Board of Directors
Reg Clause se katriyèm jenerasyon pou jere Clause Family Farm Jefferson, Iowa. Operasyon an ogmante mayi, plant soya, bèf ak pitit pitit.
Reg volontè kòm yon manm konsèy pou Global Farmer Network ak kounye a ap sèvi kòm Prezidan. Reg gen anpil eksperyans nan konsiltasyon biznis, espesyalize nan devlopman biznis ki gen ladan etid posibilite, planifikasyon biznis ak estrikti finansye pou kliyan divès jan biocarburants, kav, pwosesis vyann, maketing nich ak anpil plis. Travay li te pèmèt li vwayaje anpil atravè mond lan pou fè analiz apwofondi sou sistèm pwodiksyon agrikòl.
Bill Horan pouse mayi, plant soya ak lòt grenn ak frè l 'nan yon fèm fanmi ki baze nan North Central Iowa. Bill volontè kòm yon manm konsèy pou Global Farmer Network la.
Carol te mete anpil chapo nan endistri manje ak agrikòl pandan lavi li. Men, pasyon li te toujou vire sou bèt vyann bèf ak konseye pwochen jenerasyon lidè agrikòl yo, Se poutèt sa jwe yon pati nan fòme politik ki afekte manje, agrikilti ak jesyon biznis sou nivo nasyonal ak entènasyonal. Carol ak fanmi li te rele Illinois lakay pou majorite karyè li, men dimansyon lidèchip li ak patisipasyon li te anyen men lokal.
Carol kounye a konsantre sou pwoblèm aktyèl ki enterese Rezo Global Farmer nou an konsènan inovasyon, dirabilite ak komès valè vyann wouj ak lòt pwodwi bèt.
Agrikilti depi 1978 sou 200 ekta – rekòt grenn ki gen ladan ble, ryegrass, fescue, kawòt ibrid, radi ibrid, epina ak andiv; itilize kèk rekòt, kat tè, aplikasyon pousantaj varyab nan angrè, pwodwi chimik yo ak irigasyon yo. Patnè nan yon 1200 bèf letye. Craige volunteers as a board member for the Global Farmer Network.
Leve nan Prairies Saskatchewan, Cherilyn Jolly-Nagel ak mari l David kontinye renmen yo pou tè a pandan y ap grandi grenn, pulsasyon, rekòt oléagineux, ansanm ak de pitit fi nan Mossbank. Eli kòm premye prezidan fanm pou Asosyasyon Wheat Growers Western Canadian, Cherilyn te defye politik gouvènman an ki te afekte biznis agrikilti a epi li se yon lidè sou pwoblèm ki afekte kiltivatè yo sou transpò grenn jaden., gouvènans, komès ak konfyans piblik. Kòm manm konsèy pou Global Farmer Network, Cherilyn defann relasyon komèsyal solid mondyal ak fèmye yo sèvi ak pwogrè teknolojik. nan 2021, Cherilyn was recognized as one of Canada’s Top 50 Moun ki gen Enfliyans nan Agrikilti. Cherilyn was interviewed in the documentary ‘License to Farm’ where she encouraged other farmers to share their stories with the public, te prezante ak Chef Kanadyen Michael Smith nan yon videyo pou ankouraje lantiy epi prezante nan yon epizòd Canadian Better Living sou sijè itilizasyon pestisid ak pwomosyon bioteknoloji plant.. Konpayi Mattel Toy te envite, Cherilyn was a mentor in the ‘Barbie: You Can Be Anything Mentorship’ program for young girls who dream of being a farmer.
Dan grows corn and soybeans in partnership with his brothers and son. Long istwa ak agrikòl koperativ sistèm yo, bay lidèchip GROWMARK ak CoBank. Dan volunteers as a board member and treasurer for the Global Farmer Network.
Joanna Lidback volunteers as a board member for the Global Farmer Network, e li te rekonèt pa GFN kòm yon 2021 Kleckner Award pou benefisyè prim Global Farm Leadership. Li se yon kiltivatè letye, yon Ofisye Finansye anchèf, yon konsiltan biznis, yon manman, ak yon madanm. Joanna ak mari l posede epi opere fèm nan Wheeler Mountain nan Nòdès Wayòm Vermont, USA. It’s an 80-cow herd of Holsteins and Jerseys, kote yo tou elve pwòp ranplasman yo epi yo gen yon ti bèf bèf bèf. Joanna se CFO nan ADK Farms, kote yo pran swen sou 7,500 bèf letye ak jeran sou 8,000 kawo tè. Li se konsiltan prensipal tou nan Adirondack Management Services, antrenè 10 lòt fèm letye pou atenn pwòp objektif yo.
