Linda Tank is vice president of Marketing Communications for CHS Inc., a Fortune 100 diversified energy, grains and foods company, and the nation’s leading farmer-owned cooperative. CHS is committed to providing the essential resources that enrich lives. CHS is owned by farmers, ranchers and cooperatives, along with thousands of preferred stockholders.
Linda is responsible for the company’s internal and external communications and branding, including corporate image and reputation, advertising, employee communications, community and public relations.
Linda joined the regional cooperative system in 1984 and has served in a variety of marketing communications positions within CHS. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Journalism from the University of Minnesota. She has served on the Ventura Foods board of directors, a CHS joint venture with Mitsui and Co. She chaired the Ag Council of America board of directors -- the agriculture industry group responsible for planning and hosting National Ag Day -- and she is a past trustee for the Minnesota 4-H Foundation Board.
She and her husband Myron have two children, and she is a partner in her family’s 4th generation farm in Cottage Grove, MN.