DES MOINES, Iowa – The National Pork Board announced Wednesday that it had named Chris Novak, a state commodity association executive, as the organization’s new chief executive officer.
The NPB said that Novak has served as executive director for the Indiana Soybean Alliance and Indiana corn organizations. He led the merger of two soybean organizations and helped build partnerships between Indiana’s soybean, corn and livestock commodity organizations. He also worked to secure passage of a new state corn checkoff.