Helene was appointed Dean of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at UC Davis in January 2014.

Dennis is Director of the Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology and co-convenor of the 2024 Salinas Biological Summit

Phil is co-founder & Managing Partner, Aliment Capital

Elizabeth is the Head of Worldwide Business Development for the Agriculture vertical at AWS.

Sherry is Vice President, Total Wellness – NielsenIQ, the global leader in consumer intelligence

Taryn is a Partner at Cultivian Sandbox and Sandbox Sustainability Ventures

In 2017, Western Growers honored David with their Award of Honor, the organization’s most prestigious award, in recognition of his extensive contributions to the agricultural community.

Miriam Hall is a Business Manager at Plant & Food Research, New Zealand. Miriam is also MC for Day 2 of the Summit.

Kirk is the Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Radicle Growth.

Julie was appointed Director, California Department of Pesticide Regulation, on December 2, 2021

Juli is CEO, Gowan Group

Keith is Executive Director, the Biological Products Industry Alliance

Vatren Jurin, Partner and VP of Product Development, DunhamTrimmer

Albert is the Board Chair, Western Growers

Michael Key is the co-founder and CEO, Impello Biosciences

Scott is Senior Vice President of Global R&D for Driscoll’s, the world’s leading fresh berry company.

Jason Kuhlemeier is VP of Marketing, AgBiome.

Ethy is the Managing Partner at Kinneret Impact Ventures and Passionate Founder @ Impact Innovation Israel

Josette is the Chief Scientific Officer, Almond Board of California

Ashish is VP Strategy and Corporate Development, DunhamTrimmer

Francisco Manzano, Director, Business Development, Nutrien Ag Solutions

Pam is Co-founder & Executive Chair, Invasive Species Foundation and Invasive Species Corporation

Co-founder, the Monterey Wine Company

Rick Melnick, Partner and VP Global Business, DunhamTrimmer

Peter is SVP, Global Strategy Lead Fruits & Vegetables, Bayer AG, Division Crop Science

Amy is President and CEO, Certis Biologicals

Leon E. Panetta, Chairman, Panetta Institute for Public Policy and Former Secretary of Defense

Keith is Senior Vice-President, Sustainability and Regulatory Strategy, Bioceres Crop Solutions

Dave is the President and CEO of Western Growers

Amy Roberts is Director of Regulatory Affairs, Lallemand Plant Care

Hector Rodriguez is Probelte US CEO

Cristina is Managing Director, Food & Agriculture, S2G Ventures

Karen was appointed Secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture on January 9, 2019 by Governor Gavin Newsom

Eugenia is FONTAGRO’s Executive Secretary, a unique sustainable co-financing mechanism for the development of agricultural technology in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Spain.

Mark is Chief Commercial Officer & General Manager, Plant Health, Greenlight Biosciences

General Manager, Levied and Emerging Industries, AgriFutures Australia

Susanne Sutterlin is Director Plant Health, directorate Plant Supply Chains and Food Quality at the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, The Netherlands.

Larry is the Co-founder & Managing Partner of The Yield Lab, Asia Pacific.

Hillary is currently the Research and Technical Director, Naturipe Berry Growers,

Mark is Founding Partner, DunhamTrimmer

Senior Technical Advisor, Valagro S.p.A/Syngenta Biologicals

Candice is Regional Director for the Western US at Farmers Business Network (FBN).

Stuart is President and CEO of Woolf Farming & Processing and incoming Chair, Western Growers

Peter is the founder & CEO of New Zealand-based Wharf42 & co-convenor of the 2023 Salinas Biological Summit

Gabriel (Gabe) is the Chief Innovation Officer, University of California, Agriculture & Natural Resources

Zach is Managing Director, the California Tomato Research Institute.

Mark is COO FoodService / President, Taylor Farms California

Don is the President of the California State Board of Food and Agriculture and is the Vice President and General Manager of Terranova Ranch

In 2018, Carl helped launch Ospraie Ag Science, the venture arm of Ospraie Management. In this role, he leads successful venture campaigns for select companies that help farmers do more with less environmental impact.

Ben is Senior VP of Sales & Marketing, Vestaron

Alex is Chief Technology Officer, DPH Biologicals

Paul is Senior Product Manager | Agronomist, Helena Agri-Enterprises