President
Dr. Johan van Rooyen
Professor in Agricultural Economics
University of Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch, South Africa 

Immediate Past President
Thad Simmons
President & CEO Emeritus
Novus International, Inc.  
St Charles, MO 

Peter Batt 
Professor of Food & Agribusiness Marketing 
Curtin University Perth, Western Australia
Australia

Gregory Baker                                                                      
Director 
Santa Clara University 
Santa Clara, CA 

Vera Bitsch                                                                                  
Chair Economics of Horticulture & Landscape                 
Technical University of Munich 
Freising, Germany 

Esteban R. Brenes
Professor of Strategy & Agribusiness
INCAE Business School
Alajuela, Costa Rica

Dennis Conley                                                                    
Professor
University of Nebraska
Lincoln , NE 

Aidan Connolly
Vice President
Alltec Dunboyne, CO
Meath, Ireland

Marcos Fava Neves
Professor Titular
University Sao Paulo
Ribeirao Preto Area, Brazil 

Markus Frank
BASF Crop Protection
Limburgerhof, Germany

Allan Gray
Director of Center for Food & Agribusiness Business
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN

Erica Kuhlmann

Market Executive
BMO Harris Bank
Chicago, IL

Shane Masters
Investment Manager 
ARG Partners
Visalia, CA 

Kristian Moeller
President & Chief Executive Officer
GLOBAL G.A.P. 
Cologne, Germany

William Nelson                                                                          
Retired
CHS Inc
Inver Grove Heights, MN 

Richard Owen
Director
Global Business Development
Neward, DE

Onno Omta
Professor 
Wageningen University                                 
Wageningen, Netherlands 

John Purchase
CEO
Agricultural Business Chamber
Pretoria, South Africa

Sebastian Senesi
Co-Director Facultad de Agronomia 
UBA
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Eugenia Serova                                                                     
Director of FAO 
United Nations
Rome, Italy 

Victoria Salin                                                                    
Professor & Chair Intercollegiate Faculty of Agribusiness   
Texas A&M University 
College Station, TX 

Nicola Shadbolt
Professor of Farm & Agribusiness Management
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand

Raj Vardhan
Sr. Vice President
Olam International Limited
Moscow, Russia