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Leadership Spotlight: Ann

  • Annie

    Get to Know Ann Through Our Quick Interview

    Ann Cress, co-owner of C5, joined the company in 2020 and has been an integral part of the day to day for C5 Manufacturing. Learn more about Ann and her ideas for the future of this company!

In Her Words

  • What is your position/role at C5 Manufacturing?

    Owner

  • When did you start working at C5 Manufacturing?

    August 2020

  • What is your skill set?

    My skill set is being as organized as possible while raising our girls, keeping track of our farm life and running a manufacturing agribusiness!
    Having no experience doing the latter I have successfully made it three full years this August! My first profession of being a teacher kept me very busy learning how to teach children for 16 years. I don’t regret it!

  • What does your position/role involve or include?

    Well, what does a business owner do? There are so many hats that my husband, Corey and I wear. I would say I help facilitate a lot of the operations and manage “behind the scenes” so to speak especially a lot of tasks that most don’t particularly love doing!

  • What do you like about working for C5 Manufacturing?

    Owning a business is very positive and providing a career for more than 20 people is also rewarding in itself. C5 gives people from Kingman and the area a chance to be a part of something and we have the best bale bed, our Chisholm Trail bed in fact!

  • Fun Fact #1 from Annie

    I truly enjoy cooking. Lately it has been a challenge with being busy and having 3 grown girls give me all their wishes and opinions for the perfect dish.

  • Fun Fact #2 from Annie

    One activity that makes me happy is being with my family taking trips and having no schedule to stick to. As a former teacher your day is pretty scheduled and there are so many times now owning a business I just want to “chill” and take a day off.

  • Fun Fact #3 from Annie

    People would be surprised to know that I was a supervisor at a Tyson Foods chicken plant! The few months I worked there it really opened my eyes to how chicken gets to the supermarket. Luckily, I still eat chicken.

  • Tell Us More About Yourself

    I come from a large farm family close to Willowdale, Ks. My parents raised my 5 siblings and myself to work hard and to appreciate family. They also taught us live each day as it may be our last and to be thankful for what we have and for those in our lives. Family is everything!

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