2016 SPONSORS
2016 EVENT PARTNERS
2016 ATTENDING COMPANIES
1st Farm Credit Services
ADAMA
ADM Fresno Trading
AgBioMet Technology Partners LLP
AgCountry Farm Credit Services
Agrex
Agrilyst
AgriBank, FCB
AgriMarketing
Agrium
Agri-View
AgStar Financial Services
AgTrax Technologies
Akin Gump
Allied Cooperative
American Agri-Women
American Farmland Trust
American Sugar Refining, Inc.
Andersen Schwarzmann
Animal Agriculture Alliance
Archer Daniels Midland Company
Aurora Cooperative
Aurora Organic Dairy
Australian Trade Commission
Bader Rutter
Baker Tilly
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
BASF
Basse Enterprises
Bayer CropScience
Beck Ag
Bella Baby
Betley Farms
Bloomberg News
Brian G Hildebrand Farms Ltd.
Bryan Cave LLP
Bunge
Cadena Bio, Inc.
Cargill
Centra Sota Cooperative
Central Farm Service
Ceres Solutions LLP
CF Industries
CGB Enterprises, Inc.
Channel (Monsanto)
Chapman and Cutler LLP
Charleston|Orwig
CHS, Inc.
Clearwater Seafoods Inc.
CME Group
Co-Alliance
CoBank
Compatible Technology International
Cooke Seafood USA
Corn Refiners Association
Countryside Cooperative
Crop Production Services, Inc./Agrium
Cultura Technologies LLC
Dairy Girl Network
Deloitte Consulting, LLP
Direct Contact Inc.
Diversified Search
DLA Piper
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Dow AgroSciencesup
Holman Fenwick Willan LLP
Husch Blackwell LLP
Illinois Soybean Association
Indiana Grain
ING Capital LLC
Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy
DuPont
DuPont Nutrition & Health
DuPont Pioneer
Effingham Equity
Envision Partners, LLC
EWOS Vietnam/Cargill Aqua Nutrition
Exacto Inc.
Export Development Canada (EDC)
Faegre Baker Daniels LLP
Farm Credit
Farmland Management Services
FCC Services
Ferrara Candy Company
FLM+
Full Circle Ag
Furst-McNess Company of Canada Limited
Gavilon Group, LLC
GEOSYS
Gowan Company
Grocery Manufacturers Association
GROWMARK, Inc.
Half the Sky Leadership for Women
Hancock Agricultural Investment Group
Hancock Farmland Services
Harvard Business School
Hefty Seed Company
Heifer International
HighQuest Gro
INTL FC Stone
IOI Loders Croklaan
Iowa Institute for Cooperatives
J Henry & Sons
J.P.Morgan Chase
J.R. Simplot Company
John Deere Company
K&L Gates
K-Coe Isom
Kansas Wheat Commission
Kent Corporation
Ketchum
Kincannon & Reed
Koch Fertilizer
Land O'Lakes
Landmark Services Cooperative
Landus Cooperative
Larta Institute
Lathrop & Gage LLP
Loredee Global Limited
Loveland Products, Inc
Maracuja Solutions
McGathey Commodities Broker Group
McGhee Productivity Solutions
MetLife Agricultural Finance
Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc.
MKC Coop
Monsanto
Moore & Van Allen
National Corn Growers Association
National Crop Insurance Services
National FFA Foundation
Nationwide Insurance
NexSteppe, Inc.
North Central Farmers Elevator
Northern Illinois University College of Business
Novus International, Inc.
NuTech Seed, LLC
NutriQuest
OpenLink Agribusiness Solutions Group
Osborn & Barr Communications, Inc.
Ostara Nutrient Recovery Techonolgies, Inc.
Painchaud Performance Group
Patina Solutions
Patterson Companies, Inc.
Paulsen Marketing
Pearmine Farms Inc.
Perdue AgriBusiness
Pioneer Hi-Bred Hellas SA
Piper Jaffray
Praedium Ventures
Premier Cooperative
ProAg
Purdue Research Foundation
Purdue University, College of Agriculture
Quarry Hill Dairy, LLC
Rabobank
Radson Company
Restaurant Supply Chain Solutions
RFD-TV
River Valley Cooperative
Robert VanderEyk and Sons Dairy
Shook, Hardy & Bacon
Sierra Sky LLC
Smithfield Foods
South Dakota State University
Standing Partnership
Stateline Cooperative
Stoel Rives LLP
Sunrise Cooperative
Superior Ag
Sustainable Sourcing LLC
Syngenta
Teays River Investments, LLC
Texas A&M University
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs
The Context Network
The GKC Group
The Mennel Milling Company
The Mosaic Company
The Ohio State University
Thomson Reuters
Tyson Foods, Inc.
United Farmers Cooperative
United Soybean Board
United States Sugar Corporation
United Suppliers
University of Minnesota
University of Wisconsin - Madison
U.S. Bank Food Industries
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service
U. S. Feed Grains Council
US Foods
Valero
Virginia Department of Agriculture
Virginia Tech
Wells Fargo
Western United States Agricultural Trade Association
Zoetis
2016 Proceedings
Available presentations from the 2016 Summit can be found below by clicking a session title. The presentation password an be found in your event guide and on the WIA 2016 mobile app. Questions? Email cvita@highquestgroup.com .
