Rice Dairy is a pioneer in the Dairy futures market, with both of the firm's principals being involved in this market since the inception of the CME contract in 1996; Pete and Brian have a combined 35 years of futures industry experience and a combined 30 years of being registered with National Futures Association.
- Brian Rice founded the firm in 2002; recognizing the need for dairy price risk management within the Chicago financial markets.
- Pete Turk rose to executive positions at two major Chicago clearing firms before partnering with Brian.
- Joseph Schmit was one of the founding floor brokers in the milk futures market in 1998.
- Jon Spainhour managed the Dairy Trading Desk on the floor of the CME for institutional clientele at CIS (Cargill Investor Services) prior to joining Rice Dairy.
- Jerry Dryer is a market analyst and strategic thinker with 35 years of active participation in all aspects of the dairy foods business.
- Katie Krupa helped develop risk management programs at Dairylea and DFA, and learned milk pricing at the legendary National All-Jersey.