Corporate Governance

Executive Officers

Richard M. Olson
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer
Rick Olson | Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer

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.

Jason P. Baab
Vice President, Strategy, Corporate Development and Sustainability
Jason Baab | Vice President, Strategy, Corporate Development and Sustainability

Jason Baab joined The Toro Company as vice president, strategy, corporate development and sustainability in July 2023 from Oshkosh Corporation, a global manufacturer of specialty vehicles and equipment. 

Baab previously served as senior vice president of corporate development, strategy and venture capital at Oshkosh Corporation with responsibility for all mergers and acquisitions, capital allocation and growth initiatives at the enterprise level. He also played a key role in establishing the company’s first venture capital fund focused on sustainable technology investments in the electrification, autonomy/active safety and intelligent products sectors. 

Prior to joining Oshkosh Corporation, Baab served as vice president of corporate development at Fortune Brands Home & Security, a premier manufacturer of home build product brands, where he led mergers and acquisitions, business development and evaluated investments for future growth.

Baab holds a Bachelor of Science in Financial Management from Bob Jones University in Greenville, S.C., and earned an MBA in International Business from the University of South Carolina in Columbia.

Kevin N. Carpenter
Vice President, Global Operations and Integrated Supply Chain
Kevin Carpenter | Vice President, Global Operations and Integrated Supply Chain

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 M. Christy
Vice President, BOSS
Jody Christy | Vice President, BOSS

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 E. Dahl
Vice President, International
Amy Dahl | Vice President, International

Amy Dahl was appointed vice president, international in March 2023 and served as vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary from August 2022 to June 2023. 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.

Angela C. Drake
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Angie Drake | Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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 C. Funk
Group Vice President, Golf, Grounds and Irrigation
Edric Funk | Group Vice President, Golf, Grounds and Irrigation

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.

Gregory S. Janey
Group Vice President, Landscapes and Contractor
Gregory Janey | Group Vice President, Landscapes and Contractor

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 M. King
Vice President, Human Resources
Margeaux King | Vice President, Human Resources

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 D. Moeller
Group Vice President, Underground and Specialty Construction
Peter Moeller | Group Vice President, Underground and Specialty Construction

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.

Kevin L. Smith
Vice President, Ditch Witch
Kevin Smith | Vice President, Ditch Witch

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 D. Svendsen
Vice President, Technology
Kurt Svendsen | Vice President, Technology

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.

Joanna M. Totsky
Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Joanna Totsky | Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Joanna Totsky joined The Toro Company as vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary in June 2023 from Cooper-Standard Holdings, Inc., a global supplier to automotive and industrial companies.

Totsky previously served as senior vice president, chief legal and transformation officer and secretary at Cooper-Standard Holdings with responsibility for leading the global legal and compliance functions. Prior to joining Cooper-Standard Holdings, she held roles of increasing responsibility at the Ford Motor Company during her 16-year tenure. There she developed deep expertise in mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) compliance, corporate social responsibility, and enterprise risk management.

Totsky holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from St. Mary’s College in Detroit and earned her Juris Doctor from Wayne State University Law School in Detroit. She currently serves as a board member for Inforum, a Michigan-based organization that advocates for women in business to increase opportunities and promote diversity, and is a board member for the Association of Corporate Counsel, a global bar association that focuses on in-house legal counsel.

Daryn A. Walters
Vice President, Exmark
Daryn Walters | Vice President, Exmark

Daryn Walters was appointed vice president, Exmark in December 2021 and served as general manager of Exmark 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.

Our Company

At The Toro Company, we take great pride in helping our customers enrich the beauty, productivity, and sustainability of the land. Founded in 1914, The Toro Company was built on a tradition of quality and caring relationships. Today, the company is a leading worldwide provider of innovative solutions for the outdoor environment including turf maintenance, snow and ice management, landscape, rental and specialty construction equipment, and irrigation and outdoor lighting solutions. Through a strong network of professional distributors, dealers and retailers in more than 125 countries, we proudly offer a wide range of products across a family of global brands to help golf courses, professional contractors, groundskeepers, agricultural growers, rental companies, government and educational institutions, and homeowners – in addition to many leading sports venues and historic sites around the world.