Symposium Speakers - American Sugar Alliance

Monday Speakers

Jack Pettus

ASA Chair; Vice President of Government Relations, American Sugar Cane League

Clint Hagen

Vice President, American Sugarbeet Growers Association

Rep. Jack Bergman (R-MI-01)

Chairman, House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness; Member, House Budget Committee; Chairman, House Budget Committee Oversight Task Force; Member, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs

John Boothroyd

Director of Government Relations, Michigan Sugar Company

Rep. Brad Finstad (R-MN-01)

Chairman, House Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition & Foreign Agriculture; Member, House Armed Services Committee; Member, House Committee on Small Business

Neil Rockstad

President, American Sugarbeet Growers Association; Board Member, American Crystal Sugar Company

Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI-11)

Ranking Member, Science, Space & Technology Subcommittee on Research & Technology; Member, House Committee on Education; Member, U.S. House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the U.S. and the Chinese Communist Party

Neil Juhnke

President & CEO, Michigan Sugar Company

Kevin Bailey

Washington Representative, Michigan Sugar Company

Rob Johansson PhD

Director of Economics and Policy Analysis, American Sugar Alliance

Jeff Dobrydney

Senior Vice President, Head of Futures & Options JSG Commodities

Jose Orive

Executive Director, International Sugar Organization

Cassie Bladow

President & CEO, U.S. Beet Sugar Association

Randy Green

Principal, Watson Green LLC; Consultant, Sweetener Users Association

The Honorable Stephen Vaden

Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Jim Simon

General Manager, American Sugar Cane League

Tuesday Speakers

Ryan Weston

President & CEO, Florida Sugar Cane League; Washington Representative, Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers

Courtney Gaine PhD, RD

President & CEO, The Sugar Association, Inc

Nancy Beck, Ph.D.

Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

John Newton, Ph.D.

Executive Head, Terrain

Carrie Vicenta Meadows

Vice President of Government Affairs, U.S. Beet Sugar Association

Kristi Boswell

Public Policy Counsel, Alston & Bird

Jamison Cruce

Washington Representative, American Sugar Cane League

Carley Esser McLean

Republican Professional Staff, U.S. Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee

Mike Schmidt

Democratic Senior Advisor, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry

Clark Ogilvie

Democratic Special Counsel, House Agriculture Committee

Trevor White

Republican Professional Staff, House Committee on Agriculture

Adam Herford

Chairman of the Board, Michigan Sugar Company

Rep. John Moolenaar (R-MI-02)

Chairman, House Select Committee on Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party; Member, House Committee on Appropriations

Luther Markwart

Executive Vice President & CEO, American Sugarbeet Growers Association

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