Jan Rigolizzo, Jr. se yon kiltivatè senkyèm jenerasyon, deja ogmante 1,400 kawo tè legim fre ak mayi jaden nan sid New Jersey. Fèm fanmi an ogmante kounye a 70 kawo tè mayi jaden ak John konseye kiltivatè lokal yo sou kiltivasyon ak maketing legim an detay. John sèvi kòm volontè kòm manm konsèy pou Global Farmer Network e li te bay lidèchip Komisyon Konsèy Konsèvasyon tè agrikòl la, Asosyasyon Kiltivatè Legim nan New Jersey ak New Jersey Tomato Council. Kòm yon ansyen Prezidan Biwo Farm New Jersey, enterè li ak sipò alontèm nan komès lib te sipòte pa patisipasyon li nan 11 misyon komès entènasyonal ak angajman nan reyinyon Oganizasyon Komès Mondyal nan Seattle ak Jenèv.
Agrikilti nan West Liberty, Iowa, Mark Heckman volunteers as a board member and secretary for the Global Farmer Network and is past committee member for Iowa Corn and Advisor for the US Grains Council. He and his family partnership farm raises corn and soybeans with a focus on soil health. Fèm fanmi an gen ladan tou pwodiksyon vyann kochon ak bèt. Heckman Farms sèvi ak teknoloji ki sipòte itilizasyon dirab nan fimye kochon ak bèf pandan l ap kenbe estanda kalite dlo ak bon relasyon ak vwazen li.. His businesses utilize chemistry and microbials to enhance natural systems produce more products for safer and more abundant food.
Mark konsantre sou amelyore pwodiksyon manje dirab, manje, ak gaz, and off-the farm is a Strategic Development Director for EcoEngineers of Des Moines, Iowa. Mark se yon ansyen manm nan Soil Health Partnership e li te dedye anpil nan karyè li pou ede pwodiktè ak konpayi yo konsantre sou mache espesyalite ak gaz renouvlab.. Li gen ekspètiz tou nan Jesyon Risk Estratejik, Komodite ak enèji akizisyon, Devlopman politik, ak Kouvèti Ekspozisyon materyèl bwit yo.
Mark Wagoner se yon kiltivatè fanmi twazyèm jenerasyon nan sidès Eta Washington kote yo grandi semans Alfalfa pou kat gwo konpayi grenn.. Konte sou myèl alkali a, yon myèl ki fè nidifikasyon tè natif natal, ak myèl koupe fèy pou fekondasyon, Mark travay ak National Alfalfa and Forage Alliance ak Ajans Pwoteksyon Anviwònman an (EPA) pou asire ke ensektisid san danje epi efikas yo disponib pou itilize pandan vòl myèl. Mark volunteers as a board member for the Global Farmer Network.
Make volontè yo kòm yon manm konsèy pou Global Farmer Network ak anpil lòt konsèy ki adrese pwoblèm dlo ak itilizasyon tè.. Li te nonmen nan Depatman Ekoloji Eta Washington Walla Walla Valley 2050 Komite, yon gwoup planifikasyon pou amelyore disponiblite dlo nan Valley a. Li travay avèk dilijans pou devlope ak aplike estrateji viv ansanm pou pwodui konvansyonèl yo, Alfalfa òganik ak jenetikman amelyore.
Paul Temple volunteers as a Vice-Chairman for the Global Farmer Network and farms in the north of England in the United Kingdom. Fèm nan pratike agrikilti konsèvasyon sou yon fèm fanmi melanje vyann bèf ak arab. Pòl pouse ble pou semans, lòj, vyòl, vining pwa ak pwa. They’ve recently added grass leys back into the arable rotation. Sou bò vyann bèf yo itilize yon pakèt zèb nan anviwònman an ak bèt ki tete, elve ti towo bèf ki swa angrese oswa vann kòm magazen. Anplis de sa, fèm nan se nan yon konplo anviwònman wo nivo ak aksè edikasyon.
