DOUG W. RENFRO

 “As a third generation Renfro, I believe it’s family pride that makes each jar taste so good. “

 

Doug Renfro is President of Renfro Foods.  He oversees new product development and helps manage a number of administrative areas of the business, including purchasing, legal, information systems, human resources and sales.

 

Reared in the family business, Doug has spent a majority of his career working in a number of different capacities at Renfro Foods.  As a teenager, he worked in production, while in college he learned to formulate Renfro’s recipes.

 

After earning a bachelor’s degree from the University of North Texas, Doug worked in the financial services department for a large information services company in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.  During his seven-year tenure outside the family business, he was promoted to Divisional Finance Manager, earned his Master’s degree from Southern Methodist University and qualified for his Certified Management Accountant designation.

 

Doug, son of Jack Renfro, re-joined Renfro Foods in 1992. 

 

Involved in a number of professional and community organizations, Doug is a past president of both the Texas Food Processors Association and the North Texas Food Sales Association.  Doug currently serves on the boards of Casa Mañana, a not-for-profit theater organization, the Botanical Research Institute of Texas, a non-profit conservation and preservation institute, the Tarrant Area Food Bank and the Horticulture Industry Advisory Council at Texas A&M University.   He has also served as a board member of Fort Worth South, a non-profit organization that works to renovate Fort Worth’s southern inner city.