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Women in Risk Management Short Course and Lunch Hosted By INTL FCStone
The Future Faces of Farming - Embracing the Importance of Diversity
Turning Market Volatility into a Competitive Advantage
The Race for the White House and What it Means for Agriculture
Keynote Address: Too Early to Declare Victory (Slides Not Available)
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
Breakfast and Student Session: Perfecting the Elevator Pitch
Keynote Address: The Confidence Effect
Addressing Food Waste in the Agri-Food Supply Chain
Selling in a Man's World (Slides Not Available)
Influencing Perceptions of Animal Agriculture - Challenges and Opportunities
Leadership's Role in Building a Diverse Workforce
Tools for Effective Risk Management
The Inevitability of Disruption: Marketing's Power Role (Slides Not Available)
The Challenges and Opportunity of Coexistence
Going on Your Own: Keys to Success in Entrepreneurship
Food Safety Modernization Act: A Case Study
Engaging in Fierce Conversations
Things you can do TODAY to Take Back Your Life
WIA Innovation Hour: Perspectives on Innovation for a Sustainable Ag Sector (Slides available upon request)
Thursday, September 29, 2017
Transforming the Workplace (Slides Not Available)
The Changing Consumer and Implications for the Supply Chain
Executive Roundtable (Slides Not Available)
2016 DEMETER AWARD OF EXCELLENCE RECIPIENTS
Leader of the Year
Stefanie Jill Fogel is partner and co-chair of DLA Piper’s Global Food and Beverage Sector. DLA Piper is one of the world’s largest law firms with more than 4,000 attorneys located in more than 90 offices across the world. Fogel’s practice focuses on cross border regulatory compliance, food safety, supply chain and distribution risks, and recall and government investigation assessment and response.
She is recognized with the WIA Demeter Award for her work in co-founding the law firm’s Leadership Alliance for Women (LAW) Program, an initiative launched to help develop, retain and promote women lawyers in the firm’s global environment. LAW fosters internal networking, facilitates the flow of information, and empowers women lawyers by developing leadership skills and creating business development opportunities. LAW regularly hosts national Speaker Series video conference presentations focused on leadership and business development, which are available to DLA Piper employees as well as all women lawyers. It also hosts the well-known Global Women’s Leadership Summit.
Innovator of the Year
As founder and president of Dairy Girl Network, Laura Daniels has been recognized for her vision in forming this network that includes dairy farmers, dairy professionals and employees on a dairy. Established in 2014, this non-profit organization now has over 1,200 members and more than 3,000 Facebook followers. It will host its first Dairy Girl National conference this November in Minneapolis, along with its multiple networking events held throughout the year.
The network also has an active board of directors and support of major businesses in the sector. “Because of Laura’s insight and vision, a very real need has been met for women in the dairy industry to connect with other women and find opportunities for comradery, experience-sharing and personal development,” said LuAnn Troxel, the Dairy Girl Network leadership team member who nominated Daniels. “It has truly been inspirational to see this network grow."
Company of the Year
Syngenta, a leading agriculture company helping to improve global food security by enabling millions of farmers to make better use of available resources, includes 28,000 people in more than 90 countries. The company is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace, evidenced by the launch in 2014 of a Global Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) policy to leverage the company’s differences, catalyze innovation, maximize performance and create business value. This expanded to offering programming in a range of areas such as Women’s Leadership, African American Leadership, Young Leader Development and an LGBTQ Leaders & Allies group.
Recent programming by the Women’s Leadership Group has included Lunch ‘n Learn sessions featuring women agribusiness executives, professional development seminars in the areas of coaching and networking, Syngenta career pathing and advice, and local volunteer opportunities. Earlier this year, Syngenta rolled out training on unconscious bias to help employees identify their own challenges based on their unique experiences and backgrounds
2016 SCHOLARS
 Michelle MarksUniversity os Wisconsin - Madison | Doctor of Philosophy: Plant Pathology | Sponsored by Nationwide Insurance |  Katherynne PadillaTexas A&M University | Masters of Agricultural Business | Sponsored by Metlife Insurance |
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 Josey PukropPurdue University | Masters of Science: Animal Science/Ruminant Nutrition | Sponsored by Mitsui |  Allison PullinOhio State University | Masters in Science: Animal Science-Animal Welfare & Behavior | Sponsored by Novus |
 Claudette ReyesTexas A&M University | Masters in Agribusiness: Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness | Sponsored by Agrex |  Amanda RogersVirginia Tech | Dual Bachelor's Degree: Agribusiness Management and Animal & Poultry Sciences | Sponsored by Virginia Department of Agriculture |
 Devon SmolakTexas A&M University | Masters in Agribusiness | Sponsored by HighQuest Group |  Paige StevensonPurdue University | Bachelor of Science in Agribusiness: Agricultural Economics | Sponsored by Mitsui |
 Emily WiselyUniversity of Delaware | BS-Pre-Veterinary Medicine & Animal Biosciences | Sponsored by HighQuest Group |