David McDonald was born and raised on a farm in Northeast Iowa and received his B.S. degree in Animal Science from Iowa State University. In 1987, he joined OSI Group, a multinational food processing company with nearly 60 facilities in 17 countries. Over the years, after serving in a number of capacities, he became President and Chief Operating Officer. David serves on the Board of Managers for OSI Group and many of its companies. In addition, he held a seat on the Board of Directors of Marfrig Alimentos S/A in Brazil, one of the largest fully integrated protein companies in the world. He was also the Chairman of the American Meat Institute (AMI), the meat industry's largest association, and the first Chairman of the North American Meat Institute (NAMI). He remains an active member of the Executive Board of NAMI. In addition, David is a member of the Farm Foundation, a nonprofit organization that works across the food and agriculture value chain to build momentum behind meaningful solutions to some of the most important challenges facing farmers and the food industry.
Risk culture is a construct in which the organization's values, beliefs, and behaviors influence actions relative to how it responds to risks. By reducing complexity across the organization's functions and processes, the different types of risk can be assessed and managed by a single, powerful approach so that the risk culture is more mature.
