Board of Directors

We are led by major players in food and ag industries, representing leading companies, education, commodity groups, energy, and economic development organizations.

Officers

Judd O’Connor

Chairman

President of U.S. Commercial Business

Corteva Agriscience

Cory Reed

Vice Chair

President, President, Ag & Turf Division: Production & Precision Agriculture, Americas and Australia

Deere and Company

Dr. Wendy Wintersteen

Secretary

President

Iowa State University

Gage Kent

Past Chairman

Chairman & CEO

Kent Corporation

Kathryn Kunert

VP, Economic Connections and Integration

MidAmerican Energy Company

Charles Sukup

Past Chairman

Chairman of the Board

Sukup Manufacturing

Directors

Jay Byers

Chief Executive Officer

Greater Des Moines Partnership

Dan Culhane

President & CEO

Ames Chamber/AEDC

Nate Green

Director, Corporate Business Development & Senior Corporate Counsel

Renewable Energy Group, Inc.

Craig Hill

President

Iowa Farm Bureau Federation

Jerry Maier

Director

Iowa Corn Promotion Board

Lucas Nelson

General Manager

MedPharm Iowa

Kevin Rasmussen

Board Member

Iowa Pork Producers Association

Chad Surprenant

President & CEO

ISG

Delegates

Jane Bachmann

Leader, Global Commercial and North America Communications

Corteva Agriscience

Brian Crowe

Executive Vice President for Economic Development

Greater Des Moines Partnership

Brenda Dryer

Senior Vice President

Ames Chamber of Commerce

Rich Dwyer

Sr. VP Corporate Affairs and Enterprise Risk Management

Kent Corporation

Dr. Martin Haverly

Sr. Manager, Innovation and Process Development Engineering

Renewable Energy Group

Derek Johnson

Executive Vice President

ISG

Pat McGonegle

CEO

Iowa Pork Producers Association

Stacey Pellett

Manager - State Public Affairs

Deere and Company

Dr. Daniel Robison

Dean, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Iowa State University

Rodney Williamson

Director of Research and Development

Iowa Corn Growers Association

Dr. Andrew Yersin

Sr. Vice President, Quality Assurance & Monogastric Technical Service

Kemin

Advisors

Debi Durham

Director

Iowa Economic Development Authority

Dr. Martin Gross

President & Founder

Gross-Wen Technologies

Ame Mapes

Associate

Belin McCormick Law

Mike Naig

Secretary of Agriculture

State of Iowa

Industry News

Cultivo Global

Cultivo Names Second Cohort Participants

Cultivo welcomes six international companies to second cohort

Leadership Q&A with Gage Kent

Leadership Q&A with Gage Kent of Kent Corporation.

Tracy Uhlman becomes Senior Director of Strategy and Project Management

Tracy Uhlman hired as the Senior Director of Strat

Tracy will lead key Corridor initiatives, including the Cultivo Global Ag Innovation Program.

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