10 Land O'Lakes marketing leaders
Angela Pengelly, Marketing Vice President at Land O'Lakes, Inc., opens this list of Land O'Lakes marketing leaders, which also includes vice presidents of marketing for Animal Nutrition and WinField United and directors of brand development, brand strategy and marketing. A reader can learn how marketing leaders work at Land O'Lakes from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Alyssa VanHee
LinkedInExperience: Commercial Marketing Director · Land O'Lakes, Inc.
Alyssa VanHee has been Commercial Marketing Director at Land O'Lakes, Inc. since July 2025, and the profile says the role leads marketing strategy within the Commercial Animal Nutrition business. They were Head of Marketing at Upsher-Smith (2024–2025), Marketing Director at Melinta Therapeutics (2022–2024) and Associate Director Marketing at Upsher-Smith (2020–2022).
Angela Pengelly
LinkedInExperience: Marketing Vice President · Land O'Lakes, Inc.
Angela Pengelly has been Marketing Vice President at Land O'Lakes, Inc. since January 2023, based in Minneapolis. At Land O'Lakes, Inc. they were Marketing Director (2018–2023), Marketing Manager (2010–2018) and Assistant Marketing Manager (2006–2010), and they were Marketing Business Management Specialist at Xcel Energy (2004–2006).
Kevin Krueger
LinkedInExperience: Marketing Director · Land O'Lakes, Inc.
Kevin Krueger has been Marketing Director at Land O'Lakes, Inc. since December 2022, in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul area. At Land O'Lakes, Inc. they were Senior Marketing Manager - WinField United (2019–2022), Marketing Manager - WinField United (2018–2019) and Associate Marketing Manager - Purina Mills (2016–2018).
Lori Kocer
LinkedInExperience: Marketing Director, Retail Cheese, Refrigerated Sweet Snacks and Hispanic Dairy · Land O'Lakes, Inc.
Lori Kocer has been Marketing Director, Retail Cheese, Refrigerated Sweet Snacks and Hispanic Dairy at Land O'Lakes, Inc. since February 2023, based in Minneapolis. At Land O'Lakes, Inc. they were Director, Global Dairy Ingredients (2020–2023), Senior Marketing Manager, Purina Animal Nutrition (2017–2020) and Marketing Manager, Global Corporate Marketing (2014–2017).
Mark Sullivan
LinkedInExperience: Marketing Portfolio Director · Land O'Lakes, Inc.
Mark Sullivan has been Marketing Portfolio Director at Land O'Lakes, Inc. since June 2025, in Arden Hills, Minnesota, and the profile describes responsibility for driving transformational growth. They were Global Content Operations Sr. Director - Solventum (formerly 3M Health Care) at Solventum (2021–2025) and Director Integrated Marketing Communications at General Mills (2010–2015).
Michelle Carlson-Chong
LinkedInExperience: Marketing Director - Retail Cheese and Refrigerated Sweet Snacks · Land O'Lakes, Inc.
Michelle Carlson-Chong has been Marketing Director - Retail Cheese and Refrigerated Sweet Snacks at Land O'Lakes, Inc. since May 2026. At Land O'Lakes, Inc. they were Senior Marketing Manager - Retail Butter and Spreads (2025–2026), Senior Marketing Manager - Foodservice (2024–2025), Marketing Manager - Vermont Creamery and Specialty Dairy (2020–2021) and Marketing Manager - Retail Butter Innovation (2019–2020).
Mickey Nelson
LinkedInExperience: Director, Brand Strategy, Insights & Analytics · Land O'Lakes, Inc.
Mickey Nelson has been Director, Brand Strategy, Insights & Analytics at Land O'Lakes, Inc. since January 2025 and also lists a Sr. Brand Planner role there since June 2021, based in Minneapolis. They were Strategy Director (2017–2021) and Sr. Strategist, PR & Brand Innovation (2016–2017) at space150.
Ryan Rubischko
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Marketing at WinField United · Land O'Lakes, Inc.
Ryan Rubischko has been Vice President of Marketing at WinField United at Land O'Lakes, Inc. since January 2024, in Arden Hills, Minnesota. They were Director of Crop Protection at WinField United at Land O'Lakes, Inc. (2020–2023), U.S. Soybean Business Lead at Bayer (2019–2020) and North America Dicamba Business Lead at Monsanto Company (2015–2019).
Scott Schraufnagel
LinkedInExperience: Director of Brand Development · Land O'Lakes, Inc.
Scott Schraufnagel has been Director of Brand Development at Land O'Lakes, Inc. since March 2025, in the Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area. They were Enterprise and Animal Nutrition Brand Marketing Director at Land O'Lakes, Inc. (2018–2025), and they were Group Account Director (2016–2018) and Account Director (2014–2016) at BBDO MW.
Stacey Kearin
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Marketing, Animal Nutrition · Land O'Lakes, Inc.
Stacey Kearin has been Vice President of Marketing, Animal Nutrition at Land O'Lakes, Inc. since August 2024, based in Minneapolis. At Land O'Lakes, Inc. they were Senior Director of International Business Development (2022–2024), Director of International Business Development (2021–2022), Senior Director of Marketing, Foodservice (2016–2021) and Director of Marketing, Retail Foods Butter & Spreads (2013–2016).
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