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Dustin Aherin
Director of Corporate Strategy at National Beef Packing Company LLC
Dustin Aherin is the Director of Corporate Strategy at National Beef Packing Company LLC, a position he has held since January 2023. Based in Kansas City, Missouri, he has a diverse background in the meat and livestock industry, having previously worked as the Director of Strategy for Fresh Meats at Tyson Foods and co-founding CattleList LLC, a digital platform for cattle sales.
Education and Early Career
Aherin holds multiple degrees from Kansas State University, including a Ph.D. in Beef Cattle Systems Modeling, an M.S. in Animal Science, and a B.S. in Animal Science with a business option. He also participated as a Visiting Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan School of Management, focusing on systems dynamics and data analytics.
Professional Experience
His career includes significant roles such as:
- Director of Corporate Strategy at National Beef Packing Company LLC (2023 - Present)
- Director of Strategy - Fresh Meats at Tyson Foods (2021 - 2022)
- VP and Analyst at Rabo AgriFinance, where he focused on beef and live cattle markets (2020 - 2021)
- Owner of Aherin Brothers Livestock (2003 - 2021), managing operations for a seedstock Gelbvieh/Balancer herd.
Aherin's extensive experience in both strategic roles and hands-on livestock management positions him as a knowledgeable leader in the beef industry.1
