bachelor’s degree in business from Gustavus Adolphus
College and attended the University of Minnesota
master’s of business administration program.
Timothy Skidmore, executive vice president and chief
financial ocer. Responsible for finance, accounting,
business assessments, insurance risk management and
the company’s indirect spend program. Joined CHS
in August 2013. Previously served as vice president
of finance and strategy for Campbell North America.
Formerly an assistant treasurer at Campbell. Also held
numerous leadership positions in finance, including
cash management, corporate finance and international
treasury functions. Served in various business unit CFO
roles where he was responsible for financial strategy,
planning, reporting and balance sheet management.
Formerly held various financial leadership positions
at DuPont, including leading finance across the Asia-
Pacific region. Began his career at Conoco Phillips.
Earned a bachelor’s degree in risk management from
the University of Georgia and a master’s of business
administration degree in finance from Widener
University, Chester, Pa.
Lisa Zell, executive vice president and general counsel.
Responsible for legal and compliance functions and
government aairs. Named senior vice president and
general counsel in January 2011 and assumed current
position in January 2012. Joined CHS in 1999 as senior
attorney after several years in private practice and
a federal clerkship with the U.S. Court of Appeals
Seventh Circuit. Serves on the board of Ventura Foods,
LLC, and chairs its corporate responsibility committee.
Earned a bachelor’s degree from St. Cloud (Minn.)
State University and a law degree from Drake University,
graduating with honors.
CHS thanks David Kastelic, executive vice president and
chief financial ocer, and Patrick Kluempke, executive
vice president, Corporate Administration, for their years
of dedication to the company’s future success. Kastelic
retired in September 2013 and Kluempke retired in
March 2013.
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