Mentors

Jim Baker

CEO, Cultura Technologies (Volaris Group)

Associate

Simon Barber

Former Head, Asia Pacific Regulatory and Stewardship, Syngenta Seeds, Singapore

Investigator

Douglas Beach

Chair of the Board, Eavor Technologies Inc.

Associate

Mark Blackwell

Partner, Builders VC

Associate

Kevin Brassington

President, Alternative Agriculture Inc.

Associate

David Bressler

Associate Dean STEM Research and Professor, University of Alberta

Scientist

Keith G. Brown

CEO and Owner, Lamont Brown Group

Associate

Jeroen De Buck

Professor and Chair, Bacterial Diseases of Dairy Cows, University of Calgary

Scientist

Vincent Chahley

Chairman, Phyto Organix

Associate

Sylvain Charlebois

Director, Agri-Food Analytics Lab

Scientist

Lingyun Chen

Professor, Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta

Scientist

John Cranfield

Associate Dean, Ontario Agricultural College

Economist

Jay Cross

Adjunct Professor, University of Calgary

Associate

Andrea Drager

Partner, Azure Capital Partners

Associate

Graham Drake

Former CEO, Cervus Equipment Corp

Associate

Keith Driver

Partner, Propel Ventures

Associate

Lori Ell

Founder & President, Growing Ideas

Associate

Lauren Epstein

Principal, Epstein Enterprises

Associate

Judy Fairburn

Co-CEO, Fund Managing Partner, The51

Associate, Fellow

Chen Fong

Founding Partner, CDL-Rockies | C.M., Co-Founder, Pureweb Inc

Fellow

Evan Fraser

Director, Arrell Food Institute

Scientist

Michael Gaenzle

Professor and Canada Research Chair, University of Alberta

Scientist

Arjun Ganesan

CEO, Ancera Inc

Associate

Gary Haley

Chair, Haley Family Investment Trust

Fellow

Bettina Hamelin

President and CEO, Ontario Genomics Institute

Associate

Christopher Hannam

President, C&M Management

Associate

David Hunt

CEO, Ensemble IP

G. Kee Jim

Global Head – Animal Health and Agriculture, TELUS Agriculture & Consumer Goods (formerly Feedlot Health)

Scientist

Rob Jones

President, F3 Solutions LLC

Associate

Wilf Keller

Vice President of Outreach, Agri-Food Innovation Council

Scientist

Heather Koshinksky

CEO, Investigen

Associate

Paul Kruszewski

VP Deep Technology, Hinge Health Inc

Associate

Steve Liang

Founder & CTO, SensorUp

Scientist

Ash Munshi

Founder, Pepperdata, Marianas Labs

Associate, Fellow

Lenore Newman

Director, Food and Agriculture Institute; Canada Research Chair, Food Security and Environment

Scientist

Azita Owlia

President & CEO, Connell USA

Associate

Ed Pajor

Director, W.A. Ranches; Anderson-Chisholm Chair in Animal Care and Welfare; Professor, Animal Behaviour and Welfare

Scientist

Christopher Paterson

Venture Partner and Angel Investor, BASF

Associate

Ray Price

CEO, Sunterra Group

Fellow

Barry Sanders

Scientific Director, Quantum City

Scientist

Remi Schmaltz

General Partner & Founder, Koan Capital Corp.

Associate

Alison Sunstrum

Founding Partner, CDL-Rockies | Founder, CEO CNSRVX-Inc.

Fellow

Chris Theriault

Partner, Material Impact

Associate

Tom Urban

Founder, Agribusiness Advisors

Associate