Greg Krissek, CEO Emeritus of the Kansas Corn Commission and Kansas Corn Growers Association, received a plaque last month recognizing his 15 years of service to the U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council during its 66th Annual Board of Delegates Meeting.
Krissek first connected with the Council in 2000 as a Kansas Corn staff member before working for an ethanol service company. He began attending meetings regularly in 2014 as Kansas Corn’s CEO and as a participant in USGBC Advisory Teams.
“When I was CEO of Kansas Corn, I wanted to bounce between the A-Teams to get a balanced perspective of what was going on in the markets,” Krissek said.
He served on the Ethanol A-Team when it launched and later joined the Middle East and South Asia A-Team from 2020-2026. Throughout his tenure, Krissek participated in numerous overseas missions.
“Our agricultural community is very good at producing our crop, but we need markets outside of the United States, and that is exactly what the Council is about doing,” Krissek said. “Some years, one in every four bushels of corn are exported from Kansas to Mexico or outside of the U.S.”
Krissek was particularly active in India missions before the Council opened its New Delhi office. In 2020, he attended Auto Expo, India’s largest auto show, where roughly 600,000 people learned about ethanol’s economic, environmental and health benefits.
“I got to return to India for the opening of the Council’s office in New Delhi, and it was like coming to fruition the work that a lot of people have done to make that office a reality,” Krissek said.
He now encourages Kansas growers and staff to participate in similar international missions.
