Marissa Gautsch

Marissa Gautsch, MBA, serves as the Senior Vice President of Global Sales at Lycored, where leadership focuses on a growing sales team in the Food & Beverage and Health & Nutraceutical sectors. Previous experience includes the role of Category Sales Director at Tate & Lyle, managing the Dairy Category sales team, and Sales Director at Donaldson, overseeing a $250M revenue-generating team. Marissa has held various leadership positions at Land O'Lakes, Inc., enhancing sales, marketing, and business development for global dairy ingredients. Early career experience at Cargill encompassed multiple roles in sales and strategy, contributing to growth and client management on an international scale. Marissa holds an MBA from the UMN Carlson School of Management and dual undergraduate degrees from Purdue University in Business and Organizational Communication.