CEO Series Leadership values BY BERNARD SHIRE meatpoultry@sosland.com Rod Brenneman transitions to turkey after years of leading Seaboard Foods W 28 hen Butterball LLC, an icon in the food industry and the largest turkey producer in the United States, was looking for a new executive to lead the company, the fi rm carried out a lengthy and extensive search to fi nd the right candidate. Butterball soon found out, however, it was taking the long way around to achieve its goal. The company ended up coming back to its fi rst candidate, who had ranked No. 1 all along – Rod Brenneman. • Meat&Poultry • August 2012 • www.MeatPoultry.comhttp://www.MeatPoultry.com