
Kyle Bridgeforth
Co-Owner/Operator
Bridgeforth Farms
Our distinguished board of directors includes voting members as well as ex-officio members designated by Congress. The board of directors guides our strategy and organizational governance. The ex-officio board positions support our close partnerships with the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Co-Owner/Operator
Bridgeforth Farms
Vice Chair, FFAR Board of Directors
Associate Vice President, MSU Office of Research and Innovation,
Michigan State University
Technology Investor and Advisor
Distinguished Professor of Sustainable Agriculture and Community-Based Food Systems
North Carolina State University
Owner
Del Bosque Farms
Business Leader and Adjunct Professor
Northwestern University
Board Chair Emeritus, Past Chair, FFAR Board of Directors
Executive Director, Congressional Program Aspen Institute
President and CEO
US Dairy Export Council
Vice President, Research Programs
U.S. Poultry & Egg Association
Chair, FFAR Board of Directors
President
Mississippi State University
Vice President and Head of Smallholders and Sustainability – Vegetable Seeds
Bayer Crop Science
Director of the Laboratory of Renewable Resources Engineering; Distinguished Professor
Purdue University
Associate Dean for Research & Discovery
Iowa State University College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
Treasurer, FFAR Board of Directors
Retired, Corporate Vice President, Research and Development
Cargill, Inc.
Co-founder & Executive Chair,
Invasive Species Corporation and Invasive Species Research Institute;
CEO and Founder,
Chestnut Bio Advisors
Executive Vice President and COORiceland Foods, Inc.
Senior Program Officer, Animal Nutrition
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Professor of Neurology and Director of the Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases
University of California, San Francisco
Secretary, FFAR Board of Directors
Farmer, Rodibaugh & Sons
Chief Executive Officer
United Soybean Board
Executive Director
Association of 1890 Research Directors
Ex-Officio, Secretary of Agriculture
US Department of Agriculture
Administrator
U.S. Department of Agriculture-Research, Education,& Economics
Assistant Director
Directorate for Biological Sciences – National Science Foundation
Director
U.S. Department of Agriculture – National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Acting Administrator, Agricultural Research Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
2014 - 2022
2014 - 2022
2014 - 2020
Board Vice Chair
2014 - 2018
2014 - 2022
2014 - 2019