Frank Mitloehner

Frank Mitloehner is professor and air quality extension specialist in the Department of Animal Science at the University of California-Davis. An expert on agricultural air quality, livestock housing and husbandry, he conducts research to mitigate air emissions from livestock operations and implications of emissions on health and safety of farm workers and neighboring communities.

Bruce Vincent

Bruce Vincent is a third generation logger from Libby, Montana. During the past 25 years, he has given motivational speeches throughout the United States and the world, has testified on natural resource issues before Congress and has appeared on several news programs such as “60 Minutes.” Bruce has been named Timberman of the Year in Montana, National Forest Activist of the Year, the Agri-Women’s 2007 Veritas Award Winner, and in 2004 received the inaugural Presidential Preserve America Award from President Bush. Bruce has been married to his wife Patti Jo for 39 years and has four children, two sons-in-law, one daughter-in-law, and eleven grandchildren. His current activities represent a family commitment to responsible environmentalism.

Tom Thibodeau

Tom Thibodeau is the distinguished professor of servant leadership at Viterbo University and the director of Viterbo’s Master of Arts in Servant Leadership program. As a popular trainer inside and outside the industry, Tom is known for his honesty, communication, sense of humor, confidence, commitment, positive attitude, creativity, intuition and the ability to inspire.

Charlie Arnot

Charlie Arnot is CEO of the Center for Food Integrity, a non-profit organization dedicated to building consumer trust and confidence in today’s food system. With nearly 30 years of experience in communications, issues management and public relations in the food system, his commitment to excellence, innovation and integrity have positioned him as a trusted advisor to CEOs, government leaders an executives.

Richard “Rick” Kyte

Richard “Rick” Kyte is the endowed professor and director of the D. B. Reinhart Institute for Ethics in Leadership at Viterbo University in La Crosse, Wis., where he teaches a variety of ethics courses dealing with issues in health care, business, leadership, and the environment. He received his Ph.D. in philosophy from The Johns Hopkins University in 1994. He is the author of several books and writes a regular column for Lee Enterprises newspapers titled “The Ethical Life.” He is asked to speak frequently on the topics of servant leadership and ethical decision making.

Eric Snodgrass

Eric Snodgrass is the principal atmospheric scientist for Nutrien Ag Solutions, where he develops predictive, analytical software solutions to manage weather risk for global production agriculture. He provides frequent weather updates focused on the influence of high-impact weather events on global agriculture productivity. His research uses machine learning to better understand field-level weather impacts on US yields and increase confidence in long-range weather prediction. He presents his research at over 50 conferences yearly, providing logistical guidance and solutions to weather-sensitive financial institutions, farmers, commodity traders and other stakeholders.

Dr. Marin Bozic, PhD

Dr. Marin Bozic, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Applied Economics at the University of Minnesota. Marin’s research program in dairy economics covers dairy policy, risk management, demand for dairy foods and economics of new dairy food processing technologies. Since earning his PhD at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2011, he has published a dozen research articles, and has served as principal investigator on over twenty funded projects. Dr. Bozic serves in a leadership role in several organizations. He is an Associate Director of Midwest Dairy Foods Research Center, and the facilitator of Minnesota Dairy Growth Alliance. Marin is also a member of the National Program on Dairy Markets and Policy, a team of dairy economists who recently won a national award for their outreach work on the 2014 Farm Bill.

Marin is a nationally popular speaker on dairy topics, with over one hundred invited talks on topics covering dairy policy, outlook, exports, risk management and consumer trends. Despite living in the Upper Midwest for a full decade, his accent still reveals he is originally from Croatia. His audience does not seem to mind.

Jamie Clarke

Jamie Clarke has climbed the Seven Summits, including Everest twice, ridden camels across the Empty Quarter of Arabia, motorbiked across Mongolia with his son and served as a performance coach for Olympians, the NFL, Hockey Canada and more. He challenges others to brave their own Everests by sharing actionable insights and strategies on leadership, risk management, and defining and achieving goals. Jamie is currently a fellow and associate professor at the University of Calgary.