Dr. David M. Kohl, Professor Emeritus, Agricultural Finance and Small Business Management, Virginia Tech University, and President, AgriVisions, LLC

David Cleavinger, a fifth-generation Texas farmer/rancher operating his 3,500-acre irrigated family farm and ranch in Wildorado, near Amarillo, Texas

Karen Ross has been president of the California Association of Winegrape Growers since 1996.  She is also executive director for Winegrape Growers of America

Daphne Holterman was raised on a beef and hog farm near Brodhead, Wisconsin

Joel Jaeger, president of Mobile technology provider, COMMODITY UPDATE

Larry Schermerhorn, Vice President, Farm Supply, Country Operations, CHS Inc.

Lindsay Hill, Moderator, Natl. VP of NAFB

Tami Craig Schilling, Director of Strategic Communications, Monsanto

William Boehm, recently retired Sr. Vice President & Officer of The Kroger Co.

Charlie Arnot, CEO, Center for Food Integrity

Gary Baise, Principal Attorney at the noted Washington, D.C., firm of Olsson; Frank Weeda

Ed Martin, President & CEO of Influence Media Network (IMN), the national distributor for Thomson Grass Valley's MEDIAEDGE Digital Media Mgmt. System (DMMS). 

Mike Wehrs, President & CEO, Mobile Marketing Association

Leslie Bradshaw, a farm kid and University of Chicago educated Comm. Manager with New Media Strategies in Washington, D.C.