FreightWeekSTL 2023 Speaker:
Christopher Rogers
Plant Manager, Prepared Foods Division, Tyson Foods
Chris Rogers is the current plant manager of the Caseyville, Illinois, Tyson Foods facility. In that capacity, he is responsible for the health and safety of 350 team members, food safety performance, environmental compliance, and overall performance of the plant, which produces various retail products under the Jimmy Dean and Hillshire brands portfolio. A North Carolina native, Rogers has more than 15 years of food manufacturing experience, having previously served as plant manager with AdvancePierre Foods, which was acquired by Tyson Foods in 2017, and in various other environmental health and safety, maintenance and operations roles.