W. Grant Gregory

Strengths: Futuristic, Individualization, Achiever, Responsibility, Maximizer

Professional Roles

  • President, Index Genetics
  • Chairman, Gregory & Hoenemeyer, Inc.
  • Chairman (Retired), Deloitte and Touche

Beef Industry Leadership

  • Senior Partner for Iowa Beef Packers public offering and multiple engagements
  • Profitability workflow studies: distribution, branding, boxed beef
  • Risk management and cattle procurement programs
  • Multiple branded-beef initiatives

Gregory Research Feedlots

  • Carcass research with C-Lock, ultrasound, temperature monitoring, data management
  • Feedlot efficiency and best practices for retained ownership ROI, sustainable cow herd profitability and performance
  • Author: Gregory Performance Management Program

Branding & Advertising

  • Deloitte & Touche Global Chairman of Agriculture Industry practice
  • Bozell Jacobs Kenyon & Eckhardt Agency – Global Advertising/Brand Agency
  • Milk industry “Got Milk” program and branding
  • Pork Branding Program “The Other White Meat”
  • Speaker on Agriculture Legislation and Programs

Corporate Governance & Leadership

  • Corporate director of NYSE member companies (Chrysler Corporation, MCI, Renaissance Hotels Inc., etc.)
  • Chairman of audit, governance, and compensation committees
  • Chairman of Special Independent Directors Committees
  • Advisor on complex securities and tax litigation matters
  • Supervised special fraud and securities investigations
  • Advised on risk management and director & officer liability issues

Entrepreneurship & Advisory

  • Founder, Gregory & Hoenemeyer, Inc. (1987)
  • President, GOSAFE Technology, Inc.
  • Expert in firearms and firearms safety
  • Founder, DoubleClick, Inc.
  • Retired Chairman, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (24 years)
  • Led global client teams for Berkshire Hathaway, Boeing, China, and more
  • Expertise in state, federal, and international tax policy

Public Service & Philanthropy

  • Executive Co-Chairman, United States Privatization Council
  • U.S. Trade Representative’s Advisory Committee on International Trade in Services
  • Chairman Emeritus, National Forest Foundation
  • Director Emeritus, Wyoming Wildlife Foundation
  • Director Emeritus, National Board of Directors of Junior Achievement
  • Director, LPGA
  • Businessman of the Year, Big Brothers of America
  • Supporter, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Research
  • Director, Home Instead Senior Care
  • Director, Neely Center for Ethical Leadership and Decision Making, USC
  • Supporter, University of Nebraska Medical Center – Buffet Pancreatic Cancer Research Initiatives
  • Supporter, Semper Fi Foundation

Education

  • Graduated with distinction, University of Nebraska (1964)
  • Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters, University of Nebraska
  • The Builder Award, University of Nebraska
  • Advanced management courses at Harvard, NYU, Air Force War College
  • Research Assistant to Dr. Donald Clifton, University of Nebraska
  • Research on StrengthsFinder and early identification of exceptional leaders/builders

Personal & Family

  • Resides in Greenwich, Connecticut and Buffalo, Wyoming
  • Active outdoor family: Labradors, hunting, fly fishing, ranching
  • Beef and human Genomic Research Programs