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Food & Ag Council
The Food and Ag Council serves as the strategic leadership group to the Greater Sacramento Economic Council Board of Directors to identify the organization’s role and responsibilities in advancing job creation and investment in the region’s agricultural industry.
Made up of esteemed industry professionals, the Food and Ag Council:
- Engages industry leaders to align assets and resources around the region’s position as a food and agtech hub,
- Provides leadership around food and agtech policies and initiatives that will increase cluster development and
- Identifies new sources of capital for the market and manages partner relationships with industry investors and innovators.
Officer
Councilmembers
Dean Helene Dillard
Company title - Dean of the College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences
Company name - UC Davis
Melissa Haworth
Company title - Senior Director of Corporate Engagement
Company name - UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Ken Hiatt
Company title - Assistant City Manager and Director of Community & Economic Development
Company name - City of Woodland
Alberto Landolino
Company title - Open Innovation Scout and R&D Alliance Manager
Company name - Bayer Crop Science
Denneal Jamison-McClung
Company title - Director
Company name - UC Davis Biotechnology Program and the Designated Emphasis in Biotechnology
Julie I. Morris
Company title - Lecturer and Academic Coordinator of the Food & Agriculture Industry Immersion
Company name - Graduate School of Management, UC Davis
Alexander Tengolics
Company title - Manager of Governmental Relations & EDDT Chair
Company name - Yolo County
Gabriel Youtsey
Company title - Chief Information Officer
Company name - UC Agriculture and Natural Resources
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