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