Roberto Peiretti se yon kiltivatè katriyèm jenerasyon, ak senkyèm jenerasyon an tou angaje nan fèm fanmi an, sitiye nan santral Ajantin kote yo grandi mayi, plant soya, ble, lòj, avwan, sorgo ak tounsòl sou uit mil ekta. Ak 25% to 35% nan fèm nan koupe doub chak ane, yo tou kapab regilyèman enkòpore kèk pulsasyon ak avwan kòm yon rekòt kouvèti chak ane. Ki fòme kòm yon agwonòm, Roberto se yon lidè nan sistèm agrikilti No-Till, nan fèm yo ak kòm yon konseye ak enjenyè k ap travay nasyonalman ak entènasyonalman.
Roberto Peiretti sèvi kòm volontè kòm manm konsèy pou Global Farmer Network e li te yon manm fondatè AAPRESID. (Asosyasyon kiltivatè Argentinian No Till) ak CAAPAS (Konfederasyon Ameriken Asosyasyon Kiltivatè No Till). Roberto se te youn nan vennsèt kiltivatè ki te fonde Bioceres, yon konpayi bioteknoloji ki gen rapò ak agrikilti. Li angaje aktivman nan Asosyasyon Mondyal Konsèvasyon Sol ak Dlo (WASWAC) epi yo te rekonèt kòm prim ekstansyon Distinguished WASWAC nan 2016.
Tim pouse mayi, grenn mayi, plant soya ak pwodui vyann kochon. Li te patisipe anpil nan amelyorasyon nan kadna Mississippi River e li te vwayaje nan Brezil pou fè rechèch sou rivyè yo, chanjman nan enfrastrikti tren ak wout. Tim volunteers as a board member for the Global Farmer Network.
Ted leve leti, koton, tomat, zonyon, pistache, rezen diven ak lay nan yon fèm fanmi. Prezidan Horizon Growers (pistache). Enterè ak envestisman depi lontan nan disponiblite ak kalite dlo. Resevwa Prim Konsèvasyon Dlo Innovatif. Ted volunteers as a board member for the Global Farmer Network.
Terry Wanzek se yon kiltivatè katriyèm jenerasyon North Dakota. Patenarya fanmi sa a ogmante ble prentan, mayi, plant soya, lòj, pwa sèk manjab ak tounsòl. Terry te eli pou sèvi kòm yon Senatè Eta Dakota Nò, bay lidèchip nan komite agrikilti a epi sèvi kòm Prezidan Sena Pro Tempore. Terry continues to provide leadership to the National Association of Wheat Growers and the NoDak Mutual Insurance. Li gen yon diplòm nan Administrasyon Biznis ak Kontablite nan Jamestown College e li te konplete Texas A & M Pwogram Egzekitif pou Pwodiktè Agrikòl.
Sou yon fèm swasant ekta, Ravi pouse Rice, Kann, Koton ak pulsasyon. Pou itilize dlo avèk jistis pandan mwa ete yo, li itilize awozwa ak sistèm degoute. Te ajoute mekanizasyon pou adrese mank de travayè; 12 anplwaye yo. The Kleckner Global Farm Leader Award winner in 2013, Ravi volunteers as a board member for the Global Farmer Network. Click to watch bio
Advisory Council
Doktè. Channa S. Prakash, Dwayen Kolèj Atizay ak Syans yo (CAS) nan Inivèsite Tuskegee (USA) kote li te sèvi nan fakilte depi 1989, se pwofesè jenetik rekòt, bioteknoloji. Doktè. Prakash se yon gwo defansè devlopman agrikòl ki baze sou syans, espesyalman nan itilizasyon teknik molekilè ki gen ladan rekòt jenetikman modifye ak jeni genomic. Laboratwa li a te pami premye moun ki te devlope plant transjenik patat dous ak pistach epi ki te fè etid pyonye jenomik sou pistach la.. He volunteers as a GFN Advisory Council member.
Doktè. Prakash te yon lidè mondyal nan amelyore konsyantizasyon sosyete a sou rekòt ak pwoblèm bioteknoloji manje atravè mond lan pou prèske twa deseni.. Doktè. Prakash te rekonèt pou travay eksepsyonèl li: 2015 Prim Kominikasyon Borlaug CAST, rekonèt pa Huffington Post kòm pami Top la 30 enfliyans sosyal nan biopharma ak biotech. Li se globalman klase kòm nimewo #1 influencer on ‘agricultural biotechnology’ issues.
