Kris Johnson is the Interim Director of the North America Agriculture Program of The Nature Conservancy. In this role he leads national strategies working with public and private partners to increase adoption of sustainable agricultural practices in row crops and grazing lands. He currently serves as vice chair of the board for the Ecosystem Services Market Consortium, is a member of the Science Advisory Council for Field to Market, and is a board member of the U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol. Prior to joining the North America Agriculture Program, Kris was the Senior Scientist for the North America Water Program and helped lead the Nature Conservancy’s Floodplains by Design effort, developing science, tools and collaborations to incentivize improved management of rivers and floodplains. He received a bachelor’s degree from Bowdoin College and an MS and PhD in Conservation Biology from the University of Minnesota. Kris was a Fulbright Scholar, a MacArthur Scholar, and remains a Senior Fellow in Sustainable Agricultural Systems at the University of Minnesota.