Chris is Chief Executive Officer for Agtegra Cooperative. He previously served South Dakota Wheat Growers as Senior Vice President of Operations and then Chief Operating Officer from 2013 to 2018.

Chris’s cooperative career began in 1993. He held numerous roles in a local cooperative in southwest Iowa where he grew up. In 2000 he joined Farmer’s Cooperative Company (FC) of Farnhamville, IA (which later moved its headquarters to Ames, Iowa). While there he honed skills in operations, department management, cooperative strategy, financial analysis, people management, construction, and merger transitions. Starting in 2002 he served as FC’s Vice President, Feed Division, for six years – followed by two years as Senior Vice President, Agronomy and Feed, and two years as Chief Operating Officer.

Chris is a graduate of Iowa State University with a B.S. in Ag Studies, and also holds a one-year Bible Certificate from Faith Baptist Bible College in Ankeny, Iowa.  He is a staunch advocate for local cooperatives and believes in farmer ownership of the businesses that serve them and in the value they bring to rural communities.

John Husk is Chief Operating Officer for Agtegra Cooperative. He previously served Wheat Growers as Senior Vice President, Operations, from 2016 to 2018. He has more than 40 years of agribusiness leadership experience from the grain and agronomy supply side of agriculture.

John began his career as a crop scout for Huntting Elevator Company in 1977. For the next 20 years he was the General Manager of Huntting’s businesses in Hayfield, Waltham and Claremont, Minnesota. In 1997 John was promoted and transferred to the company’s flagship facility in Canton, South Dakota. The sale of the company in 1997 prompted John to move to the cooperative side of the farm supply business. In March of 1998 he was hired as the General Manager of Fremar Farmers Cooperative Inc. in Marion, South Dakota. Also in 1998 he was successful in creating a partnership with Archer Daniels Midland and Fremar in the grain division of the business.

After a 3-year stint as the National Sales Manager for a swine genetics business, John returned to the grain and agriculture supply business in 2003 as the President and CEO of Elburn Cooperative. The next 12 years John led the company through very dynamic growth and success as it transitioned to a regional cooperative presence in northern Illinois before leaving in 2015. John has most recently been a General Manager for a portion of Southern States Cooperative.

John attended Austin Community College and Iowa State University with a major in Agriculture and Agriculture Business.

Dan Rosenbaum is Chief Information Officer for Agtegra Cooperative, having joined Agtegra from Land O’Lakes where he served 8 years, most recently as Director of Technology Services. In that role, he became well acquainted with the business challenges of cooperatives and how to successfully incorporate enterprise solutions to the ag retail market.

Dan previously held leadership positions at Ingersoll Rand and Doosan Infracore International, two large industrial manufacturers. His experience includes global ERP implementations, off-shore development, business process redesign, and delivering business capabilities through the omni channel.
 
Dan actively participates on several advisory boards and holds a B.S. in Management Science and Information Technology from Virginia Tech.

Jason Klootwyk is Senior Vice President of Grain Marketing and Rail Logistics for Agtegra Cooperative. He joined Agtegra Cooperative from Bunge North America where he held multiple positions including Specialty Grains Manager, Commercial Manager, Region Manager, Director of Interior Assets, and most recently Director of North American Origination.

With Jason's focus on customers and the legacy rich history of the cooperative, he is enjoying his role at Agtegra Cooperative.

Jason is a member of the board of directors of the National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA). He is a graduate from Iowa State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Ag-Business.

Jane Kuhn is the Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Organizational Development.

Jane has more than 25 years of experience in organization development, human resources management, and communications. Jane has held several leadership roles in various industries including healthcare, financial services, retail, and agricultural equipment manufacturing for organizations including UnitedHealth Group, GMAC-Rescap, Best Buy, The Toro Company, and AGCO Corporation. 

Major projects included the implementation of talent management, succession planning, performance management, leadership development, organizational culture, and diversity & inclusion.

Her education includes a Ph.D. in Human Resources Development from the University of Minnesota, a Master's degree in Communications from North Dakota State University, and an MBA degree focused on Marketing from Minnesota State University - Moorhead.  She is also an adjunct faculty member at the U of MN’s Carlson School of Management Human Resources/Industrial Relations program and in their Executive Education program.

Daryl is the Senior Vice President for Agtegra Cooperative. He previously served as the Vice President, Regional Business Lead – Central Plains at Bayer CropScience in St. Louis.

Daryl’s agriculture career began in 1988 as a Sales Representative with the Monsanto Company. The Madison, S.D. area native, has also served as Area Business Manager, Distribution Development Manager, and Strategic Account Manager all with the Monsanto Company.

Daryl is committed to serving the ag-industry by utilizing strategic business experience in the ag input sector. He will leverage strong business and people leadership skills along with deep-rooted agricultural experience to contribute at an executive level position.

Daryl is a graduate the University of Nebraska – Lincoln with a B.S. in Ag-Business and Finance. Daryl and his wife Kirsten have two children, Jakob and Hannah, both of whom are currently attending college.