2023
Steward Pickett
Distinguished Senior Scientist – Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
March 19-23, 2023
2022
Ernie Verslues
President and CEO, MFA Incorporated
April 12-13, 2022
2019
Cathy East
Vice President of Procurement: Meat/Seafood/Deli for Albertsons Companies
Nov. 6-7, 2019
Blake Hurst
Missouri Farm Bureau President,
April 3-4, 2019
Kellie Bray
Chief of Staff for CropLife America
Feb. 21-22, 2019
2018
Craig Bacon
Senior Vice President of Technical Services for Simmons Prepared Foods
Oct. 10-11, 2018
Tyne Morgan
Host, U.S. Farm Report
Sept. 19-20, 2018
Sarah Geisert
Former Sr. Director, Head of Global Product Safety and Regulatory Affairs
General Mills, Inc. – Innovation, Technology and Quality
April 4-5, 2018
2017
Jeff Wasson
Entrepreneur and Investor
Nov. 2-3, 2017
Mark Fenner
President and CEO of MFA Oil
March 22-23, 2017
2016
Sara Parker Pauley
Bio
Story on CAFNR News
Director, Missouri Department of Natural Resources
October 5-6, 2016
Roger Gardner
Bio
Story on CAFNR News
Executive Vice President/Chief Culture and Communications Officer at Learfield Sports
April 11-13, 2016
2015
Dr. Wamwari Waichungo
Bio
Story on CAFNR News
Vice President, Global Scientific and Regulatory Affairs at The Coca-Cola Company
October 20-21, 2015
Kelly Rosenkrans
Director U.S. Affiliate Innovation at Elanco
March 16-18, 2015
2014
David Hill
Executive Vice President and General Counsel, NRG Energy, Inc.
April 10-11, 2014
Matthew Wood
CEO, SCD Probiotics
Sept. 24-25, 2014
2013
Bill Streeter
President and CEO, MFA Incorporated
Oct. 28-29, 2013
Susan Brauner
Director of Public Affairs, Blue Diamond Growers
April 22-24, 2013
Everett Forkner
Owner and President of Forkner Farms, Inc. and Truline Genetics LLC
April 4-5, 2013
2012
Michael D’Ambrose
Senior Vice President, Human Resources, of Archer Daniels Midland Company
October 25-26, 2012
Richard D. Maltsbarger
Senior Vice President of Strategy for Lowe’s
April 9-10, 2012
2011
Dr. Karl Brooks, US EPA Region 7 – Regional Administrator, November 17-18, 2011
Christine Cochran, President of Commodity Markets Council, April 12-13, 2011
David White, Chief, U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service, February 16, 2011
2010
William Buckner, President and CEO of Bayer CropScience LP and a member of the Executive Committee of Bayer CropScience AG, November 12-15, 2010
2009
Dr. Larry Case, CEO and National Advisor National FFA Organization, November 9-10, 2009
Carl Hausmann, chief executive officer, Bunge North America, April 9-10, 2009
2008
Steve Barr, chief executive officer, Osborn & Barr, October 6-7, 2008
Joseph C. Roetheli, chief executive officer, Key Companies and Associates, LLC, April 14-15, 2008
Archives
Frank Day, director of commodities operations, The Hershey Company, April 9-10, 2007
Brett Begemann, executive vice president, International Commercial, Monsanto Company, Feb. 28-March 1, 2007
Gary Myers, president and CEO, GaryMyers+Associates, LLC, Oct. 9-10, 2006
Roger W. Krueger, Seed Quality & Seed Regulatory Lead, Monsanto Company
Robert K. Dixon, Head, Energy Technology Policy Division, International Energy Agency
David A. Forsee, President & CEO, MachineryLink, Inc.
Kenneth J. Roberts, Associate Administrator, United States Department of Agriculture
Lise A. Herren, Vice President & Group Executive, Anheuser-Busch Packaging Group
Alexander C. Kemper, Chairman & CEO, Perfect Commerce, Inc.
Kristin M. Perry, President, Perry Agricultural Laboratory, Inc.
Ted C. Jacoby, Jr., President & CEO, T.C. Jacoby & Co.
Morris Burger, Chairman & CEO, Burger’s Ozark Country Cured Hams, Inc.
Bruce W. Read, Director & CEO, Birmingham Zoo, Inc.
Mary Schon, Manager of Science Communication, Walt Disney World: Epcot
R. Crosby Kemper, Jr., Senior Chairman of the Board, UMB Financial Corporation
Lowell Miller, Senior Vice President, retired, Marion Laboratories, Inc.
Jake Halliday, President & CEO, ABC Laboratories, Inc.
Gary E. Hanman, President & CEO, Dairy Farmers of America
Dr. Charles T. Bourland, Food Research Scientist, retired, National Aeronautics & Space Administration
Timothy R. Daugherty, President, North American Grain Division, Farmland Industries, Inc.
Brent Kyte, President & CEO, Pizza Hut of Arizona, Inc.
John R. Peppel, Vice President, Animal Nutrition, Cargill, Inc.
Gerald L. Chrisope, Founder, President & CEO, GyneLogix, Inc.
Robert V. “Bob” Miller, Chairman & CEO, Miller Meester Advertising
Hendrik A. Verfaillie, CEO, Monsanto Company
David E. McCaslin, President, MeriStar Hotels & Resorts, Inc.
John T. Hanes, President, John T. Hanes Company
C.L. William Haw, President & CEO, National Farms, Inc.
Keith G. Boyer, President & CEO, WILFARM, LLC
Sonja Hillgren, Editor, Farm Journal
Alvin E. McQuinn, President & CEO, Ag-Chem Equipment Co., Inc.