World Food Prize Foundation
Council of Advisors
OUR MISSION
To elevate innovations and inspire action to sustainably increase the quality, quantity, and availability of food for all
The World Food Prize Foundation maintains a Council of Advisors, comprised of distinguished leaders and experts providing the Foundation Board and staff with insights and advice on advancing the mission of the organization and Dr. Norman Borlaug’s vision for the World Food Prize Foundation.
Appointed by the World Food Prize Foundation Board of Directors, the Council members include former heads of state and government ministers, and leaders in public and private food and agricultural science, education, research and policy. The Council advises on the development of the World Food Prize, the Borlaug Dialogue and the Foundation’s varied and growing number of Youth Programs.
Thomas J. Vilsack
Chair
Chief Executive Officer, World Food Prize Foundation
H.E. Joaquim Chissano
Honorary
Hon. Akinwumi Adesina
Past President, African Development Bank Group
Julie Borlaug
President, Borlaug Foundation
Grace Campidilli
Software Engineer, John Deere
Gebisa Ejeta
Chair, Laureate Selection Committee
Shenggen Fan
Professor, China Agricultural University
Mark Gee
Genomic Prediction and Phenotyping Engineer, Beck’s Hybrids
Chavonda Jacobs-Young
Former Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics (REE), USDA
Robert J. Jones
Chancellor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Kay Kuenker
Board Chair, AgriTec Venture Corporation (RiceTec)
Purvi Mehta
Elsa Murano
Director of the Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture at Texas A&M University
Mortimer Neufville
President Emeritus, 1890 Universities Foundation
Víctor Villalobos Arámbula
Public official, expert in Agronomy, Genetic Resources, and Biotechnology
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