Gilbert arap Bor pouse mayi (mayi), legim ak bèf letye sou yon ti fèm echèl nan 25 kawo tè nan Kapseret, tou pre Eldoret, Kenya. Dr Bor se yon konferans tou nan maketing ak jesyon nan Inivèsite Katolik nan Afrik lès, Kanpis Eldoret. Gilbert te resevwa a 2011 GFN Kleckner Global Farm Leader award and volunteers as a member of the Global Farmer Network Advisory Council.
Maria ‘Pilu’ Giraudo is a mom and 5th generation farmer who with her family utilizes a no-till system to grow soy, ble, lòj, mayi ak sorgo, osi byen ke bèt nan Santa Fe Province, Ajantin. Ki fòme kòm yon enjenyè agrikòl, Pilu se Prezidan onorè Aapresid (Asosyasyon kiltivatè Argentine No-Till) and a member of the Global Farmer Network Advisory Committe, serving as Finance & Development Committee co-chair. Li patisipe aktivman nan plizyè ONG nasyonal ak entènasyonal ki konsantre sou inisyativ agrikilti dirab ak defans. Gen ladan l yon pwogram radyo chak semèn, akomode pa fanm riral yo, ki pataje istwa nan fèm yo ak lavi chak Samdi. Pilu te travay pandan dezan nan sipò Politik Devlopman Dirab pou Ministè AgroEndistri nan Ajantin ak nan 2016 te rekonèt kòm benefisyè Global Farmer Network Kleckner Award.
Rob Horsch te pase tout karyè li kòm yon espesyalis rechèch ak devlopman agrikòl dekouvri, devlope ak deplwaye inovasyon agrikòl ki amelyore byennèt kiltivatè yo ak konsomatè yo pandan y ap pwoteje anviwònman an ak sipòte, kwasans ekonomik ekitab ak rediksyon povrete. His career has included building a billion-dollar portfolio of grants at the Gates Foundation and leading Monsanto’s plant tissue culture and transformation efforts that led to improved crops grown by millions of farmers around the world. Li te resevwa Meday Nasyonal Teknoloji nan men Prezidan Clinton, was appointed to the United Nations Millennium Project Task Force on Hunger and awarded Monsanto’s highest award for science and technology.
Lloyd Le Page is an accomplished and business-savvy professional with extensive hands-on experience delivering optimal results and business value in high-growth environments and building important connections with key stakeholders in the global agriculture and food industries, investment funds, international development, and climate stakeholders globally. He is Managing Director of Kincannon and Reed Executive Search and serves as an advisor to various investment funds. Lloyd began his career as a farm manager and has over 25 years of expertise in agribusiness, bèt, and food supply chains, including vertically integrated production, investment and business environment, ag-tech, and food-tech. His career includes commercial mixed-farming, agronomy, FMCG food processing and production, 15 years in DuPont Pioneer, CEO of the CGIAR Consortium, and Senior Advisor and Lead for Agri-Food at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change.
Lloyd has an extensive network and is known as leader, entrepreneur, innovation broker, and powerful connector in the private, public, non-profit, and academic sectors and has vast experience on global development and sustainability issues including resource mobilization and proposal development. He holds credit for creating new businesses and markets from scratch and consistently increasing revenue, focusing on top-line and bottom-line performance. Lloyd is well known as a mentor with the ability to manage and work with cross-functional and multidisciplinary teams. Lloyd is innovative and entrepreneurial, has created several businesses, and serves on for-profit and non-profit boards.
Staff
Mary Boote serves as Chief Executive Officer of the Global Farmer Network. Raised on a Northwest Iowa dairy, pork, mayi, and soybean family farm, she had the privilege of serving as agriculture adviser to Iowa Governor Terry E. Branstad from 1997-1999.
Through the Global Farmer Network, Mary works with farmers around the world to develop and deliver communication platforms that engage the farmers’ perspective and voice as an integral part of the dialogue regarding the global agri-food system. The mission: To amplify the farmers’ vwa nan pwomosyon komès, teknoloji, dirab agrikilti, kwasans ekonomik, ak sekirite alimantè.
Named as one of the Worldview 100: Global Industry’s top 100 Visionaries and Leaders in Biotechnology by Scientific American Worldview in 2015, Mary has had the opportunity to travel internationally, serving on agriculture leadership missions that focused on issues as varied as instruction on strategic planning and personal representation for privatized agriculturalists in newly independent countries to learning more about smallholder maize projects to observing the trade negotiation process at the World Trade Organization.
