Rick Olson was elected chairman of the board in November, 2017, and as president and chief executive officer in November 2016. Previously, he was elected president and chief operating officer in September 2015 and to the board of directors of The Toro Company in January 2016. Prior to that, he was elected group vice president, international, micro irrigation and distributor development in June 2014, and was named vice president, international in March 2013.

Olson joined Toro in 1986 as a manufacturing process engineer. He has held various positions in operations and engineering at five Toro locations—including manager of advanced manufacturing, commercial engineering program manager, director of Shakopee plant operations, and managing director of northern manufacturing operations. In 2010, he was named general manager of Exmark, and was appointed vice president of Exmark in 2012.

Olson earned a Bachelor of Science in industrial technology from Iowa State University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Minnesota – Carlson School of Management. He serves on the boards of The Toro Foundation, and the Board of Overseers of the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management.

Kevin Carpenter joined The Toro Company as vice president, global operations and integrated supply chain in December 2021 from Carrier Global Corporation. In his new role, he has responsibility for procurement, manufacturing, order services, transportation and logistics.

Carpenter previously served as vice president of operations for Residential and Light Commercial Systems at Carrier and held other leadership positions in the organization including vice president of quality and continuous improvement and vice president of advanced manufacturing. Prior to joining Carrier, Carpenter was vice president of manufacturing services at Rockwell Automation, Inc. He also held earlier engineering and operations roles at General Electric, Magna International, Nexxus Lighting and General Motors/Delphi.

Carpenter holds a Master of Business Administration from the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve, a Master of Science in industrial engineering and engineering management from Youngstown State University, a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Science in general engineering, with a minor in mathematics, from Morehouse College. He also completed Finance for Senior Executives at Harvard Business School in 2021, and holds a Master of Arts in Biblical Studies from Ashland University.

Jody Christy was appointed vice president, BOSS, in November 2018. Prior to that, he served as general manager of BOSS from June 2016 to November 2018. Christy joined The Toro Company as director of engineering at BOSS when the BOSS professional snow and ice management business was acquired in November 2014. Christy has overall responsibility for sales, marketing, product development, quality, and customer service within the BOSS division.

Christy earned a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from Michigan Technological University and attended the Kellogg School of Business Executive Development Program at Northwestern University.

Amy Dahl was appointed vice president, international in March 2023 and continues to serve as general counsel and corporate secretary until a successor is named, positions she has held since January 2020. She previously served as vice president, human resources and general counsel from November 2020 to August 2022, and vice president, human resources, distributor development and general counsel from January 2020 to November 2020. Prior to that, she was vice president, human resources and distributor development from December 2016 to January 2020, and vice president, human resources from March 2015 to December 2016. 

Dahl joined The Toro Company in 2007 as corporate counsel and served in various legal roles of increasing responsibility, including as assistant general counsel and assistant secretary until June 2013. She provided legal counsel primarily in the areas of securities law, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate law, and had oversight responsibility for the Company’s product integrity team. From 2012 to 2014 she served as chair of the committee responsible for planning the Company’s centennial celebration. She also served as managing director, corporate communications and investor relations from June 2013 to March 2015.

Dahl earned a Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities and a Juris Doctor, with distinction, from The University of North Dakota School of Law where she was a member of the Order of the Coif. She serves on the boards of the Greater Twin Cities United Way and The Toro Foundation.

Angie Drake was elected vice president and chief financial officer in March 2023. Prior to that, she served as vice president, finance from July 2022 to March 2023, and vice president, construction from April 2020 to June 2022. Drake joined The Toro Company as senior managing director and integration co-lead when Charles Machine Works was acquired in April 2019. Drake is responsible for all financial areas of the company including tax, controllership, internal audit, corporate liability and risk management, banking relations and investor relations.

Drake originally joined Charles Machine Works in September 1997 and subsequently held a series of staff and management accounting roles leading to her appointment as corporate controller and treasurer in 2007. She then was named CFO and secretary-treasurer of Charles Machine Works in 2011 and served in this role until 2019.

Drake earned a Bachelor of Science in accounting from the University of Central Oklahoma and is a Certified Public Accountant. She is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Oklahoma Society of Certified Public Accountants. She serves on the board of directors of the First Bank & Trust Company.

