Francesco S. Braga
Associate Professor and Director MBA in Agribusiness
University of Guelph
Guelph, Ontario
Canada

Dennis M. Conley
Professor
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, NE
U.S.A.

Francis Declerck
Assoc. Professor and Researcher
ESSEC Business School
Cergy - Pontoise, Cedex
France

Marcos Fava Neves
Professor of Marketing and Food Chains PENSA Agribusiness Program
Universidade de São Paulo
Ribeirão Preto, S.P.
Brazil

Hamish Gow
Assistant Professor of
International Agribusiness
University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, IL
U.S.A.

Visiting Professor
Lincoln University
Christchurch, New Zealand

Allan Gray
Associate Professor
Dept. of Agricultural Economics
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN
U.S.A.

Josef Haber
Value Chain Manager
Agricultural Products Unit
BASF
Limburgerhof
Germany

Mark Hansen
Assistant Professor
Marriott School of Mgt.
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT
U.S.A.

Hans Jöhr
Corporate Head of Agriculture
Nestle
Vevey
Switzerland

Jukka T. Kola
Dean of the Faculty & Professor
Department of Economics & Management
University of Helsinki
Helsinki
Finland

Erica Kuhlmann
Managing Director
Food Group
Harris Nesbitt
Chicago, IL
U.S.A.

Héctor Laurence
President and CEO
McLaren Holdings S.A.
Buenos Aires, Capital Federal
Argentina

Woody Maijers
Professor
School of Agriculture & Technology
INHOLLAND University
Delft
The Nederlands

Murray McGregor
General Manager Research
Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research/ Muresk Institute
Curtain University of Technology
Northam, WA
Australia

Emmo Meijer
Senior Vice President Foods R&D
Unilever NV
Vlaardingen
The Netherlands

Francisco Mere
Director of Business Development
Energy and Natural Resources
Societe Generale
Mexico City
Mexico

John P. Nichols
Professor & Associate Head
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX
U.S.A.

Mary Shelman
Director, Agribusiness Program
Harvard Business School
Boston, MA
U.S.A.

Thomas L. Sporleder
Professor
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
U.S.A.

Martin Taylor
Chairman
Syngenta AG
Basel
Switzerland

Jacques Trienekens
Professor
Management Studies
Wageningen University
Wageningen
The Netherlands

Jan van Roekel
Partner
SYNNOVIA
Rosmalen
The Netherlands

Johan C.J. van Rooyen
CEO
South African Wine Industry Council
Stellenbosch
South Africa

Lázlό Vajda
Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture
Budapest
Hungary

Craig Watson
Vice President
Quality Assurance & Agricultural Sustainability
SYSCO Corporation
Houston, Texas
U.S.A.

Gianluigi Zenti
Executive Director
Academia Barilla S.p.A.
Parma
Italy


Counselors (ex-officio)

Ray Goldberg
Moffett Professor of Agriculture & Business Emeritus
Harvard Business School
Boston, MA
U.S.A.

William Gorman
Professor of Agribusiness
Agricultural Economics & Business New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, NM
U.S.A.

Ross McLaren
Retired CEO, Shaw's Supermarkets
Edinburgh, Scotland
United Kingdom

William Whipple
Managing Director
Head of Food Group
Wells Fargo Securities
Chicago, IL
U.S.A.

Walter Armbruster
President
Farm Foundation
Chicago, IL
U.S.A.

Carole Brookins
Managing Director
Public Capital Advisors
New York, NY
U.S.A.