Pilar Cruz
Cargill
Corporate Senior Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer
Mary Jane Melendez
General Mills
Chief Sustainability and Global Impact Officer
Christine Daugherty
Conagra Brands
VP/Chief Sustainability Officer
Michelle Zackin
Walmart
Director, Strategic Initiatives- Sustainable Food
Kimberley Sundy
Kellanova
Senior Director, Sustainability
Kellie Adesina
The Kraft Heinz Company
Director, Global Government Affairs
Maia Reed
Mars Petcare
Global Climate Data Lead
Ryan Smith
Danone, North America
Director, Agriculture Impact & Partnerships
Ryan Vroegindewey
Campbell's
Associate Director, Sustainable Agriculture
Kelsey Ryan
Nestlé Purina
Environmental Sustainability Senior Manager
Jay Watson
General Mills
Director Regenerative Agriculture
Chelsea Zegler
McCain Foods
North American Agronomy & Sustainability Manager - Central Region
Xavier Roussel
Dole Food Company
Chief Marketing and Sustainability Officer
Anna Pierce
Tate & Lyle
Director of Sustainability
Josette Lewis
Almond Board of California
Chief Scientific Officer
Troy Daniell
US Department of Agriculture (USDA)
State Director
Julie Kunen
Oatly
Sustainability Director, North America
Alan Kroeger
Satelligence
Nature and Climate Director
Lizzie Grobbel
Quantis
Senior Sustainability Strategist
Anastasia Volkova
Regrow
CEO
Dave Chaffin
Pure Strategies
Senior Sustainability Advisor
John Bourne
3Degrees
Senior Director, Agriculture, Carbon Markets
Sarah Fox
JBS
US Sustainability Director
Steven Rosenzweig
General Mills
Agriculture Science Lead
Ryan Norman
Amy's Kitchen
Sourcing Manager
Jennifer Stack
Cargill
Senior Director, Sustainability Ag and Trading
Ravin Donald
Frontier Co-Op
Chief Operations Officer
Allison Burenheide
Merck Animal Health
Associate Director - VENCE strategic marketing and operations
Glenn Hurowitz
Mighty Earth
Chief Executive Officer
Jeff Yorzyk
HelloFresh
Senior Director Sustainability
Sandra Vijn
Kipster US
Managing Director
Amanda Zakharov
Dirt Capital Partners
Director of Investments
Gracie Verde Selva
Minerva Foods
Executive Sustainability Manager
Sara Olson
Leaps by Bayer
Senior Director, Crop Science Venture Investments
Sally Flis
Nutrien Ag Solutions
Director, Sustainable Ag Programs
Bonnie Brayton
Fulcrum Global Capital
Senior Venture Associate
Jeff Schmidt
Farm Credit Services of America
SVP commercial credit
Amanda Hendy
Terra Regenerative Capital
Managing Partner
Martha de Sá
VERT Capital
Amanda Archila
Fairtrade America
Executive Director
Josh Weber
Cut Fresh
Chief Financial Officer
Kevin Burkum
US Farmers & Ranchers in Action
CEO
Amy Skoczlas Cole
Trust in Food
President
John Larson
American Farmland Trust
Senior Vice President
Matt Plummer
Saluna
Chief Operating Officer
Dr. Anna Cates
University of Minnesota
Assistant Professor
Diana Farmer
Science Based Targets Initiative
North American Regional Lead
Leah Wolfe
Simple Mills
Senior Manager of Sustainability and Mission
Maryam Asadi
Emerald Technology Ventures
Investment Manager
Seanicaa Edwards Herron
Freedmen Heirs Foundation
Co-founder and Executive Director
Meredith Kruger Kos
The Global FoodBanking Network
Associate Director
Dwane Roth
Front Porch Farms, Big D Farms
Farmer
Samantha Werth
US Roundtable for Sustainable Beef
Executive Director
Reginaldo Haslett – Marroquin
Tree Range Farms
Co-founder and CEO
Heidi Peterson
Sand County Foundation
Vice President Agricultural Research & Conservation
Sajeev Mohankumar
FAIRR Initiative
Senior Technical Specialist, Climate and Biodiversity
Jennifer Mleczko
Preferred by Nature
Senior Manager, Sustainability Advisory
Jack Cornell
United Soybean Board
Director Sustainable Supply
Clay Burtrum
Burtrum Cattle, LLC
Rancher
Grant Breitkreutz
Stoney Creek Farm (Minnesota’s first Leopold Conservation Award winners)
Owner and Farmer
Nicholas Jorgensen
Jorgensen Farm
Chief Executive Officer
Jay Doan
Black Leg Ranch
Rancher
Lotanna Obodozie
National Young Farmers Coalition
Climate Policy Director
Alex Udermann
Meadow Farms
Farmer
Timothy Bradford Jr.
Independent Soil Scientist
Soil Scientist and Farmer
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