Phil directs all financial operations for the holding company and also provides oversight and targeted leadership with our portfolio of businesses. Phil brings 20 years of finance and accounting experience with industry-leading, middle-market and Fortune 100 companies. A large part of his experience is in manufacturing and operating environments. Most recently, Phil was the finance and accounting lead for a $500M retail operation business segment at Walgreens and prior to that a $900M unit at Sears Holdings. He has a B.S. in Accounting and an M.B.A. from Northern Illinois University, in addition to CPA certification.

Verlyn oversees all legal matters for CFH and its subsidiaries and directs the use of specialized external counsel. He also is involved with high level strategic matters at CFH and its subsidiaries. Verlyn brings 20+ years as in-house counsel for prominent third-party logistics providers. As General Counsel for most of that time, he provided strategic direction and guidance as a key member of senior management. Previously, Verlyn was in a senior role with CJ Logistics serving strategic customers by facilitating supply chain value creation and of counsel with Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff, LLC. Prior to joining the CFH Executive Team, Verlyn diligently served for five years on the CFH Board of Directors from 2017-2022. Verlyn has a B.S. in Economics from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, an MBA from The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and J.D. from DePaul University College of Law. Verlyn's family owns a small farm in Hillsboro, KS, where they farm soybeans and wheat. The original 160 acres was parceled out as part of President Lincoln's Homestead Act in the 1860s.

Executive Partner, Clearwater Capital Partners, LLC. As former head of GE Capital’s $40B syndicated loan operation and SVP of the GE $20B Healthcare Financial Services unit, John brings over 25 years of global finance and capital markets experience. John holds a B.S. in Management with honors from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, an MBA with a concentration in finance from the University of Maryland, and numerous designations and further studies at such prestigious institutions as Yale University and Pepperdine University. John brings extensive corporate and non-profit governance experience from numerous Board and Foundation roles.

As Founder of Design Group International, he and his business partners foster executive leadership education across the US and Canada, pioneering and developing large group facilitation processes for complex decision making scenarios. Mark directs the Convene® Consulting Network and is a Convene® Chair in Eastern Wisconsin, where he engages business owners and CEOs in a team environment to profitably grow businesses and increase their leadership impact. Mark was instrumental in establishing the Society for Process Consulting and chairs its Standards Committee.

President, CEO, and Chairman of Jord BioScience, a start-up out of the Office for Technology Commercialization at the University of Minnesota. Additionally, as head of The Pendleton Group, he has helped companies achieve strategic results in AgTech, Precision Ag, and Decision Ag. Formerly, CEO of DTN, SVP & GM of Hemisphere GPS, founder, CEO and Chairman of DirectAg, and CEO of Agristar. The beginning of his career saw him at DuPont Pioneer, Syngenta, Northrup King, and Dow Agrosciences. Kip has a BS in agronomy from UW/Madison and an MBA from the University of St. Thomas. He has various roles in many corporate and non-profit boards.  He brings a mindset and track record to "help leaders feed the world."

Senior Vice President/Division Head for Cornerstone National Bank & Trust Company. He has twenty years of financial and banking experience serving the needs of family-owned companies in the Chicago area, all of Illinois, and neighboring states. David serves as the Chairman of Habitat for Humanity of Northern Fox Valley, the largest affiliate in the State of Illinois and one of the top 35 affiliates in the country. He also brings corporate and non-profit Board experience.