About

Tony Bedard joined Frontier Co-op in 1991 as Head of Operations and was named CEO in 2003. Prior to Frontier Co-op, he worked at Winnebago Industries in a variety of operational roles.

Tony leads Frontier Co-op’s mission to nourish people and planet that is rooted in corporate social responsibility. He believes that businesses can be a force for change and that doing good can have a positive impact on a company’s performance.

Tony has been recognized numerous times for leading Frontier Co-op's mission-driven work, including receiving the Oscar C. Schmidt Business Leadership Award from the University of Iowa's Tippie College of Business. He holds a BA from the University of Northern Iowa and an MS in manufacturing management from Kettering University.

In his personal life, Tony has led more than 25 humanitarian missions to El Salvador and Haiti to support projects in the areas of education, clean water, and health care. He is a strong advocate of corporate social responsibility and has traveled throughout the world to visit small-scale organic growers in conjunction with Frontier Co-op's Well Earth program. Tony has supported dozens of community-building and business building projects in our grower communities.