Tillamook Creamery names David Booth new CEO

Oregon dairy cooperative Tillamook Creamery is getting a new leader.

David Booth will take over as CEO of the more than $1 billion business. He’ll succeed Patrick Criteser, who has led the dairy company for the last 12 years.

Criteser said Tuesday he would be stepping down later this year.

Tillamook Creamery was founded in 1909 as a farmer-owned co-op. It has more than a thousand employees in Oregon and ships products nationwide.

Booth is now the executive vice president of brand growth and commercialization. He’s been with the co-op since 2015.