Mary attended Northwestern College, Orange City, Iowa and was privileged to participate in the 2009 Harvard AgriBusiness Seminar.
A staff member at the GFN, Jane resides on a corn and soybean farm in Eastern Nebraska. She brings 20+ years of sales and marketing program development and deployment, project management and leadership experience.
Gina Gutierrez ap sèvi kòm Avoka Sensibilizasyon Kominotè pou Global Farmer Network. Li se yon kiltivatè letye 5yèm jenerasyon ki soti nan rejyon santral Meksik la. nan 2015, Gina te kòmanse yon paj Facebook k ap defann endistri letye. La Vida Lactea kounye a gen prèske 60,000 disip yo. She completed a Master’s Degree in Corporate Law. Li ekri regilyèman pou magazin Ganadero ak Holstein de Mexico. nan 2018, Gina won the Global Farmer Network’s Kleckner Award.
Elly Sukup serves as Global Farmer Network’s Director of Programs and as the Food Security Technical Officer for Mercy Corps where she supports gender, youth, and social inclusion activities under IDEAL, a USAID-funded food security learning award. Before joining GFN and Mercy Corps, Elly managed the Clinton Foundation’s community nutrition program in Malawi and spent two years with the UN World Food Program in Ghana and Ethiopia. She also worked for Iowa State University as Strategic Engagement Coordinator and as a lecturer in Global Resource Systems. She studied Public Service and Administration in Agriculture and International Agriculture at Iowa State University, and has a Masters degree in Social Anthropology of Development from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London.
Patience Koku is serving the GFN as Regional Lead: Lafrik. Patience’s farm is located on the Jere Azara irrigation scheme, Kagarko Gouvènman lokal la, nan Eta Kaduna Nijerya. The farm produces two crops annually under center pivot irrigation. They grow mostly seed corn and corn grain for major food processing companies in Nigeria, tankou farin Mills nan Nijerya. Li se moun k ap resevwa nan la 2019 Kleckner Prim soti nan rezo a kiltivatè Global ak 2018 Cornell Alliance Pou Syans kiltivatè nan ane a. Li sèvi tou sou tablo konsiltatif Cornell Alliance for Science. In her time as a member of the GFN, she has advocated on major stages.
Ruramiso Mashumba is serving the GFN as Regional Lead: Lafrik. Ruramiso is a young female farmer from Marondera, Zimbabwe and founder of Mnandi Africa, an organization that helps rural woman combat poverty and malnutrition. She is currently studying for an MBA in sustainable food and agriculture. The trailblazing farmer holds several accolades and achievements to her name that is testimony to the outstanding work she is doing in the Zimbabwean agricultural sector. Ruramiso te rekonèt kòm la 2020 Moun k ap resevwa prim GFN Kleckner.
Leadership Emeritus
Deceased (1932-2015)
Keith Eckel ogmante legim ak grenn nan Pennsylvania. Keith te eli prezidan Konsèy Administrasyon Nationwide Mutual e li te sèvi kòm prezidan Pennsylvania Farm Bureau depi 1981-1996. Li te rele yon Mèt Farmer Pennsylvania nan 1982 ak Eksepsyonèl Young Farmer nan 1983.
Craig Lang nan Brooklyn, Iowa te sèvi kòm Prezidan Iowa Farmer Bureau soti nan 2001 atravè 2011. Lang angaje aktivman nan yon fèm fanmi ki jere yon bann bèt letye 400 bèf ak till. 1,000 kawo tè nan kiltivasyon.
Deceased (1959-2024)
John Reifsteck opere yon fèm mayi ak soya nan lwès Konte Champaign, Ilinwa. Li te sèvi nan Konsèy Direktè Global Farmer Network, epi li se yon ansyen Prezidan. Kounye a, John ap sèvi kòm Prezidan ak Prezidan Konsèy Administrasyon GROWMARK-yon kowoperativ pwovizyon fèm ak maketing ki opere prensipalman nan Illinois., Iowa, Wisconsin ak Ontario.
Bob Vice ap grandi zaboka nan sid Kalifòni. Bob Vice te pran retrèt kòm Prezidan California Farm Bureau nan 1997 apre yo fin sèvi sèt ane edmi kòm Vis Prezidan ak uit ane edmi kòm Prezidan. Pandan tan sa a, Bob te dirije misyon komès nan plis pase karant peyi an Ewòp, Azi, ansyen Inyon Sovyetik ak Amerik di Sid.
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