Sustainable Brands Regen Ag Summit (Minneapolis, MN – May 2024)Commodity Classic (Houston, TX – March 2024)ReACH Innovation Summit (St. Louis, MO – February 2024)Connected Energy: Clean Fuels Conference (Ft. Worth, TX – February 2024)Paris Grain Conference (Paris, France – January 2024)CrushCON (Dubai, UAE – December 2023)Reuters: Transform Food (Minneapolis, MN – November 2023)World Food Prize (Des Moines, IA – October 2023)Honor the Harvest (Rosston, TX – September 2023)Nigeria: NOW (Lagos, Nigeria – June 2023)Commodities Trading Week Americas (Chicago, IL – June 2023)Ag Supply Chain Asia Buyers Conference (Jakarta, Indonesia – March 2023)Commodity Classic (Orlando, FL – March 2023)Paris Grain Conference (Paris, France – January 2023)Global Grains Geneva (Geneva, Switzerland – November 2022)AgriTech Next (St. Louis, MO – October 2022)Honor the Harvest (Nevada, IA – September 2022) Agrimoney Live (London, UK – May 2017)World Affairs Council of Atlanta (Atlanta, GA – February 2017)Global Grains North America (Miami, FL – July 2016)Global Grains Middle East (Dubai, UAE – May 2016)Oilseed Congress (Barcelona, Spain – February 2016)Net Impact (Seattle, WA – November 2015)Global Grains South America (Sao Paulo, Brazil – September 2014, 2015)

Represent the United Soybean Board (USB) as the lead organizational spokesperson in domestic and international conferences, stakeholder engagements, and media interviews.Lead the strategy and oversee development of The Whole Bean campaign, a cross-sector initiative to illustrate the benefits of soy-based biofuels, the associated benefits for the food supply chain, and the overall versatility of soybeans in diversified applications.Synthesize and distill complex economic and trade dynamics relevant to domestic and international oilseed markets for presentation to farmer, industry, and general consumer audiences.Provide strategic counsel to USB farmer-directors and senior staff to evaluate and establish long-term strategic initiatives in support of advancing domestic and international market opportunities for the U.S. soybean industry, including the launch of USB’s new 5-year strategic plan.Lead the development of long-term market forecasting and scenario analysis tools for U.S. and global agricultural markets with applications for budgeting and evaluating investment opportunities.Lead, develop, and advance recurring and regular content for USB’s investor and stakeholder base, including weekly and monthly reports on U.S. soybean trade dynamics, webinars on monthly agricultural supply and demand estimates, and original short-form digestible videos on soybean industry developments and USB investments.

Lead establishment of a global strategy of systematically incorporating economic and trade analysis in policy advocacy initiatives across geographies to effectively drive policy outcomes to support Bayer Crop Science License to Operate.Develop and lead implementation of policy engagement strategy with St. Louis directed Trade Missions or government delegation visits.Direct strategic planning and operations for Public Affairs and Sustainability Global Ag Policy, Industry and Government Affairs team, including budget oversight, quarterly reporting, and team agenda development.Lead establishment of global processes enlisting trade and economic analysis as representation of materiality which directs Crop Science policy advocacy resourcing and translates functional contribution.Identify and drive assessment of critical industry trade or other policy initiatives that could impact the organization or particular strategic policy initiatives, making appropriate organizational linkages for response as needed.Provide strategic leadership and economic analysis support to Senior Leaders in Public Affairs and Sustainability and across enterprise as needed.Represent functional interests across Division and Group, and represent company interests in external engagements as appropriate.Adapt and execute functional and divisional business plans and contribute to the development, implementation of initiatives for the Global Ag Policy, Industry and Government Affairs team. Provide direct leadership in political insights initiatives.

Led the execution of special advocacy projects, including economic analyses, to drive improvements in company/industry LTO and market access while ensuring consistency across regions in external engagements.Served as primary point of contact and host for international government delegations visiting company in St. Louis. Leverage internal expert network to drive agendas and policy discussions in St. Louis - based meetings with government visitors.Enhanced operational excellence and strategic planning capabilities across the Global Regulatory and Government Affairs (RGA) organization through developing, driving, and disseminating economic analyses of commodity trade flows.Fostered and grew regional partnerships and provide broader business and macro context to global technical teams within RGA.Increased operational effectiveness of global Government Affairs organization through developing global processes and tools, including use of data-driven political risk analysis.Supported design and implementation of leadership team development, talent attraction, and executive engagement strategy.

Managed the company’s proprietary modeling, forecasting, and analysis which serve as the basis for corporate planning and evaluation of new opportunities in developed and emerging agricultural markets.Served as a first point of contact to provide analytical support to company executives.Oversaw the development of regional agricultural economic models. Liaised with regional sales, marketing, and strategic leads to identify key areas for strategic analysis and scenario planning.Monitored and analyzed international macroeconomic and political developments and the potential impact on agricultural markets and business operations. Updated and briefed company executives and senior leadership with appropriate accompanying analysis.Provided ad hoc economic analysis and support to diverse company units, including domestic and international commercial operations, government affairs, corporate engagement, and investor relations.Delivered presentations to internal and external audiences on agricultural markets, with emphasis on projections for protein, corn, and soybean supply and demand.Authored analytical white papers on emerging agricultural market trends for internal dissemination.

Led and supervised a team of Economists in the development, calculation, and dissemination of Producer Price Indexes (PPIs) for the finance, information, real estate, and professional services industry sectors. Managed project team work and provided authoritative counsel to team members on the research, development and implementation of new concepts, procedures, and methodological practices while maintaining a collaborative and innovative work environment.Improved PPI data products and index quality by identifying areas for gains in operational efficiencies, recommending courses of action to senior program managers, and facilitating the implementation of process improvement measures through communication with subordinate staff. Ensured that the priorities, goals, and objectives of the PPI program office were met by effectively managing resources, providing excellent project and task oversight, and representing the division in intra-agency task forces.Wrote chapters for the OECD manual on Services Producer Price Indexes (SPPIs) on the development and construction of service sector PPIs for methodologically complex industries, including investment banking, securities brokerage, and software publishing. Provided best practice recommendations to other OECD countries for developing service sector PPIs through reviewing survey materials and delivering presentations to visiting international economists.Continuously encouraged the professional development of existing staff and employ merit principles in recruiting, interviewing, and hiring new employees to develop and maintain a diverse and high-caliber workforce.

Analyzed and researched wholesale price movement and trends for agricultural commodities. Monitored livestock, meat, and field crop markets.Prepared monthly written and oral reports on macroeconomic factors affecting the price movement and situation for the supply, demand, and trade of agricultural commodities for presentation before the Assistant Commissioner and senior management.Demonstrated excellent customer service in providing detailed explanation and insight to financial analysts, media representatives, academics, and government agencies regarding index movement and methodology for calculating the Producer Price Index. Conducted extensive industry and company research, including analysis of firm financial filings.Prepared sampling frames and survey materials for use by Field Economists in data collection and reviewed internal documents for technical accuracy.Analyzed proprietary price micro-data from surveyed firms and adjudicated aberrant price observations. Reviewed and evaluated PPI indexes for accuracy and consistency prior to public dissemination.