Leadership Team

Steven Oakland, age 63, has served as a Director since March 2, 2018, as our Chief Executive Officer and President since March 26, 2018, and as Chair of the Board since April 27, 2023. Mr. Oakland previously served as Vice Chair and President, U.S. Food and Beverage of The J.M. Smucker Company (“Smucker’s”) (NYSE: SJM), a manufacturer of branded food products, from May 2016 to February 2018. He previously served as President, Coffee and Foodservice of Smucker’s from April 2015 to April 2016; President, International Food Service of Smucker’s from May 2011 to March 2015; and President, U.S. Retail-Smucker’s Jif and Hungry Jack from August 2008 to May 2011. Prior to that, Mr. Oakland served in increasingly senior positions, including General Manager of Smucker’s Canadian operations from 1995 to 1999. Mr. Oakland currently serves on the board of directors of Foot Locker, Inc. (NYSE: FL), an athletic footwear and apparel retailer.

Mr. Oakland earned his B.A in Marketing and Economics from the University of Mount Union.

Patrick M. O’Donnell joined TreeHouse on July 17, 2017 as Assistant Corporate Controller and has held various leadership roles within the finance department. Mr. O’Donnell has served in his current position as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer since April 2023. Mr. O’Donnell previously served as Chief Accounting Officer from 2022 to 2023, Vice President and Corporate Controller from 2020 to 2022 and Head of Corporate FP&A from 2019 to 2020. Prior to joining TreeHouse, Mr. O’Donnell held roles with increasing responsibility for more than 14 years at PricewaterhouseCoopers. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Marquette University.

Scott Tassani joined TreeHouse on February 5, 2024 as Executive Vice President, Business President and Chief Commercial Officer. Prior to joining TreeHouse, Mr. Tassani previously served as President, Chief Operating Officer, and Board Member of Meati Inc., a plant-based protein company, from December 2021 to January 2024. Prior to his role at Meati Inc., Mr. Tassani held various leadership roles at General Mills (NYSE: GIS), a Fortune 200 global consumer packaged goods company competing in dairy, frozen, chilled, pet, and natural/organic businesses in 160+ countries, where he spent over 29 years and most recently led the $11B North America business as President and Chief Customer Officer from January 2017 until August 2021. Mr. Tassani holds a bachelor’s degree in Marketing and Management with a minor in Psychology from Indiana University.

Kristy N. Waterman joined TreeHouse on July 1, 2021 as Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary. In January 2022 she was additionally appointed Chief Human Resources Officer. Prior to joining TreeHouse, from April 2020 to July 2021, Ms. Waterman served as SVP, Strategy and Chief Administrative Officer of DFA Dairy Brands, a division of Dairy Farmers of America that acquired a substantial portion of Dean Foods Company. Prior to DFA Dairy Brands, Ms. Waterman served as SVP, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Government Affairs of Dean Foods Company, a leading food and beverage company and the largest processor and direct-to-store distributor of dairy products in the U.S., from July 2019 to April 2020, and had responsibility for all legal and regulatory matters. She joined Dean Foods in 2014 and held positions of increasing responsibility within the legal department. Ms. Waterman began her career in the Dallas offices of Gardere, Wynne, Sewell and Norton Rose Fulbright, where she practiced general and corporate law, with a focus on mergers, acquisitions, transactions, securities, corporate governance and reporting and filing obligations. Ms. Waterman received her undergraduate degree from University of Texas at Austin and earned her law degree from St. Mary’s University School of Law.

Steve Landry joined TreeHouse on February 14, 2022 as Senior Vice President, Chief Operations Officer. Prior to joining TreeHouse, Mr. Landry served as Chief Operations Officer for Country Pure Foods, an American manufacturer of fruit drinks, juices, and plant-based beverages for retail food purveyors and foodservice operators, from April 2021 to November 2021. Prior to Country Pure Foods, Mr. Landry held a range of operations leadership roles at The J.M. Smucker Company ("Smucker's") (NYSE: SJM), a manufacturer of branded food products, from June 2002 to April 2021, most recently serving as VP, Operation. Mr. Landry spent his early career in Operations and Continuous Improvement roles at Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG). Mr. Landry holds a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Maine.

Sean Lewis joined TreeHouse on September 9, 2019 as Vice President of Sales, National & Regional West. Mr. Lewis has served in his current position as Senior Vice President, Chief Customer Officer since March 2021, and is a seasoned commercial leader with extensive consumer packaged goods experience. Prior to joining TreeHouse, Mr. Lewis was with Mizkan America, a food production company, from 2016 to 2019, as Customer Vice President, West Area, where he was responsible for all aspects of driving revenue including strategic planning, team leadership and development, territory alignment, and customer management. Prior to Mizkan America, Mr. Lewis was with The Kraft Heinz Company (NASDAQ: KHC), an American multinational food company, from 1997 to 2016, where he held several regional, district, category and business lead roles with increasing responsibility, including the development, pursuit and leadership of customer relationships to achieve revenue, share and distribution growth and optimal shelving. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from the University of Phoenix.

Amit R. Philip joined TreeHouse on August 26, 2019 as Senior Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer. Mr. Philip has served in his current position as Senior Vice President, Chief Strategy and Growth Officer since April 2022. Prior to joining TreeHouse, Mr. Philip was with The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) ("Hershey"), an American multinational company and one of the largest chocolate manufacturers in the world, from 2011 to 2018, where he was most recently Vice President, Global Analytics & Insights. Mr. Philip also held leadership roles in both Corporate and Business Unit strategy at Hershey. Prior to joining Hershey, Mr. Philip was a Management Consultant with A.T. Kearney. Mr. Philip started his career with Schlumberger as a technology consultant. Mr. Philip holds an M.B.A. from Duke University and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Purdue University.