Joe McMahan

Joe McMahan oversees strategy and initiatives to advance Maple Leaf Food’s impact as an environmental leader and vision to be the most sustainable protein company on Earth. His work includes leading the team that maintains the company’s carbon neutrality status, manufacturing and supply chain action plans to meet or exceed environmental footprint reduction goals, and coordination across all aspects of the business to manage sustainability-related engagement and communications.

Prior to joining Maple Leaf Foods, McMahan oversaw programs, projects, and partnerships to create and scale the U.S. Dairy Stewardship Commitment, a holistic sustainability framework now adopted by over 80% of the U.S. milk supply. Before this role, McMahan was a sustainable agriculture program manager for The Coca-Cola Company, worked in Indonesia on a sustainability-focused project with Mars chocolates, and spent four years in East Africa advancing sustainable livelihoods for smallholder and subsistence farmers.

McMahan holds a bachelor’s degree in business from Auburn University and a master’s in business administration from Duke University focused on sustainability, strategy and social entrepreneurship.