internal
Jay Debertin
President and Chief Executive Officer
Executive
9 yr
32 reports
CHS Inc.
Three business presidents report directly to the cooperative CEO
Food, Beverages & Tobacco · Fortune #115 · Hybrid structure · 11K employees · Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota
7
CEO span
↓ tighter than peers (avg 9)
3.6
Avg span
moderate
3
Max depth
3 levels
5.7 yr
Avg tenure
71%
Internal hires
↑ above industry avg
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Three business presidents report directly to CHS’s CEO, giving the cooperative unusually direct P&L oversight. This page maps CHS’s hybrid enterprise structure, executive team, and major operating lines, with analysis and peer comparison highlighting how energy, agriculture, and foods are governed side by side.
What to model
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Start with the public baseline, then use the scenario views and source-backed changes to ask what happens when leadership, span, or team ownership shifts.
Scenario views in the chart
- Add Chief AI & Data Officer Create an enterprise AI and data role to coordinate analytics across energy trading, ag merchandising, and foods.
- Insert COO to reduce CEO span Add a COO to consolidate operational oversight of the three business presidents and reduce CEO span.
- Move IT under CFO Shift the CIO to report to the CFO to tighten capital discipline on large systems investments.
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The people
Who's running this
8 executives identified as Named Executive Officers in the most recent SEC proxy. Bar length scales with tenure.
internal
John Griffith
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Finance
6 yr
4 reports
internal
Jay Stedman
President, CHS Energy
Energy
2 yr
4 reports
internal
John Griffith
President, CHS Ag Business
Agriculture
5 yr
4 reports
Sean Broderick
President, CHS Foods
Foods
4 yr
4 reports
internal
David Black
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Legal
7 yr
3 reports
Sarah Lovell
Executive Vice President, Human Resources
Human Resources
3 yr
3 reports
Andy Jorgensen
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Information Technology
4 yr
3 reports
The businesses
How CHS Inc. divides the work
5 divisions report into the group CEO. Tile size scales with estimated headcount.
CHS Energy
4K employees
President, CHS Energy (Jay Stedman)
Operates petroleum refining, pipelines, terminals, and fuels marketing across the U.S.
CHS Ag Business
4K employees
President, CHS Ag Business (John Griffith)
Handles grain origination, processing, crop nutrients, and ag retail services.
CHS Foods
2K employees
President, CHS Foods (Sean Broderick)
Manages branded and private-label food products, including oilseeds processing.
Finance
500 employees
EVP & CFO (John Griffith)
Oversees accounting, treasury, tax, audit, and capital management.
Human Resources
350 employees
EVP, Human Resources (Sarah Lovell)
Leads talent, rewards, labor relations, and workforce strategy.
The thesis
Why this org is unusual
Three business-unit presidents—Energy, Ag Business, and Foods—report directly to CEO Jay Debertin, an unusual degree of P&L proximity for a cooperative of CHS’s scale.
The chart shows a hybrid enterprise structure: shared functional leaders (CFO, General Counsel, CHRO, CIO) sit alongside presidents who each run large, vertically integrated businesses. This keeps capital allocation and risk oversight centralized while preserving speed and market specificity in commodity-driven units.
Depth extends to three operating layers under each president, reflecting the complexity of refining, logistics, merchandising, and branded foods. The absence of a standalone COO underscores reliance on the presidents for day-to-day operations, with the CEO maintaining a broad span to balance enterprise risk and member value.
- No standalone COO role
- Three major P&L presidents report to CEO
- Wide CEO span for a cooperative
The comparison
How CHS Inc. stacks up
Compared with peers like ADM and Cargill, CHS’s structure places more direct authority with business presidents rather than interposing a COO. Public agribusiness peers often separate downstream brands from upstream origination more sharply; CHS instead groups end-to-end accountability within each business. This …
C-suite size
Reporting depth
CHS Inc.
3 levels
4 levels
4 levels
Cargill
5 levels
4 levels
5 levels
Avg C-suite tenure
Has COO / Has CAIO
CHS Inc. — no COO — no CAIO
Cargill ✓ COO — no CAIO
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is the CEO of CHS?
Jay Debertin has served as President and CEO of CHS Inc. since 2016.
What type of organizational structure does CHS use?
CHS uses a hybrid enterprise structure combining centralized functions with three major P&L-led business units.
How many direct reports does CHS's CEO have?
The CEO has seven direct reports, including functional executives and three business presidents.
How has CHS's leadership changed recently?
No major C-suite leadership changes have been publicly disclosed in the last 18 months.
Does CHS have a COO?
No. CHS does not have a standalone COO; operational authority sits with the business presidents.
Sources
- www.chsinc.com/leadership/
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