Barbara O’Brien

O’Brien Delivers First-Year Outcomes: A Refreshed Checkoff Strategy

October 28, 2022 Dairy Management Inc.

Dairy Management Inc. (DMI) CEO Barbara O’Brien is modernizing the checkoff strategy with a fresh organizational structure and a new three-year plan and budget that delivers immediate results and lays ground for long-term benefits for farmers and importers. …

O’Brien Says U.S. Agriculture Has ‘Open Door of Opportunity’

November 26, 2021 Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy

Barbara O’Brien, President and CEO of Dairy Management Inc. and the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy, said agriculture has an “open door of opportunity” amid growing pressures and expectations to feed a growing population sustainably and responsibly during her opening comments at the Sustainable Agriculture Summit, Nov. 17-18. …

Gallagher Announces End of Tenure; Celebrates the Dairy Checkoff’s Strong Legacy. Board Transitions to Barbara O’Brien as CEO and Looks to Future

September 30, 2021 Dairy Management Inc.

Dairy Management Inc., the dairy checkoff program that drives trust and sales of dairy products on behalf of America’s 31,000 dairy farm families and importers, announced today that Tom Gallagher has decided to conclude his 30-year tenure as CEO to devote more time to teaching and other opportunities. …