Emma BarrettWorld Food Prize Foundation Youth Programs Alumna and Undergraduate Student, Yale University
Emma Barrett is an international sustainable food systems scholar and early career advisor from the United States. Specializing in Environmental Studies as a senior at Yale University, she aims to use environmental policy to make sustainable agriculture and agrobiodiversity accessible to communities worldwide. Her current research focuses on agricultural subsidies'... [ View ] |
Martin Chalfie2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Martin Chalfie, University Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Columbia University, shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his introduction of green fluorescent protein as a biological marker. Dr. Chalfie obtained his A.B. and Ph.D. from Harvard University and did postdoctoral research with Sydney Brenner at the... [ View ] |
Sarah DeanGlobal Public Policy Manager, John Deere
Sarah Dean is Global Public Policy Manager at John Deere. In this role, she is responsible for managing the company's international trade, business development, geopolitical risk and sustainability policy issues in support of the company's strategic ambitions. Prior to joining John Deere in 2009, Sarah spent four years - principally... [ View ] |
Han Chen2024 Top Agri-food Pioneer and Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, ZeaKal
Han Chen is the Co-founder and CEO of ZeaKal, Inc. Han brings with him over seventeen years of management and venture experience. He has been a pioneer in changing how agricultural trait technologies are commercialized, focusing on innovative public-private partnerships between industry, venture, and research. To date, Han has started... [ View ] |
Gebisa EjetaChair, World Food Prize Selection Committee and Distinguished Prof. of Agronomy, Purdue University
Dr. Gebisa Ejeta is a Distinguished Professor of Agronomy at Purdue University. He received the 2009 World Food Prize for his sorghum hybrids that are resistant to drought and the devastating weed Striga. His work dramatically increased the production and availability of the food supply for hundreds of millions of... [ View ] |
Cary Fowler2024 World Food Prize Laureate
Dr. Cary Fowler recently stepped down as the Special Envoy for Global Food Security at the U.S. Department of State. From 2005-2012, he was the Executive Director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust, which provides ongoing support to major crop genebanks. Prior to that, he was Professor at the Norwegian... [ View ] |
Hon. Chuck GrassleyU.S. Senate President Pro Tempore and Member, Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
Iowans have placed their trust in Chuck Grassley to serve as one of Iowa’s U.S. senators since 1981. By every measure, Senator Grassley works tirelessly to earn that trust. With uncommon tenacity, Senator Grassley brings grit and integrity to the nation’s capital where he has developed a reputation for independence... [ View ] |
Simon HeckDirector General, International Potato Institute (CIP)
Simon Heck is Director General of the International Potato Center (CIP), a research center of the CGIAR Integrated Partnership. He is a member of the CGIAR Global Leadership Team. Headquartered in Lima, Peru, CIP delivers science and innovation on Root and Tuber Crops through a global network of public and private... [ View ] |
Chidimma IfehFoundation for Food & Agriculture Research Fellow and Doctoral Student, Montana State University
Chidimma Ifeh is a Ph.D. student and research assistant in the Food Product Development Lab at Montana State University. She holds a bachelor's degree in food science and technology and a master's degree in sustainable food systems. Her interdisciplinary Ph.D. integrates food systems, nutrition, statistics, and computer science to address... [ View ] |
Brooke JamisonChief, Americas Liaison Office, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Brooke Jamison is the Chief of the IFAD Americas Liaison Office. Prior to this position, Brooke served for three years as Associate Administrator of the US Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service, overseeing the USDA’s Foreign Service and Global Programming. During her tenure, Brooke helped lead efforts to develop stronger... [ View ] |
Hon. Amy KlobucharU.S. Senator and Ranking Member, Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar is the first woman elected to represent the State of Minnesota in the United States Senate. Throughout her public service, Senator Klobuchar has always embraced the values she learned growing up in Minnesota. Her grandfather worked 1500 feet underground in the iron ore mines of Northern... [ View ] |
John C. Mather2006 Nobel Prize in Physics and Senior Astrophysicist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Dr. John C. Mather is a Senior Astrophysicist in the Astrophysics Division at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland. Until 2023, he was Senior Project Scientist on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), launched Dec. 25, 2021. The Webb extends the scientific discoveries of the Hubble Space Telescope to... [ View ] |
Aditi Mukherji2012 Borlaug Field Award Recipient & Dir., Climate Change Adapt. & Mitig. Impact Action, CGIAR
Dr. Aditi Mukherji, CGIAR's Director of Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Impact Action Platform, led research at IWMI and ICIMOD, contributed to IPCC reports, and received the Norman Borlaug Field Award. With a PhD from Cambridge, she's widely published and quoted by global media. [ View ] |
Philip PardeyDirector GEMS Informatics Center, University of Minnesota
Philip Pardey has been at the University of Minnesota since 2002. He is a Professor of Science and Technology Policy in the Department of Applied Economics and Director of the GEMS Informatics Center. GEMS brings together the University’s College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences (CFANS) and the Minnesota... [ View ] |
Cynthia Rosenzweig2022 World Food Prize Laureate and Adjunct Senior Research Scientist, Columbia Climate School
Rosenzweig spent four decades cultivating our understanding of the biophysical and socio-economic impacts that climate change and food systems have on each other – most recently by founding the Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project (AgMIP), a global, transdisciplinary network of more than 1200 leading researchers in climate and food... [ View ] |
Jennie SchmidtFarmer, Schmidt Farms, Inc. and Member, Global Farmer Network
Jennie Schmidt is part of a 4th generation family farm growing grains, vegetables and wine grapes on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. When she’s not on a tractor, Jennie is active in several agriculture organizations and tells the story food and farming. She is passionate about connecting people with food... [ View ] |
Zachary StewartVice President of Research and Chief Scientist, International Fertilizer Development Center
Dr. Zachary Stewart is the Vice President of Research and Chief Scientist for the International Fertilizer Development Center with over 15 years of experience in international agricultural research and development. He earned his bachelor’s degrees in Biology, Environmental Sciences, and International Relations from Creighton University, master’s degree in Control of... [ View ] |
Myron E. StinePresident, Stine Seed Company
Myron Stine proudly supports the family business by providing direction in marketing strategies and sales force infrastructure for Stine Seed Company. Myron understands the importance of working hard and developing relationships. With a background in crop science, sales and marketing, Myron has worked his way up through organization, from starting his... [ View ] |
Grace TiwariNext Generation Agriculture Impact Network Ambassador and Student, Pennsylvania State University
Grace Tiwari is a doctoral student pursuing a dual-titled PhD in Entomology and International Agriculture and Development at the Pennsylvania State University. Her research in Dr. Heather Grab's Applied Systems Ecology Lab focuses on developing innovative decision support tools that use artificial intelligence and machine learning to manage critical crop... [ View ] |
Amy WuFounder and Director, From Farms to Incubators
Amy Wu is an award-winning writer for the women’s ag and agtech movement. She is the Creator & Chief Content Director of From Farms to Incubators, a multimedia platform that uses documentary, video, photography and the written word to tell the stories of women leaders and innovators in agtech. It has... [ View ] |