Edric Funk was appointed group vice president, golf, grounds and irrigation in November 2022. He previously served as general manager of Sitework Systems from November 2020, and prior to that led The Toro Company’s Center for Technology, Research and Innovation (CTRI) from July 2017 to October 2020.

Funk joined The Toro Company in 1996 as a design engineer in the landscape contractor business. He also held roles in residential and landscape contractor, international and commercial marketing, including as director, global product management for commercial and international.

Funk graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in engineering from the University of Minnesota. He also holds a Master of Business Administration from The University of Minnesota – Carlson School of Management with a concentration in marketing and strategic management and a Professional Certificate in innovation & technology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Blake Grams was appointed vice president, strategy, corporate development and sustainability in March 2023. Previously, he served as vice president, sustainability, business analytics and process improvement from December 2021 to March 2023, vice president of global operations from June 2013 to December 2021, and vice president, corporate controller from December 2008 to June 2013.

Grams joined The Toro Company in 1998 from KPMG, LLP as manager of external reporting. He has held a number of critical finance roles, including director of corporate finance, and was named corporate controller in 2006.

Grams graduated magna cum laude from the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire with a Bachelor of Arts in business administration. He currently serves on the boards of the Minnesota Zoo Foundation and The Toro Foundation.

Greg Janey was appointed group vice president, landscapes and contractor in November 2022 with added responsibility for the Exmark, BOSS Snowplow and Intimidator Group. Janey has served as vice president, residential and landscape contractor since December 2019 and expanded his leadership role in November 2020 to include The Toro Company's Center for Technology, Research and Innovation (CTRI) and lead the Technology Strategy Council. Previously, Janey served as general manager of residential and landscape contractor from November 2017 to December 2019, and as director of marketing of international from March 2015 to November 2017.

Janey joined The Toro Company in 2004 as a marketing associate in commercial and was named marketing manager in 2005. He subsequently held roles in commercial marketing until 2008 when he joined international as senior manager of marketing. In 2010, Janey moved to the residential mass sales team as national account manager. He was subsequently named director of residential mass sales and national accounts, where he served from December 2011 to March 2015.

Janey earned a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from North Dakota State University, a Master of Business Administration from the University of Minnesota - Carlson School of Management and completed the Booth School of Business - Advanced Management Program at The University of Chicago.

Margeaux King joined The Toro Company as vice president, human resources in August 2022 from Ecolab, a global leader in water, hygiene and infection prevention solutions and services.

King previously served as senior vice president of human resources, global total rewards and talent at Ecolab with responsibility for leading compensation, benefits, and enterprise-wide talent management and acquisition strategies. She also held several other leadership positions within Ecolab where she led key human resources strategies including culture initiatives, organizational design, employee development and diversity, equity and inclusion.

King holds a Bachelor of Science in human resource development from the University of Minnesota, and a Master of Arts in management and a Master of Business Administration in organizational change from the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, Minnesota. She also completed the Modern CHRO Executive Program from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.

King currently serves on the board of Think Small, an organization that provides services, resources and advocacy for early childhood education in Minnesota. She is also an active member of the Minnesota HR community, serving on the HR and Compensation Committee for Allina Health.

Peter Moeller was appointed group vice president, underground and specialty construction in March 2023. Previously, he served as vice president, international from November 2020 to March 2023, vice president of Sitework Systems from December 2019 to October 2020, and general manager of Sitework Systems from November 2017 to December 2019. Prior to that, he served as managing director of business development and strategic planning from March 2015 to November 2017.

Moeller joined The Toro Company in 1998 in international marketing, and served in various roles, including senior manager of international, commercial and residential irrigation. In 2006, he was named director of sports fields and grounds and parts for commercial. In 2010, he was named director of marketing for irrigation in Riverside, California, and added the lighting business to his responsibilities in 2011. He returned to the Company's headquarters in Bloomington, Minnesota, in 2015 in his role with the business development group and was instrumental in laying the groundwork for the Perrot and LT Rich acquisitions. Moeller also served as co-leader of the Integration Management Office for the integration of the Charles Machine Works acquisition in 2019.

Moeller earned a bachelor’s degree in business and a Master of Business Administration from the University of St. Thomas in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Renee Peterson currently serves as vice president, finance, providing ongoing leadership for key enterprise and finance initiatives, a role she has held since March 2023. Peterson joined The Toro Company as vice president, finance and chief financial officer in 2011 from Eaton Corporation and was responsible for all financial areas of the company including tax, controllership, internal audit, corporate liability and risk management, banking relations and investor relations. She also served as Treasurer from 2013 to 2020. Her background also includes extensive work experience with Honeywell International.

