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Calandra Dénanimnékiikwe McCool is an associate at Big Fire Law and Policy Group, a Native American-owned law firm that specializes in tribal law and federal Indian law. She focuses her practice on litigation in tribal and federal court. She graduated summa cum laude from the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma with a Bachelor of Arts […]

Jennifer L. Caldwell is a doctoral student in the Department of Genetics and Human and graduate researcher in the W. Montague Cobb Research.  She received two Bachelors of Science ( cum laude) in Chemistry and Physics from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff in 2011 and 2012 respectively and is a Bill and Melinda […]

Sara Fern Fitzsimmons has worked with The American Chestnut Foundation (TACF) at Penn State University (PSU) since 2003, assisting chestnut growers and researchers throughout the Appalachian Mountains.  Born and raised in southern West Virginia (Hinton), Sara studied Biology at Drew University in Madison, NJ.  She then received a Master’s degree in forest ecology and resource […]

Katie Barnhill-Dilling is currently a postdoctoral research scholar at North Carolina State University in the Department of Forestry & Environmental Resources and an affiliate with the Genetic Engineering and Society Center. Broadly, her research focuses on engaging diverse communities and stakeholders in complex environmental and natural resource governance questions. More specifically, she explores the politics […]

Shantha Ready Alonso has served as Executive Director of Creation Justice Ministries since 2015. Creation Justice Ministries’ mission is to educate, equip and mobilize communions and denominations, congregations, and individuals to protect, restore, and rightly share God’s creation. Creation Justice Ministries’ membership includes Baptist, Historically Black, Orthodox, Peace, and mainline Protestant traditions. Through its 38 […]

Éliane Ubalijoro, PhD is the Deputy Executive Director for Programs at Global Open Data in Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN). She is a professor of practice for public and private sector partnerships at McGill University’s Institute for the Study of International Development where she co-led Bill and Melinda Gates Grand Challenges Exploration grants in agriculture and […]

Gregory Jaffe is the Director of the Project on Biotechnology for the Center for Science in the Public Interest (“CSPI”), a non-profit consumer organization located in the United States.  Mr. Jaffe came to CSPI in 2001 after a long and distinguished career in government service as a Trial Attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice’s […]

Sélim Louafi is a Social Scientist at the Centre International de Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad, Montpellier, France). He is Assistant Deputy Director of the AGAP Research Unit mainly composed of biologists and geneticists and that deals with Genetic Improvement and adaptation of tropical and Mediterranean Plants. His main interest in on science and […]

Sarah Gallo is Director, Market Access for the Biotechnology Innovation Organization’s Food & Agriculture section. She is responsible for planning, developing, and facilitating innovative, productive and strategic relationships and partnerships with thought leaders and influential organizations and companies. In her role, she maintains productive, trust-based relationships and organizes collaboration to grow public support and market […]