AgTech NEXT
Advisory Board
AgTech NEXT External Advisory Board
Our External Advisory Board (EAB) represents diverse perspectives from across the agrifood tech industry. The EAB provides expertise to help guide the theme and format of AgTech NEXT’s curated agenda, and leverages their connections to attract a high level, impactful attendance.
Pat Morand
President, Open Prairie
Brandon Day
COO, The Yield Lab Institute
Kenneth Scott Zuckerberg
Lead Analyst & Senior Economist, CoBank,
Claire Kinlaw, Ph.D., MBA
Chief Scientific Officer, Zea Biosciences
Orlando Saez
CEO & Co-Founder, Aker Technologies
Rebecca Kauffman
Vice President, Strategy + Engagement, AgLaunch
Adam Bergman
Managing Director, Clean Energy Transition Group & Global Head of AgTech Investment, Citi,
Ingrid Fung
InvestorDirector of Enterprise Operations and Strategy, GreenLight
Erin Fitzgerald
CEO, U.S. Farmers & Ranchers In Action (USFRA)
Anjie Sanford
Manager, Inclusive Entrepreneurship Development, BioGenerator
Andy Dearing
Geospatial Entrepreneur & President, Spatial STL Advisors
Sam Fiorello
Chair of the External Advisory Board and CEO, Cortex Innovation Community
Powell Carman
Partner, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP
Phil Taylor, Ph.D.
Open Innovation Lead, Bayer Crop Science
Chip Lerwick
Managing Director, SVP, Aon
Tammy Platt, Ph.D.
Manager of Innovation Partnerships, Nestle Purina
Matt Plummer
Vice President, Lewis & Clark Agrifood
