2025 Spring Agriculture Compensation Report
We’re excited to release our spring agriculture compensation report, which details a subset of offers we’ve recently coordinated in this space.
Eric Spell
VP – Practice Leader
Practices
About Eric
Eric Spell is a vice president at Charles Aris Executive Search. His primary focus is within the agriculture and food production sectors.
Prior to joining Charles Aris, Eric’s extensive career in agriculture spans across the swine, poultry, chemicals, crops and fertilizer sectors. He also is the co-founder and previous president of AgCareers.com.
Eric earned his bachelor’s degree in business management from North Carolina State University.
In his free time, Eric enjoys golfing with friends, cooking and traveling with his wife Sharon. Sharon and Eric have three adult children (Bailey, Logan and Kendall) and are enjoying empty nest life. Eric has also served on several humanitarian and Christian mission teams across the US, Cuba and Ethiopia.
CONTACT ERIC
Direct: (336) 217-9116
Email: eric.spell@charlesaris.com
Connect with Eric on LinkedIn
Key Documents
2025 Private Equity Compensation Report
We’re excited to release our Private Equity Compensation Report, which details a subset of offers for private equity searches we completed in the last year.
2024 Fall Engineering & Operations Compensation Report
As you hire engineering and operations talent for your organization, this report can serve as a valuable resource!
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