Jim Spradlin, Morton, Ill., has been named CEO of Growmark Inc., effective Sept.16, 2014. He replaces Jeff Solberg, who will retire in September.
Spradlin is a 1982 business administration and economics graduate of Illinois College, Jacksonville, Ill. He has held various positions within the Growmark System of cooperatives, including controller of Schuyler-Brown FS, regional administrative director, general manager of Piatt Service Co., general manager of Ag-Land FS, and region manager (Central Ill.), energy division manager, agronomy division manager, and vice president of agronomy for Growmark. Spradlin is one of five members of the Purdue University Center for Commercial Agriculture’s Industry Advisory Council. He serves on the board of directors for The Fertilizer Institute, and is a former local director of Rotary International.