Brian Linney

Brian Linney is the Chief Executive Officer of Cayuga Milk Ingredients, LLC, where they manage all facets of the business with full profit and loss responsibility and report to the Chairman of the Board. They previously served as Chief Operating Officer at Maola Local Dairies from 2013 to 2022, overseeing sales and marketing for finished products and ingredient products and guiding strategic planning and capital investments. From 2004 to 2013, they were SVP of Consumer Products at Darigold, where they led the division's sales growth—from $350M to $1B annually—improved margins, and coordinated the merger of a dairy cooperative in 2010 along with acquiring three major competitors. Earlier, they were Director of Sales at Foster Farms in the Pacific Northwest from 1990 to 1999, where they grew regional sales to over $150M and expanded market share to 70%. They are pursuing a Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) in Business Administration and Economics at St Marys College.