WASHINGTON — After 33 years with the National Turkey Federation, including 17 years as president and CEO, Joel Brandenberger will retire on June 30, 2024. The announcement was made on Oct. 4 by NTF Chairman Steve Lykken, Jennie-O Turkey Store.
“On behalf of the NTF Executive Committee, Board of Directors and membership, I would like to thank Joel for his decades of service to the industry,” Lykken said. “He took over as CEO shortly before the Great Recession, and he led the federation through that crisis, two major outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza, the COVID-19 pandemic, significant food. . .