Greg Schlafer is President & CEO of Foremost Farms USA Cooperative. He brings more than 25 years of experience in the food industry and a proven track record of business and leadership success. He joined Foremost Farms in December 2019 when he was named President & CEO.
Foremost Farms, headquartered in Baraboo, Wisconsin, manufactures American- and Italian-style cheeses, butter and specialty whey ingredients for customers around the world. It also markets bulk fluid milk. The cooperative is owned by 1,200 dairy farmer-members from Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio. The cooperative employs more than 1,000 people.
Before joining Foremost Farms, Schlafer served as Vice President, Food Group Sales & Marketing at J.R. Simplot Company. Prior to that he was President of Lamb Weston, a division of ConAgra Foods, Inc. Schlafer started his career at General Mills where he assumed roles as Vice President & General Manager, Bakeries & Foodservice Division.
Schlafer earned his MBA from UCLA’s Anderson School of Management and his undergraduate degree from the University of Minnesota.