Peterson earned her Bachelor of Science in accounting from Saint Cloud State University, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Minnesota – Carlson School of Management. She is the audit committee chair for Franklin Electric Co., Inc., and serves on the boards of James Hardie Industries plc, The Toro Foundation, the St. Cloud State University Herberger Business School, and Minnesota Women’s Economic Roundtable.

Darren Redetzke was appointed vice president, strategic technologies in November 2020. He previously served as vice president of international from March 2015 through October 2020, a role he previously held from December 2008 to July 2010. He served as vice president of commercial from July 2010 to March 2015.

Redetzke joined The Toro Company in 1988 as a senior design engineer for consumer power products. He served in multiple roles within the international group, including sales and marketing manager, consumer products; senior marketing manager, irrigation products; director of marketing for commercial and irrigation products; and director of marketing, golf commercial products in the United States. In 2006, he was promoted to managing director of Toro’s growing international division.

Redetzke received his Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from the University of Minnesota - Institute of Technology. He also holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of St. Thomas in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Rick Rodier was elected group vice president, construction businesses in April 2019, assuming responsibility for overseeing the performance of The Toro Company’s enterprise-wide construction businesses and leading the integration of the newly acquired Charles Machine Works businesses. In May 2020, Rodier expanded his leadership role to include both the contractor and residential businesses. Previously, Rodier served as vice president of commercial from November 2017 through March 2019, and as vice president of Sitework Systems from October 2016 through October 2017. He was first named general manager of Sitework Systems in February 2009.

Rodier joined The Toro Company in 1987 as a manufacturing systems analyst. He has held various positions in the commercial marketing group and previously served as general manager of the Company’s landscape contractor business from 2004 to 2009.

Rodier earned a Bachelor of Science in business administration from Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minnesota and a Master of Business Administration from the University of St. Thomas in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He serves on the board of directors of The Toro Foundation.

Kevin Smith was appointed vice president, Ditch Witch, in December 2022. Previously, he served as general manager for Ditch Witch from November 2020 to November 2022. Smith joined The Toro Company as general manager of Subsite Electronics and Hammerhead Trenchless when Charles Machine Works was acquired in 2019. Smith has responsibility for the Ditch Witch, Subsite, American Augers, Trencor and Radius brands.

Smith joined Charles Machine Works in 1993 and held various roles in manufacturing, sales, marketing, and research and development. He was named president of MTI Equipment in 2013 and transitioned to president of Hammerhead Trenchless in 2015.

Smith earned a Bachelor of Science in business administration from Southern Nazarene University in Bethany, Oklahoma. He currently serves on the Association of Equipment Manufacturers Infrastructure Taskforce.

Kurt Svendsen was appointed vice president, technology in March 2023. Previously, he served as vice president, strategy, corporate and channel development from November 2020 to March 2023, and vice president of information services from May 2013 to October 2020. Svendsen is responsible for aligning The Toro Company’s Center for Technology, Research and Innovation (CTRI) and Enterprise Information Technology (EIT) with strategic technologies and integrated customer solutions.

Svendsen served in multiple information technology roles at Andersen Consulting and Medtronic before joining The Toro Company in 1999 and held various information services management positions. Starting in 2007, he spent six years in business roles as a director in The Toro Company's strategy and business development group, and then managing director of investor relations, corporate communications and community relations efforts, before returning to lead the information services organization.

Svendsen holds a Bachelor of Science in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Wisconsin - Madison as well as a Master of Business Administration from the University of Minnesota - Carlson School of Management.

Daryn Walters was appointed vice president, Exmark and Intimidator Group in February 2022. Previously, he served as vice president, Exmark from December 2021 to February 2022 and general manager from November 2018 to December 2021. Walters joined The Toro Company in 2006 as director of marketing at Exmark. Walters has overall responsibilities for sales, marketing, product development, quality, and customer service within the Exmark and Intimidator Group businesses.

Prior to joining The Toro Company, Walters co-founded and served as vice president of marketing for XML Solutions, an international supply chain management company that was acquired by Vitria Technology. He also served as a senior product strategist at Platinum Technology, where he focused on enterprise software solutions.

Walters earned a bachelor’s degree from Florida State University.