Biography
Christopher “Chris” Mulder has 35 years of experience in the supply chain. He is currently serving as the senior vice president of The Wenger Group and as president of the Wenger Food Group.
In February 2020, Mulder was appointed Leidy’s president and CEO, resulting from a planned succession. In 2022, Leidy’s was acquired by The Wenger Group, a Pennsylvania-based vertically integrated agricultural company with investments in animal nutrition, protein processing and production of swine, turkey and eggs.
Mulder is enrolled in a Corporate Governance certification course in an executive continuing education program. He has experience serving on industry and charitable boards and participating in the Promotions committee for the Pennsylvania Pork Producers Council.
Nominating Committee Comments
Chris Mulder understands the industry needs to be more coordinated when communicating with one another and the value chain. His professional experience with other proteins and his analogy of pork on a consumer relevancy spectrum verify that he could be an asset to the domestic demand work. He acknowledged that the supply and demand equation is unbalanced; we do a great job with supply but need to improve demand.
Mulder has been involved with the Pennsylvania Pork Producers Council and described a situation where the organization paused funding to seek alignment with the National Pork Board. The producer leaders’ decision meant they didn’t want to move dollars because of historical action and knew the message they wanted to portray. While strategies will be unique to a specific state, coordinating is important. The producer leaders stepped up to confirm the direction fit the purpose to add value to pork.