Our Exceptional Team

Our success is founded on the Jacoby team being more skilled, more efficient, more knowledgeable and easier to work with. It’s been that way since 1949, when Ted Jacoby, Sr. founded T.C. Jacoby & Company as a fluid milk brokerage, and is evident in our continued mission to be the world’s leading supplier of dairy ingredients for food and feed products.

Leadership

Ted Jacoby, III
CEO & President, Cheese, Butter & Dry Ingredients
Office: (314) 822-5947
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Ted Jacoby, III is the President and CEO of T.C. Jacoby & Company, one of North America’s premier dairy product trading companies. After graduating from Cornell University in 1991, Jacoby entered the dairy industry working for Bongard’s Creameries, gaining valuable experience in the challenges of fluid milk and cheese processing in a dairy plant. Jacoby earned his MBA from Washington University in 1996 and credits the combination of his food science degree, dairy plant experience and graduate school business and finance knowledge for his understanding of dairy pricing and industry issues. He joined T.C. Jacoby & Company in 1996 and relocated to the company’s recently opened Mexico City office. In 1998 he returned to the St. Louis office to develop the company’s cheese business and used his expertise to manage price risk and trade futures at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). The company began integrating risk management into all aspects of the business in the early 2000s. The cheese and risk management businesses grew together under his leadership. Jacoby began managing the Trading Group in 2010 and moved into the role of President and CEO in December 2015.
Gus Jacoby
President, Fluid Dairy Ingredients & Dairy Support
Office: (314) 822-5963
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Gus Jacoby is President, Fluid Dairy Ingredients & Dairy Support for T.C. Jacoby & Company. With a Food Science degree from the University of Missouri and an MBA in Economics from Saint Louis University, Jacoby entered the dairy industry at Schreiber Foods, serving as Team Advisor and Ingredient Sales Manager. He joined T.C. Jacoby & Company in 2001 as Manager, Filtered Milk Sales and moved up to Director, Butterfat and Filtered Milk Programs as new product lines were introduced. Jacoby currently oversees the Fluid Dairy Group for T.C. Jacoby & Company, offering value to customers through the sales and distribution of producer farm milk, condensed and filtered milk supplies, sweet and whey creams and bulk butter.
Keith Kirchoff
CFO
Brianne Breed
Senior Vice President, Cheese Trading
Office: (314) 822-5956
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Brianne Breed is Senior Vice President, Cheese Sales for T.C. Jacoby & Company. After graduating from Rockhurst University with multiple degrees and obtaining a Masters from the University of Missouri, Breed joined T.C. Jacoby & Company in 2003. She began as Marketing Assistant to the Cheese Group, handling the day to day communication and relationships with cheese manufacturers, suppliers and customers. She managed cheese inventories, arranged logistics and negotiated rates for both contract and spot sales, and maintained all shipment paperwork to ensure the company was paid in a timely manner. In 2006 Breed was promoted to Cheese Sales Manager and subsequently Vice President, Cheese Sales, developing creative solutions for Jacoby’s current cheese suppliers and customers and pursuing new opportunities both domestically and globally. She oversees the day to day operations of all cheese transactions and manages the team of customer service representatives and logistics coordinators to streamline processes.
Don Street
Director of Global Strategy
Office: (314)-822-5940

Risk Management

Jacob Menge
Vice President of Risk Management & Trade Strategy
Office: 314-822-5975
Dennis Downing
Manager, Risk Management
Office: (314) 821-4456

Producer Milk

Anna Donze
Manager, Dairy Support
Office: (314) 822-5955
Greg Scheer
Manager, Milk Marketing
Office: (314) 822-5943
Cell: (314) 452-0636
Tara White
Customer Service Representative & Logistics Coordinator, Raw Milk
Cell: 314-401-1106
Mary Irwin
Customer Service Representative and Logistics Coordinator, Raw Milk
Office: (314) 822-5960
Diane Floyd
Farm Payroll Master
Office: (314) 822-5948
Jennifer Curran
Producer Payroll and Dairy Support Specialist
Office: (314) 822-5941
Michael Hamberg
Milk Support Specialist
Office: (314) 822-5946
Cell: (618) 540-4428
Robert Nease
Producer Payroll and Dairy Support Specialist
Cell: 314-697-6858

Fluid Dairy Products

Gus Jacoby
President, Fluid Dairy Ingredients & Dairy Support
Office: (314) 822-5963
Jared Miklasz
Sales Manager, Fluid Group
Office: (314) 822-5967
Diana Hidalgo
Customer Service Representative & Logistics Coordinator
Office: (314) 822-5949
Kathy Sexton
Customer Service Representative and Logistics Coordinator, Fluid Dairy
Office: (314) 822-5965
Julie Quinn
Customer Service Representative and Logistics Coordinator, Butterfat and Cream Sales
Office: (314) 822-5944

Cheese & Butter

Brianne Breed
Senior Vice President, Cheese Trading
Office: (314) 822-5956
Jeff Daanen
Vice President, Cheese Sales
Cell: 920-819-4590
Joe Maixner
National Sales Manager, Dairy Ingredients
Office: (314) 822-5977
Cell: (314) 378-8844
Jennifer Kuo
Sales Associate, Cheese Trading
Office: (314) 822-5966

Dairy Ingredients

Joshua White
Vice President, Dairy Ingredients
Cell: (314) 586-0338
Joe Maixner
National Sales Manager, Dairy Ingredients
Office: (314) 822-5977
Cell: (314) 378-8844
Diego Carvallo
Director of Dry Dairy Ingredient Trading
Cell: (786) 769-7655
Yara Morales
Director of Sales, Mexico & Latin America
Office: (314) 822-5953
Cell: (314) 616-4070
Don Street
Director of Global Strategy
Office: (314)-822-5940
Jonathan Powers
Sales Associate, Dairy Ingredient Trading
Office: (314) 822-5942
Cell: (314) 585-5568
Tristan Suellentrop
Sales Associate
Office: (314) 821-4456

Trading Operations Support

Nikki Driy
Trading Operations Manager
Office: (314) 822-5969
Jessica Lyons
Customer Service Representative & Logistics Coordinator
Cell: 314-800-5696
Julia Brezany
Customer Service Representative & Logistics Coordinator
Cell: 314-807-7944
Robert Lee
Customer Service Representative & Logistics Coordinator
Cell: 314-217-3688

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