It’s been a long road through the agriculture industry for Chris Novak. Like many ag executives, he grew up on a small farm, but his dad’s main source of income during Novak’s formative years was as a crop protection product salesperson for the former Farmland Industries Cooperative.

 

“His territory covered a good share of eastern Iowa, so when I was growing up, there was a regular flow of chemical sales reps coming through the house,” Novak recalls. “While I think the farm was his first love, he also truly loved being out and calling on local coops and working with them.”

 

As it so often happens with successful, driven people, Novak’s career has come full circle. His foundation of experience and executive training was built on work as a leader of and within farmer-focused organizations — most recently as CEO of the National Corn Growers Association. But in August he took the helm as the fifth President of CropLife America, representing the manufacturers, formulators, and distributors of crop protection products on Capitol Hill and helping to shape regulatory policy and direct communication initiatives.

 

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