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INTERNATIONAL FOOD AND AGRIBUSINESS MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION

Board MEMBERS

Affiliation and Term

July 2025

OFFICERS


 Aidan Connolly

IFAMA President  
AgriTech Capital  |  
USA

2023 – 2026


Ronald Guendel

IFAMA President Elect
ELFIN Consulting GmbH  |  Germany

2026 – 2029

INDUSTRY  |  GOVERNMENT  |  NGO


Yvonne Colomer
Director
Triptolemos Foundation  | Spain
2023 – 2026


Robert Erhard
Corporate Sustainable Agriculture
Nestlé | Switzerland
2023 – 2026

Catherine Keogh
Chief Corporate Affairs, Brand Officer
Kerry Group | Ireland
2023 – 2026



Yoav Levsky
Chairman of Board
VYLA | Israel
2023 – 2026


Nicola Shadbolt
Chair
Plant & Food Research Institute  |  New Zealand
2017 – 2024-Exco



Mary Shelman
Founder & Consultant
Shelman Group  |  USA
2020 – 2026



Robert Walker
KEENAN (Alltech Farming Solutions Ltd)
Ireland
2025 – 2028



ACADEMIA


Jack Bobo
Exec Dir  Rothman Family Institute
of Food Studies | USA
2023 – 2026


Esteban Brenes
Professor
INCAE Business School  |  Costa Rica
2021 – 2024-Exco


Brian Briggeman
Professor
Kansas State University  |  USA
2021 – 2024-Exco


Sylvain Charlebois
Senior Director, Agri-Food Analytics Lab
Dalhousie University  | Canada
2023 – 2026


Bernard Kilian
Professor
INCAE Business School | Costa Rica
2025 – 2028

Jayson Lusk
Vice President and Dean of Agr Sciences
and Natural Resources
Oklahoma State University | USA
2023 – 2026
Trey Malone
Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics
Purdue University  | USA
2025 – 2028
Damien McLoughlin
Professor Marketing, University College Dublin
Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School | Ireland
2023 – 2026
Bernardo Piazzardi
Exec. Director MBA Program
University of Austral  | Argentina
2023 – 2026
Johan van Rooyen
Professor
University of Stellenbosch  |  South Africa
2023 – 2026


Longbao Wei
Professor
Zhejiang University PR  |  China
2020 – 2026

COUNSELORS


Marcos Fava Neves
Professor, CEO & Founding Partner
University of São Paulo, Markestat,
Harven Agribusiness School   |  Brazil
2025 – 2026


Ed Mabaya
Cornell University  |  USA
2025 – 2026


Woody Maijers
Professor, Innovationpact Manager
Greenport WestHolland   |  The Netherlands
2025 – 2026


R. Brent Ross
Assoc. Chair
Michigan State University  |  USA
2025 – 2026


Loïc Sauvée
Head of research unit InTerACT
UniLaSalle  |  France
2025 – 2026


Raj Vardhan
Past President
Mcleod Russel India  |  India
2026


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