The board of directors of MGP Ingredients Inc., Atchison, KS, has elected Karen Seaberg board chairperson, effective immediately. Her election continues a long family legacy at the company, a supplier of specialty wheat proteins and starches and premium distilled spirits.
Seaberg succeeds her father, Cloud L. “Bud” Cray, who served as chairman this past year, as well as from 1980 to 2005. He retains a position on the board as chairman emeritus. Her husband, Ladd Seaberg, was chairman from 2005 until his retirement in 2009, and also served a combined total of 28 years as president and CEO. The role of chairman was originally held by Cloud L. Cray Sr., who founded the company in 1941.