New Land O’Lakes CEO first openly gay woman to head Fortune 500 company.

Land O'Lakes President and CEO Beth Ford (PRNewsfoto/Land O'Lakes, Inc.)

Land O’Lakes named Beth Ford as the company’s first female CEO this week, making her the first openly gay woman CEO at a Fortune 500 company, CNN reported.

“I am extraordinarily grateful to work at a company that values family, including my own,” Ford said in a statement to CNN. “The Board chose the person they felt best met the criteria…