Pate Chavez

Pate Chavez has extensive experience in the cattle feeding industry, currently serving as Assistant General Manager at JBS Five Rivers Cattle Feeding since April 2016, where responsibilities include managing safety, retention, culture, and team performance, along with procurement of cattle and commodities. Prior experience at JBS includes roles as Department Manager from March 2013 to February 2016, overseeing multiple departments, and as a Feedlot Trainee from June 2011 to December 2012, learning milling operations and performing maintenance. Early experience includes internships that focused on animal handling, necropsies, and various feed mill operations. Pate Chavez holds a Master of Business Administration from Colorado State University and a Bachelor's degree in Agricultural and Extension Education Services from New Mexico State University.