Symposium Speakers - American Sugar Alliance

Monday Speakers

Carlann Unger

Economist U.S. Department of Agriculture – Farm Production and Conservation Business Center

David Wasserman

Senior Editor and Elections Analyst, the Cook Political Report; Political Analyst for NBC News

Rep. Shontel Brown (D-OH-11)

Vice Ranking Member on the Committee of Agriculture; Ranking Member on the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability; Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party

Justin Benavidez, Ph.D.

Chief Economist U.S. Department of Agriculture

Shawn Arita

Associate Research Professor and Associate Director at the Agricultural Risk Policy Center North Dakota State University

Chris Bergin

Trader CSC Sugar

Patrick Chatenay

President, ProSunergy (UK) Ltd.

Brandon Lipps

Co-Founder & Principal Caprock Strategies

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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