OMAHA, NEB. — Scoular shareholders added a variety of executive and entrepreneurial experience to its board of directors with the election of three new members on Oct. 2.

The new members are Diane Duren, a retired Union Pacific executive and Omaha community leader; Stephanie Harlan, entrepreneur, business consultant and daughter of former Scoular CEO Neal Harlan; and Tom Werner, former CEO of Lamb Weston. 

“Diane, Stephanie and Tom bring different backgrounds, skill sets and industry perspectives that will strengthen the board,” said David Faith, board chairman, Scoular. “Their leadership will help us to sustain a thriving company driven by talented employees who are committed to carrying the Scoular legacy forward.” 

Duren retired from Omaha-based Union Pacific, a longtime Scoular partner, in 2017 following a variety of leadership roles. She most recently was executive vice president, chief administrative officer and corporate secretary. Prior to Union Pacific, she was a certified public accountant with Deloitte, Haskins & Sells. She is a graduate of Creighton University.

Harlan is a graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and has executive management training from Stanford University. Prior to her retirement in 2024, she built a mortgage protection insurance agency with agents located across the country. She also has worked as a business consultant specializing in company and organization growth and restructuring, and she is a professionally trained mediator with global experience.

Werner led Lamb Weston’s separation from Conagra Brands as a stand-alone public company in 2016. Today, Lamb Weston is one of the world’s largest frozen potato companies. Prior to Lamb Weston, Werner held a variety of leadership positions at Conagra Brands, including president of Commercial Foods & Private Brands and financial leadership roles across the company’s food, milling and supply chain businesses. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration with an accounting emphasis from Saint Mary of the Plains College and an MBA from Rockhurst University.   

The new directors join Faith, Scoular CEO Paul Maass and the four others on the board: Ron Bingham, senior vice president and Grain Division general manager for Scoular; John Heck, former senior vice president of Scoular; Doug Stark, retired CEO of Farm Credit Services of America; and Phil Van Court, president of Scoular.   

“I am grateful to the new directors for joining the board as well as the contributions of the other directors as we all lead the way for our farmers and customers across America and around the world,” Maass said.

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In addition to the new board directors, the company appointed seven new vice presidents.

They are:   

• Katryna Floersch, vice president, Human Resources. Floersch, who has more than 20 years of human resources experience in the manufacturing, food and tech sectors, serves as HR business partner for Scoular’s functions and Ingredients & Oilseed Crush Division
• Angie Gallagher, vice president, Finance. With 25-plus years of experience, Gallagher’s career spans corporate tax, internal audit, global business services, financial planning and analysis, and enterprise risk management. She joined Scoular in 2021 and leads Corporate Accounting, Tax and Internal Audit
• Chris Gervasini, vice president, Information Technology. He joined Scoular more than 25 years ago as a help desk analyst and since then has moved into a variety of roles. Most recently, he is leading an enterprise project to drive process improvement, automation, and practical use of AI
• Jordan Hasan, vice president, Legal, Head of Compliance and Assistant Corporate Secretary. Prior to joining Scoular in 2019, Hasan focused on employment matters, employment litigation and business litigation at an Omaha law firm
• Jeremy Koeppe, vice president, Finance. Koeppe came to Scoular in 2020 and created a Finance Planning and Analysis team, then a Commodity Risk Management team. He now leads finance for Scoular’s Ingredients & Oilseed Crush Division
• TJ Mandl, vice president and Grain Division regional general manager, South. Mandl has spent his 20-year career with Scoular, gaining deep facility and commercial experience. He helped build Scoular’s partnership with Pratt Energy in Pratt, Kansas, US
• Matt O’Hern, vice president and Grain Division regional general manager, East. O’Hern began his Scoular career in Kansas in a management development program and has held a variety of roles in merchandising, trading and facility management. This past summer he was promoted to regional general manager

“As company vice presidents, they lead major business areas or functions, demonstrate trusted leadership across the enterprise, and model Scoular values,” the company said. 

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