Beth E. Ford Named New Director at PACCAR

PACCAR Inc. has announced that Beth E. Ford has been elected to the company’s board of birectors (Nasdaq:PCAR), effective April 21, 2015. She will succeed John M. Fluke, Jr., who will retire from the Board on April 20, 2015.

Ford, 50, has served since 2012 as Executive Vice President, Chief Supply Chain and Operations Officer of Land O’Lakes, Inc., a $15 billion company in the food production and agribusiness industry. In this role, she is responsible for all supply chain and operating functions from sourcing/trading and manufacturing/logistics through to customer delivery.

Ford is also responsible for research and development and information technology.

During her 25-year career, she has held operating and senior leadership positions with global companies in industries including chemicals (International Flavors & Fragrances), food and beverage (Pepsi), publishing (Scholastic and Hachette), and oil and gas (Mobil Oil).

She is currently a director of Clearwater Paper Corporation. A native of Sioux City, Iowa, Ms. Ford earned an M.B.A. from Columbia University Business School and a B.B.A. from Iowa State University. She is involved with both universities, and is on the Deming Center Board of Advisors for Columbia University Business School and the Dean’s Advisory Committee for the College of Business at Iowa State.

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