Brittany Vester Boler

Brittany Vester Boler is the Innovation Platform Lead in Purina R&D, based in Switzerland. She earned her BSc from Purdue University and her MS and PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, where her research focused on companion animal nutrition. She continued her work in comparative nutrition through a postdoctoral fellowship examining dietary fibers and the microbiome.
Since joining Purina in 2014, she has held roles across Nutrition Research, Clinical Trial Management, and Applied Nutrition. As Director of Applied Nutrition, she led initiatives translating fundamental science into innovative nutritional solutions for pets. In her current role, she guides long term innovation pipelines, leveraging advanced technologies from Purina R&D across the entire Purina product portfolio.