BNET Industries

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$919.5M
  • Private
  • US
Dow Jones Description

Pork Production, Meats & Processed Foods Mfr

Chief Executive Officer
John M. Meyer
Number of Employees 4,300
Contact Information

PO Box 194

Princeton, Missouri 64673

www.psfarms.com

(660) 748-4647

NAICS Code Hog and Pig Farming: 112210

News & Analysis

premium standard farms inc. - All News and Analysis

Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
John M. Meyer Chief Executive Officer
Robert W. Manly, IV President and Chief Operating Officer
Dan Harris CIO & Vice President
Stephen A. Lightstone Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Calvin R Held Vice President Processing Operations
Dennis D Rippe Vice President and Controller
Gerard J. Schulte Vice President and Controller
Richard Morris Vice President Sales and Marketing
Ken Cantrell Director of Texas Operations
Leonard Smith Director, HR
Rick Parker Director, Marketing, Premium Standard Farms
Dan Tvrdy Psf Corporate Training Manager
Jason Helton Manager of Communications
Maurice L. McGill Director
Paul J. Fribourg Director
Ronald E. Justice Director
Vart K. Adjemian Director
William R. Patterson Director

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Michael J. Zimmerman Chairman
Robert Kopriva Chairman of the Board and Director
Mollie H. Carter Board of Directors

Organization Position Status
Premium Standard Farms, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Current
Premium Standard Farms, Inc. Director Current
Premium Standard Farms, Inc. Director, Chief Executive Officer, and President Former
Contigroup Company Vice President Former
Contigroup Company General Manager Former
Farms.com Ltd. Former

Organization Position Status
Premium Standard Farms, Inc. President and Chief Operating Officer Current
Smithfield Foods, Inc. Executive Vice President Former
Smithfield Foods, Inc. Board of Directors Current
The Smithfield Packing Co., Inc. President Former
The Smithfield Packing Co., Inc. Chief Operating Officer Former
Premium Standard Farms, Inc. Executive Vice President Former
The Smithfield Packing Co., Inc. Executive Vice President Former

Organization Position Status
Premium Standard Farms, Inc. CIO & Vice President Current
Premium Standard Farms, Inc. Vice President, DP Former

Stephen A. Lightstone has been our Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer since August 1998. From 1983 to 1998, Mr. Lightstone was with Payless Cashways, Inc., a building materials retailer, most recently serving as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Please contact our Webmaster webmaster@psfarms.com with questions or comments.

Organization Position Status
Premium Standard Farms, Inc. Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Current
Farms.com Ltd. Former

Calvin R. Held has been our Vice President of Process Improvement and Milan Operations since April 2004. Prior to that date, Mr. Held was the Company's Vice President of Milan, Missouri Processing Operations from December 1994 to April 2004 and was Controller of Farm Production and the Milan, Missouri Plant from August 1992 to December 1994. From 1978 to 1992, Mr. Held was with Jimmy Dean Foods, a division of the Sara Lee Corporation, a manufacturer and marketer of consumer products. Please contact our Webmaster webmaster@psfarms.com with questions or comments.

Organization Position Status
Premium Standard Farms, Inc. Vice President Processing Operations Current
Premium Standard Farms, Inc. Plant Manager Current
Sara Lee Corporation Former

Dennis D. Rippe has been our Vice President, Controller and Assistant Secretary since January 1999. Prior to that date, Mr. Rippe had been our Vice President Finance and Administration-Operations (Missouri) since February 1997. Please contact our Webmaster webmaster@psfarms.com with questions or comments.

Organization Position Status
Premium Standard Farms, Inc. Vice President and Controller Current
Premium Standard Farms, Inc. Assistant Secretary Former

Organization Position Status
ContiGroup Companies, Inc. Vice President Current
Premium Standard Farms, Inc. Vice President and Controller Current
Premium Standard Farms, Inc. Secretary Current
Premium Standard Farms, Inc. General Counsel & Secretary Former
ContiGroup Companies, Inc. Assistant General Counsel Former

Mr. Morris has worked in the meat industry across branded and private label beef, pork and processed foods for 27 years and has held executive positions with Sara Lee Foods, Premium Standard Farms and Smithfield Foods. His experience covers Sales, Marketing, Strategic Planning and Implementation and Plant Operations. Mr. Morris has developed organizations from early stage businesses to larger, successful companies working across retail, food service and international business channels with P&L responsibilities for $900m businesses.

