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Buck Adams
Founder of Local Tower Farms, Veterans to Farmers and Circle Fresh Farms.
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David Taumoepeau
Extensive experience in executive-level project management with global teams in emerging and advanced markets. He has worked for Bank of America, Hilton Worldwide, and the American Institutes for Research in Washington DC. He has a BA from UCLA, and an MA from Georgetown University.
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Haile Johnston
Haile Johnston is a Philadelphia native whose passion is to identify and implement entrepreneurial methods for addressing the diverse needs of communities. Haile uses his creativity and community inclusion toward the development of sound public policy and innovative programming. He and his wife Tatiana are the founders of a community based nonprofit organization, the East Park Revitalization Alliance, which focuses resources on educating children about the transformative qualities of nutrition, physical activity and environmental enhancement. By partnering with numerous organizations external to their neighborhood, the group has greatly improved the quality of life within their community cleaning vacant properties and planting over 700 trees. With a focus on capacity development and job creation, the non profit employs nearly twenty adults and youth from the neighborhood during the peak summer months. Haile’s community and environmental justice work led him to a position as the Environmental Interventions Coordinator for the Philadelphia Department of Public Health’s Division of Chronic Disease Prevention. Haile’s concern for the health of his community, especially the youth, guided the creation of programs to improve access to and awareness of nearby park facilities and recreational opportunities. Nutrition education, food access and physical activity have been focal points in his effort to combat the epidemics of obesity and diabetes in his Philadelphia community. Following his ardor for public service, Haile became a candidate for Philadelphia City Council in the spring 2007 primary election. He maintained a message of positivity and a new vision for leadership in his bid to represent some of Philadelphia’s most ethnically and economically diverse neighborhoods. He placed second in a three-way race trying to unseat a two-term incumbent and received endorsements from several progressive organizations. Haile was successful in his effort to increa
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Hetal Patel
AgriBusiness Entrepreneur seeking solutions for low income farmers.
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Narcisse Mbunzama Lokwa
Narcisse is the founder of Mobile Agribusiness. He received several awards, including Sukuma Afrika and the UN Milennium Development Campaign Award 2010, and have been an invited guest speaker at international conferences. He is also the founder of INFOGROUP INTERNATIONAL (a global NGO that supports sustainable development). Prior to starting the organization, He served as the Central Africa coordinator for African Environment Outlook for Youth at the United Nations Environment Programme. He hold a BS in computer science.
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Rangan Varadan
Rangan has more than 25 years of experience in the financial services and IT sector. He is currently the CEO and co-founder of MicroGraam (Peer-to-Peer Micro lending Online Marketplace). His experience in the financial services domain is extensive, and encompasses the areas of securities trading, investment management, risk management, and economic modelling. Rangan was heading the operations of a Business Correspondent company after his 9 years stint at Infosys. He headed the Banking & Capital Markets domain consulting group at Infosys. Prior to Infosys, Rangan was an adjunct professor at Lehigh University, USA. He also worked with an investment management firm, J W Seligman, as performance analyst. Before that he was a practicing chartered accountant working with leading banks and financial companies in India. Rangan holds a Doctorate degree in Finance from Lehigh University, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. He is also a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and Graduate of Cost & Works Accountants of India.
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Steele Lorenz
MyRain was formed out of The Acara Institue business plan competition in 2010. Tasked with solving water security problems in India, MyRain was inspired by the potential of efficient drip irrigation systems. In many parts of rural India, small-plot farmers rely on flood irrigation, a method that stunts crops and washes away valuable soil nutrients. Drip irrigation can increase efficiency of water and fertilizer by between 20%-50% and increase yields by 30%-100%. Drip irrigation also preserves nutrients in the soil and increases land longevity. Despite these benefits, drip irrigation technology has proliferated to only 5% of arable land. It is MyRain’s purpose to provide small plot farmers access to this technology by creating a retail and distribution network focused on the four main tenets of accessibility; education, availability, price and service. Through comprehensive distribution and efficient irrigation, MyRain creates sustainable economic development for small plot and subsistence farmers.
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Stephen Kimiri
Mr Stephen Kimiri, a 27-year-old techie behind SokoShambani.Mr Kimiri’s ultimate dream is to roll out the application to cover all small scale farmers in Kenya and connect them directly to individual consumers and institutions like schools and supermarkets.
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Thad Simons
Thad Simons is Board President of the International Food and Agribusiness Association (IFAMA) and former President and Chief Executive Officer of Novus International, Inc. From 2001 to 2014, he led Novus in its growth into a global animal health and nutrition company with sales exceeding US $1 billion. Thad’s awards and recognitions include: International Businessperson of the Year, Agribusiness Leader of the Year, and Entrepreneur of the Year.
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Zack Pennington
Zack is a Creative. Entrepreneur and CEO of US Chia.
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