Oil-Dri Announces Key Senior Leadership Promotions
20 Mai 2022 - 10:09PM
Oil-Dri Corporation of America (NYSE: ODC) announced three key
senior leadership promotions within the company. Effective today,
Aaron Christiansen has been appointed to Vice President of
Operations, Wade Robey to Vice President of Agriculture & Amlan
Marketing, and Yasmith Bernal to Vice President, Crop &
Horticulture and Innovation Center Site Lead.
Daniel S. Jaffee, President and Chief Executive Officer, stated,
“I would like to congratulate Aaron, Wade and Yasmith on their
promotions. I appreciate the contributions they have all made to
our organization and the leadership they provide to their teams.
Their roles are critical to Oil-Dri’s growth strategy and
operational success. It gives me great pleasure to acknowledge
their hard work and dedication with these promotions."
In his new role as Vice President of Operations, Aaron
Christiansen will oversee all activities related to mining,
manufacturing, engineering, logistics, procurement, customer
service, and planning. Mr. Christiansen has been with the Company
since 2015. He most recently served as Oil-Dri’s Vice President of
Manufacturing and built a strong track record of increasing
productivity and quality while reducing waste. Prior to joining the
Company, Mr. Christiansen spent 10 years at Unilever where he held
several leadership positions in manufacturing and engineering and
gained valuable experience in management and operations. Mr.
Christiansen began his career at Procter & Gamble as an
engineer after graduating from Washington University in St. Louis
with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering.
As Vice President of Agriculture & Amlan Marketing, Wade
Robey will have oversight of the company’s research and development
activities and the agricultural products business. He will maintain
his current responsibilities of leading the global Amlan marketing
team, the animal health research and development activities, and
Oil-Dri’s regulatory department. Dr. Robey joined the Company in
2021 as Vice President of Marketing and Product Development for
Amlan International and brought decades worth of experience working
in a range of agriculture industries such as animal nutrition,
biotech, food, precision ag and more. Prior to joining Oil-Dri, he
served as Executive Director of Autonomous Solutions for Raven
Industries and held many senior leadership positions at companies
such as at Poet, Syngenta, and Cargill and Novus. Dr. Robey is a
graduate of Auburn University with a Bachelor’s degree in
Agricultural Sciences and a Master’s degree in Avian Physiology. He
earned a Ph.D. in Animal Nutrition from Virginia Tech.
As Vice President, Crop & Horticulture and Innovation Center
Site Lead, Yasmith Bernal will continue to manage the crop and
horticulture products business and will assume the responsibility
of managing the research and development activities for cat litter,
industrial, sports, agricultural and fluid purification products.
She will report to Wade Robey. Ms. Bernal has been with the Company
since 2006, in both sales management and scientific research
capacities. Most recently as the General Manager for Crop and
Horticulture products, she has played an important role in
significantly growing the Company’s agricultural carrier products
sales during her tenure. Previously, Ms. Bernal worked as an
Applications Scientist as part of Oil-Dri’s multi-disciplinary team
responsible for advancing our Verge® agricultural carrier product
to commercialization. She also held scientific research associate
positions at both Nanosphere and Hologic, formerly Gen-Probe. Ms.
Bernal graduated from Northern Illinois University with a Bachelor
of Applied Science in Chemistry and Biology. She earned her
Master’s degree in Physical Sciences from National University.
About Oil-DriOil-Dri Corporation of America is
a leading manufacturer and supplier of specialty sorbent products
for the pet care, animal health and nutrition, bleaching clay and
fluids purification, agricultural ingredients, sports field,
industrial and automotive markets. Oil-Dri is vertically integrated
which enables the Company to efficiently oversee every step of the
process from research and development to supply chain to marketing
and sales. With over 80 years of experience, the Company continues
to fulfill its mission to Create Value from Sorbent Minerals. To
learn more about the Company, visit oildri.com.
“Verge” is a registered trademark of Oil-Dri
Corporation of America.
Category: Company News
Contact:Leslie A. GarberManager of Investor
RelationsOil-Dri Corporation of
AmericaInvestorRelations@oildri.com(312) 321-1515
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