Beth Ford is president and CEO of Land O’Lakes Inc., a Fortune 200 food production and agribusiness company that is also a nearly 100-year-old farmer-owned cooperative. Since joining Land O’Lakes in 2011, Ford has held a variety of roles leading the farmer-to-fork business offerings. Today, she is a passionate advocate on behalf of farmers and rural America with the goal of connecting people, particularly in urban areas, to the farmers and rural communities who grow their food. Ford sits on the board of directors for the Business Roundtable, the Fortune 150 company PACCAR, and numerous other industry, nonprofit, and university boards. Ford has been recognized by Fortune as one of the World’s 50 Greatest Leaders and Most Powerful Women and was named to Fast Company’s Most Productive People and Best Leaders lists. She was also featured in the 60 Minutes segment, “The Farmers Advocate.”