Brian S. Dreibelbis

Smeal College of Business Biography

Brian Dreibelbis is the Senior Director of Supply Chain Human Resources / Labor

and Employee Relations for Land O’Lakes. His primary deliverables are to be a strategic

Human Resources Business Advisor with Corporate Supply Chain professionals, develop

broad company Labor and Employee Relations Strategy and interact with key Labor

Leaders across the United States. Prior to joining Land O’Lakes, he held Supply Chain,

Human Resources, and Labor and Employee Relations positions of increasing

responsibility with The Walt Disney Company, General Mills, and Kraft Foods.

Brian is a nationally recognized Labor Leader with organizations such as the US

LERN, The US Labor Negotiations Institute, and The National Food and Dairy Board.

Since 2013, he has held positions on numerous US House of Representatives and Senate

subcommittees to address the Multiemployer Pension Crisis for US workers. In March

2019, he reached a unique agreement with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters to

adopt a company-defined contribution plan as a pension replacement; the first of its kind

in US Labor history. He currently works closely with the US Department of Labor on key

labor issues facing our country.

Brian has served on many committees at Penn State Berks since 2016, and most

recently was appointed to the Chancellor’s Advisory Board in 2021. In 2018, he became

actively involved at the Smeal College of Business Mentoring Program as a student

mentor and contributing committee member. Brian is a consistent presence offering insight

and guidance to The Tarriff Center for Business Ethics and Social Responsibility, the

Supply Chain and Information Systems Department, and the Office of Diversity

Enhancement Programs at Smeal.

Brian graduated with an undergraduate degree in Supply Chain / Operations

Management from Penn State in 1985 and earned an Executive Master’s Degree in Labor

and Employee Relations from the University of Michigan in 1993.