Becky Doyle is a lifetime farmer, first with her parents and brothers on their six-generation farm in western Illinois, and then with her husband and sons in south central IL. During the 1990s, she was Director of the Illinois Department of Agriculture. She then served as a director at the UN World Food Programme in the early 2000s. For the past several years, Doyle has been a senior consultant with The Context Network, working on projects ranging from crop and livestock commodities to food products, sustainability to cutting edge technologies, and for clients ranging from multi-national corporations to governments and NGOs. Doyle’s goal is to bring people and policies together to solve problems.

A graduate of the University of Illinois College of Agriculture (BS and MS) Doyle is currently serving as one of the College’s CARET representatives.