Jay Debertin Class C Director
President and CEO CHS Inc. Term end: December 31, 2026*
Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota USA
Jay Debertin was appointed president and CEO of CHS in 2017 after 33 years in leadership roles in the business. CHS is a diversified global agribusiness cooperative and Fortune 100 company owned by farmers and local cooperatives across the United States.
In addition to his role as CEO at CHS, Debertin serves as chairman of the board for Ventura Foods and as a member of the board of directors of Securian Financial. Previously, Debertin was executive vice president and chief operating officer for CHS Energy and Processing and Food Ingredients. He joined CHS in 1984 in its petroleum division, holding a variety of leadership positions, including overseeing energy marketing, crude oil supply, refining, pipelines and terminals, trading and risk management, and transportation.
Debertin earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, and an MBA from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.