Leadership

    Board of Directors

    • Peg Armstrong Gustafson: President & CEO, Amson Technology
    • Pat Boddy: Water Engineer, former Deputy and Interim Director at the Iowa DNR, and former Director of Polk County Conservation
    • Teree Caldwell-Johnson: Executive Director, Homes of Oakridge
    • Neil Hamilton: Professor Emeritus of Law, Former Director of the Drake Agricultural Law Center
    • Sharon Krause: Owner & Rancher, Dalla Terra Ranch
    • Jim Miller: Retired, Senior Vice President, Morgan Stanley
    • Jennie Smith: Worldwide Sales Trainer; Kemin Industries; Owner, Butcher Crick Farms
    • Mak Sućeska: Bureau Chief Refugee Services/State Refugee Coordinator, State of Iowa

    Advisory Council

    • Marji Alaniz: Founder & CEO, FarmHer
    • Jordan Clasen: Owner, Grade A Gardens
    • Zac Couture: Land & Production Supervisor, Lutheran Services of Iowa
    • Liz Garst: Family Business Manager: Garst Farms
    • Kelly Foss: Director, Iowa Agriculture Literacy Foundation
    • Khanh Hamilton: Owner, Sunstead Farms
    • Kendall Lampkey: Professor and Chair, Iowa State University Department of Agronomy
    • Courtney Long: Food Systems Program Manager, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach
    • Keith Summerville: Levitt Distinguished Professor of Environmental Science, Drake University
    • Maury Wills: Former State of Iowa Bureau Chief, Ag Diversification & Market Development Bureau, Iowa Organics Program