Roy Loepp

Vice President, Plant Operations and Quality Assurance
Seaboard Overseas and Trading Group

 

Roy Loepp comes from a family farm in central Kansas near the town of Inman. He completed his B.S. in Milling Science from K-State in 1989, spending 6 years with Cargill and 28 years with Seaboard Corporation. While at Seaboard, he completed an M.B.A. in Finance at the University of Kansas. In 2024, he founded Grainovations, LLC and provides leadership, project management and educational services to industry. He currently serves as chief operating officer of Spicin Foods in Kansas City.

His experience includes management of plants, capital projects, information technology projects, senior leadership and critical roles in privatization of state enterprises. He has traveled to and worked extensively with affiliated operations in more than 30 countries.

He has served industry extensively through the International Association of Operative Millers, serving as association president in 2015/2016. His time as treasurer resulted in the reorganization of the association's investment portfolio. Other industry service includes work with task forces for Hard White Wheat, Karnal Bunt control, the World Bank's roundtable on Corporate Social Responsibility in the food industry and the Flour Fortification Initiative. He has presented and represented industry interests to numerous governmental and NGO groups across the world.

Elsewhere, Loepp has served on nonprofit boards and has held numerous leadership and volunteer positions through church and in the arts community. He is married to Lydee (B.S. K-State 1989) and has three daughters: two of whom also have graduated from K-State.