Biography
Chad Groves is the president and CEO of Seaboard Foods, an integrated processor marketing 7.5 million hogs annually from its 336,000 sows. Seaboard Foods markets and sells pork for Triumph Foods, Seaboard Triumph Foods and Daily’s Premium Meats. Groves has a diverse background in sales, marketing and business for food, including pork, from his tenure with Cargill, High Liner Foods, and Trilliant Food and Nutrition.
Groves has served one term on the NPB Board, including the treasurer position. He has been a Kansas Pork Association board member since 2022.
Nominating Committee Comments
Incumbent Chad Groves has an ROI and business mindset, delivering efficiency and critically important servant leadership. He elevates talent on the board and staff, giving an example of professionally challenging staff to confirm ROI statistics based on business and industry standards. His passion lies in demand, and his credible protein experience makes him an asset to a topically diverse board. His understanding of consumer messaging and knowing NPB should not succumb to quick reaction is important for judiciously spending Checkoff dollars.
He truly cares about people and their needs while trusting his team at Seaboard Foods to activate business priorities when he is away or balancing personal time.