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Heath Barnes

Energizer · DISC type I
CEO at Mercer Landmark
📍 Celina, Ohio, United States

Heath Barnes is the President and CEO of Mercer Landmark, an Ohio-based farmer-owned cooperative. With a lifelong career in the cooperative system and a degree in Agriculture Business from Washington State University, he has a proven track record of increasing profitability, patronage payouts, and successfully managing infrastructure and market expansion projects.

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Experience
26 Years
Current Role
CEO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Celina, Ohio, United States
Personality Overview

How Heath shows up

Informal
Full Of Energy
Imaginative

They are not always early adopters but can be pursuaded by leveraging strong relationships. They are friendly, approachable and love to make new connections. Unlike C or D types, they are vocal with their opinions but not so much with their questions.

Priorities

Topics Heath cares about

Agricultural Advocacy
Believes the agriculture community needs to shift from being "price takers and story followers" to becoming "conversation changers" to redefine narratives around farming.
Cooperative Profitability
Focuses on the farmer-owned cooperative model, having previously increased profitability by 30% and patronage payouts by 35% in a prior role.
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Career

Work history

1-2019
CEO
Mercer Landmark
7-2013 - 12-2018
CEO
Whitgro Inc.
6-2011 - 7-2013
Assistant Manager
Columbia County Grain Growers Inc.
5-2010 - 9-2012
Owner/CEO
Bronzestone Corp
5-2004 - 5-2010
VP of Marketing
Pacific Northwest Farmers Cooperative Inc.
In the press

Media appearances

AGrow Expo Opening Remarks by Heath Barnes. Featured in Mercer Landmark
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Mercer Landmark CEO Heath Barnes gave an update to peers about our local crop program. Featured in Facebook
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Education
1995 - 1999
Agriculture Business
Washington State University
Education details unavailable
Washington State University
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Influence (I)

Influence (I) reflects the degree to which a person prefers to work by influencing or persuading others. Those scoring high tend to be people oriented, motivated by social recognition and building relationships.

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