Organization Position Status
Dakota Beef Company, LLC Chief Operating Officer Current
Premium Standard Farms, Inc. Vice President Sales and Marketing Current
Bakery.Com Vice President Former
Sara Lee Food Service Vice President Former
Sara Lee Corporation Vice President of Distributor Sales, Meat Former
Morris Group Inc. Consultant Former
Sara Lee Foods Former
Smithfield Foods, Inc. Former

Organization Position Status
Premium Standard Farms, Inc. Director of Texas Operations Current
Premium Standard Farms, Inc. Manager Current

Organization Position Status
Premium Standard Farms, Inc. Director, HR Current

Organization Position Status
Premium Standard Farms, Inc. Director, Marketing, Premium Standard Farms Current

Organization Position Status
Premium Standard Farms, Inc. Psf Corporate Training Manager Current

Organization Position Status
Premium Standard Farms, Inc. Manager of Communications Current

Organization Position Status
ContiGroup Companies, Inc. Chief Financial Officer Current
Contigroup Company Chief Financial Officer Current
Smithfield Foods, Inc. Advisory Director Current
Financial Federal Corporation Director of the Company Current
Osg Lightering LLC Chairman of The Board Current
Osg Lightering LLC Board of Directors Current
Financial Federal Corporation Board of Directors Current
Smithfield Foods, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Kbw, Inc. Director Current
Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Salomon Brothers Inc. Managing Director Former
Salomon Brothers Managing Director Former
Premium Standard Farms, Inc. Director Former
OSG Ship Management Inc. Board of Directors Former
Trinity College Bachelor of Arts degree Former
Corporate Governance member Former

Robert S. Kopriva has been the non-executive Chairman of our Board of Directors since May 2006 and a Director since December 2005. From January 2002 until his retirement in June 2005, Mr. Kopriva was Senior Vice President of Sara Lee Corporation, a global manufacturer and marketer of brand-name products for consumers, and Chief Executive Officer of its Sara Lee Foods Division. Mr. Kopriva joined Sara Lee Corporation in 1981 and held a number of management positions with increasing responsibilities, including President and Chief Executive Officer of Sara Lee s Jimmy Dean Foods division, President of Sara Lee Foods U.S. Supply Chain, and President, Sara Lee Foods U.S. He was elected a Vice President of Sara Lee Corporation in 2000.

Organization Position Status
Premium Standard Farms, Inc. Chairman of the Board and Director Current
Imperial Sugar Company Board of Directors Current
Sara Lee Foods President & CEO Former
Sara Lee Corporation Senior Vice President Former

Maurice L. McGill has been a Director since September 1996. Mr. McGill has served as the President of Wirmac Corp., a private investment company, since 1986 and as a general partner of McGill Partners, a private investment company, since 1989. Please contact our Webmaster webmaster@psfarms.com with questions or comments.

Organization Position Status
Premium Standard Farms, Inc. Director Current

Organization Position Status
Sunflower Banks NA Chief Executive Officer Current
Sunflower Banks NA President Current
Stara, Inc Vice President Current
Sunflower Banks NA chairman Current
Greater Salina Community Foundation Director Current
Premium Standard Farms, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Westar Energy, Inc. Director Current
Harvard Business School MBA Former
Dartmouth College Former

Director since 2006 Mr. Fribourg is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Continental Grain Company, which is an active public market and private investor which owns and operates cattle feeding and integrated poultry businesses, since July 1997. businesses. Mr. Fribourg joined Continental Grain Company (formerly known as ContiGroup) in 1976 and worked in various positions there with increasing responsibility in both the United States and Europe. Mr. Fribourg is a director of Loews Corporation, Chase, and Smithfield Foods. He also serves as a Board Member of, among others, the JP Morgan National Advisory Board; Rabobank International North American Agribusiness Advisory Board; and The Public Theater. He has been a member of the Council on Foreign Relations since 1985. Mr. Fribourg is a member of the Audit Committee.

Organization Position Status
Continental Overseas Corp. Chairman, President & CEO Current
Contigroup Company Chief Executive Officer Current
Contigroup Company Chairman Current
Smithfield Foods, Inc. Board of Directors Current
The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. Board of Directors Current
Lowe's Inc. Director Current
Premium Standard Farms, Inc. Director Current
Loews Corporation Director Current
ContiGroup Companies, Inc. President Former
ContiGroup Companies, Inc. Chief Operating Officer Former
Power Corporation of Canada Director Former
Contigroup Company President Former

Ronald E. Justice has been a Director since September 1996. Mr. Justice has been an Adjunct Professor in Business Studies at Brookhaven College since April 2001. He served as Executive Vice President of Operations of Consolidated Container Company, a producer of plastic containers for consumer products, from September 1998 to April 2000. Mr. Justice was the Senior Vice President of Operations of Scotts Co., a supplier and marketer of consumer lawn and garden care products, from July 1995 to September 1998.

Organization Position Status
Premium Standard Farms, Inc. Director Current
Consolidated Container Company LLC Executive Vice President of Operations Former
Farms.com Ltd. Former

Organization Position Status
ContiGroup Companies, Inc. COO & Executive Vice President Current
Premium Standard Farms, Inc. Director Current
Contigroup Company Chief Operating Officer Former
Contigroup Company Executive Vice President Former
Contigroup Company Senior Vice President Former
Farms.com Ltd. Former

Organization Position Status
American Italian Pasta Company Board of Directors Current
Premium Standard Farms, Inc. Director Current
Premium Standard Farms, Inc. Chief Financial Officer Former
Premium Standard Farms, Inc. Executive Vice President Former
American Italian Pasta Company Chairman Former
American Italian Pasta Company Director Former
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