Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Xochitl Torres Small
Deputy Secretary
USDA
Allison Thomas
Deputy Administrator
USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)
Betsy Dirksen Londrigan
Administrator
USDA Rural Business and Cooperative Services
Andrew Stephens
Senior Policy Advisor
USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)
Dr. Bill Orts
Acting Director and Bioproducts Research Leader
USDA/Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Western Research Center, Albany, CA
Greg Jaffe
Senior Advisor for Regulatory Affairs
USDA, Office of the Secretary
Shannon Pinc
Sr. Circular Economy Manager
NatureWorks
Julia Schifter
VP of Strategy Analysis
TIPA Compostable Packaging
Chris Forgey
Senior Segment Director, ADM BioSolutions
ADM
Geoff Nobes
Director of Business Development
RWDC Industries
Bruce Duerringer
President, Green Planet Division
Kaneka Americas Holding, Inc.
Gyami Shrestha
National Program Leader
USDA NIFA
Dr. Taofeng Lu
Postdoctoral Researcher
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NFEL)
John Hebert
Senior Policy Advisor
USDA Rural Business Cooperative Service
John Beeler
Northeast Regional Coordinator
USDA Rural Business Cooperative Service
Allison Lin
Global VP of Packaging Sustainability
Mars, Inc.
Max Teplitski
Chief Science Officer
International Fresh Produce Association
Ryan Shay
Director, Government and Public Affairs, Americas
the LEGO Group
Alix Grabowski
Senior Director, Plastic and Material Science
WWF
Andrew Clark
Chief for Chemicals, Air Quality, and Waste
U.S Department of State
Rachel Ryan
Technical Program Lead
Ocean Plastic Leadership Network
Kate Loatman
Executive Director
International Council of Beverages Associations
Saloni Sharma
Policy Research and Advocacy Coordinator
GO!PHA
James Glueck
Executive Director
Plant Based Products Council
Rhodes Yepsen
Executive Director
BPI
Jason Locklin
Director
University of Georgia
Clay Bunyard
Technical Leader, Sustainability Research
Kimberly-Clark Corporation