Board of Directors
Chairman of the Board (retired) McDonnell Douglas Corporation
For the past 15 years, John McDonnell has been actively involved in establishing an entrepreneurial ecosystem in St. Louis to enable start-up companies to commercialize life science research...
Chancellor Emeritus Washington University in St. Louis
Dr. William H. Danforth served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis, Missouri, Chancellor Emeritus of Washington University, and Chair of the...
Acting Director for Policy and Analysis SoAR Foundation
Rose Barbuto is the Acting Director for Policy and Analysis for the SoAR Foundation and CEO of Crystal Strategies, a consulting firm in Washington, DC. She most recently served as the Farm Journal...
Professor, Department of Biology Washington University in St. Louis
Dr. Roger Beachy is the Founding Executive Director of the World Food Center, University of California, Davis. In 2009 he was appointed by President Obama as the first director of the National Institute...
Chief Executive Officer American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), and the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)
Ellen Bergfeld, Ph.D., is Chief Executive Officer of the American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), and the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)—an alliance of...
Chief Academic Officer and Dean of Faculty Minerva Schools at KGI
Dr. Vicki Chandler is Dean of Faculty and Chief Academic Officer at the Minerva Schools at KGI. Previously, she was Dean of the College of Natural Sciences at Minerva. She has served as the chief program...
Chief Executive Officer National Pork Producers Council
Neil Dierks is Chief Executive Officer of the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC). In this position, he is responsible for the overall implementation of all NPPC programs. Dierks’ position requires him...
President American Farm Bureau Federation
President of the American Farm Bureau Federation since January 2016, Zippy Duvall is a third-generation farmer from Georgia. In addition to a 400-head beef cow herd for which he grows his own hay, Duvall...
President Emeritus University of Illinois
Robert A. Easter was appointed president-designate of the University of Illinois in March 2012, and became the university’s 19th president in July 2012.
Before becoming president, Easter spent his...
Chancellor University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Ronnie D. Green became the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s 20th chancellor on May 8, 2016.
In July 2010, Ronnie Green was appointed as the Harlan Vice Chancellor of the UNL Institute of...
Chief Executive Officer Emeritus American Association for the Advancement of Science
Dr. Leshner has been Chief Executive Officer of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and Executive Publisher of the journal Science since December 2001....
President & Chief Executive Officer CropLife America
Chris Novak is the President and Chief Executive Offier of Croplife America. Previously, Novak was Chief Executive Officer of the National Corn Growers Association, a grower-led trade association with...
Senior Strategic Director Natural Resources Defense Council
Erik D. Olson has 30 years of experience in public policy and consumer advocacy. He currently is Senior Strategic Director for Health & Food at the Natural Resources Defense Council, which he rejoined...
Institute Professor Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
A world leader of research in molecular biology and biochemistry, Dr. Phillip A. Sharp is Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of...
Distinguished Fellow Food Policy Institute, Consumer Federation of America
Carol Lee Tucker-Foreman, distinguished fellow at Consumer Federation of America’s Food Policy Institute, has an international reputation as a consumer advocate and food policy expert. For more than 35...
Past President American Soybean Association
Richard Wilkins, a farmer from Greenwood, Del., is President of the American Soybean Association (ASA). He is one of nine soybean growers who make up the ASA Governing Committee.
Wilkins has served...
President Emeritus Stanford University
Donald Kennedy is president emeritus of Stanford University, the Bing Professor of Environmental Science and Policy, emeritus, and a senior fellow by courtesy at Stanford’s Freeman Spogli...