Rod Brenneman

Venture Advisor at Serra Ventures

Rod Brenneman has spent 25 years in senior leadership positions in protein and consumer products companies including 14 years as president and chief executive officer of two different companies. Most recently, Rod served as President & CEO and a member of the Board of Directors of Butterball, LLC where he was tasked with turning around and leading the world's largest turkey producer and processor. Prior to his tenure at Butterball, he spent more than 22 years with Seaboard Corporation, where he served the company in various leadership capacities. Through his senior leadership positions at Seaboard, including serving as President & CEO of Seaboard Foods for over 11 years, Rod helped build the company from its infancy to a $1.7 billion pork production and processing company.