Ryan Schaefer

Vice President, North America Agriculture Sales / CNH Industrial America

With over 20 years’ experience in the agricultural equipment industry, Ryan Schaefer currently serves as Vice President, North America Agriculture Sales at CNH, headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois, where he also leads the New Holland brand and serves on the CNH de Mexico board of directors. Joining CNH in 2008, he’s since held a variety of responsibilities across marketing, sales and product management, being named to head Product Quality for North America in 2021, and most recently as Vice President of New Holland North America in 2024.

Raised in a family grain and livestock operation in Illinois, Schaefer developed a passion for serving the ag industry through deep involvement in FFA and continues to engage and advocate for the future of agriculture both locally and nationally.

Schaefer holds Master’s degrees in both Business Administration from Indiana University and Agriculture Economics from Purdue University, following an undergraduate degree from University of Illinois. Outside of work he can generally be found at home, with his family, on their own small farm in Missouri.