Participants
Rob Johnson

Rob Johnson
President
Cargill Foundation
former Senior VP, Director Corporate Affairs
Cargill Corporation

Robbin Johnson retired from Cargill effective January 1, 2007.  He  was elected Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs, in June 2000.  In that role he worked with Cargill’s senior leadership team on public policy and communications strategies.

Johnson serves on The Cargill Foundation and chaired the former Cargill Citizenship Committee.  He also served on the Corporate Affairs Committee. 

Johnson joined Cargill in 1971.  He was named an assistant vice president in 1976, vice president, Administrative Division, in 1982 and was elected Corporate Vice President, Public Affairs, in 1993.

Johnson graduated from Yale University in 1968 with a bachelor's degree, did graduate study as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University in England from 1968 to 1970 and attended Yale Law School from 1970 to 1971.

Johnson currently serves on the board and executive committee of BlueCross/BlueShield of Minnesota (chairing the Governance Committee) and on the board of the International Policy Council on Food, Agriculture and Trade.  He is a past chair of the U.S. Feed Grains Council and the Canada-Minnesota Business Council.  Johnson also is a member of the USDA/USTR Agricultural Policy Advisory Council and the Council on Foreign Relations.