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Several CHS senior executives to
step down by year's end
INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, MINN.
- Several senior executives of CHS
Inc. on Oct. 6 announced plans to
retire by the end of 2010.
John Johnson, president and chief
executive officer, will retire effective
Dec. 31. The cooperative's board of
directors is in the process of searching for a new c.e.o., and hopes to
make an announcement prior to its
annual meeting Dec. 2-3.
Other retiring executives include:
Leon Westbrock, executive vicepresident
and
chief
operating
officer-energy;
Tom Larson, executive vice-president of business
solutions;
and
John Schmitz, executive vice-president and chief
financial officer. Mr. Westbrock and
Mr. Larson will step down Oct. 29,
while Mr. Schmitz will retire on
Dec. 31.
"This is a time of transition for
CHS that we have anticipated with
considerable
preparation,"
Mr.
Johnson said. "Our comprehensive
talent development efforts have
provided the company with candidates with the depth of experience
and leadership skills to succeed
these individuals. The company has
a clear strategic direction, developed with involvement from dozens
of members of the current management team, all of which will enable
the company to pursue its long-term
goals and continue adding value for
its stakeholders."
Combined, the retiring executives
represent nearly a century of service
to CHS and its farmer, rancher and
member cooperative owners.
Mr. Westbrock, 63, joined the

former Cenex in 1976 in merchandising and managed local cooperatives
in North Dakota and Minnesota.
He returned to Cenex to hold various positions, including lubricants
manager, director of retailing and
executive vice-president of energy.
He chairs the National Cooperative
Refinery Association Board.
Mr. Larson, 62, worked as an agriculture teacher before joining the
former Cenex agronomy sales staff,
later managing the local cooperative at Hoffman,
Minn. He returned to the regional co-op in
1978 and held
positions
in
marketing
and
planning,
was
director and later
vice-president of
agronomy services for the former
Cenex/Land O'Lakes Agronomy
Company, and led the former Cenex
Supply and Marketing retail unit.
He assumed his current position
in 2005 and serves on the boards of
Ag States Group, Cofina Financial
L.L.C., Country Hedging Inc. and
Norick.
Mr. Schmitz, 59, joined Harvest
States in 1974 and held a number
of accounting and finance positions within the company, including divisional controller positions
in business solutions, country operations and grain marketing. In
1986, he was named vice-president
and controller of Harvest States,
and served in that position until the
merger with Cenex. In May 1999, he
was named chief financial officer
for CHS. He serves on the boards
of directors of the National Cooperative Refinery Association and
Multigrain AG. MBN

Steven Freund joins Freund Baking
COMMERCE, CALIF. - Steven
Freund has joined Freund Baking Co. Mr. Freund, who is the
sixth generation to be involved in
the business, which started in 1856
at St. Louis, was a practicing attorney for 15 years before joining
the bakery.
"He will learn the business from the
ground up and earn an appropriate
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title when he is ready, just as each
previous generation has done," said
Jim Freund, Steven's father and
company president.
Freund Baking operates three
bread and cake plants in Commerce, Glendale and Hayward, Calif. The company's products include
hamburger and hot dog buns, and
brown 'n serve rolls. MBN

The Best Ingredients
Produce The Best
Products

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ow good are Dunford Bakers' Double
H
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enough for special request deliveries
to the sky boxes at Mile High Stadium
during Denver Broncos games. Good
enough for private jets to make special
stops to pick them up from the bakery.
Now known as Dunford Bakers, the
company began as the Dunford Bread
Company in 1931 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
John Stevens, the president of Dunford
Bakers, oversees one of the largest wholesale bakeries in the Salt Lake City area.
Dunford is in production 365 days of
the year. This popular bakery has one
retail location, and supplies baked goods
to area grocery stores. In addition, it
produces many private label brands.
While Double Fudge Chocolate Cake
Donuts are Dunford Bakers' most famous
product, the Pumpkin Chocolate Cookies
have many fans. Mr. Stevens is proud that
Dunford Bakers provides 100 people with
employment, many of whom are long-time
employees.
The secret of Dunford Bakers' success
over the years is the reputation it has
built for taking care of its customers by
supplying a quality product at a reasonable price. "We put quality into everything we do. We don't cut corners
and we use the best ingredients in
order to produce the best product for
our customers," said John Stevens.
To that end, Dunford Bakers uses
International® Bakers Services' flavors
such as BLO&V®, B&V®, Raspberry and
Pumpkin Pie. "I have known of
International® Bakers Services' flavors
my whole life," said Mr. Stevens. "We are
always experimenting with new flavors in
order to offer a variety of tasty treats to
our customers."
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quality in your products or new flavors,
turn to International® Bakers
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