Black Rock taps Land O'Lakes CEO Ford for its board - NewsBreak

Beth Ford, chief executive of Land O'Lakes Inc., joined the board of directors of BlackRock Inc., the world's largest asset management company. Ford, who took the helm of the Arden Hills-based farmers' cooperative in 2018, is one of two new members of BlackRock's 18-person board. The firm also elected Kristin Peck, chief executive of Zoetis Inc., an animal health company spun off from drugmaker Pfizer Inc. in 2013.