World Agricultural Forum

The World Agriculture Forum "was formed in 1997, as a 501(c)(3) status charitable organization with the goal of becoming a globally neutral venue providing all countries and sectors an equal voice for the discussion of agriculture policies and strategies." [1]

Directors

• Leonard J. Guarraia, Ph.D. - Chairman & CEO - World Agricultural Forum
• David Friedman - Chief Financial Officer - WAF, Controller, Novus International, Inc.
• Bruce B. Adaire - Chairman Emeritus, World Trade Center, St. Louis
• Joaquin Alarcon - Vice President, Business Development, Abengoa Bioenergia Corporation
• Mel Anderson - Retired - President Busch Agriculture Resources, Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.
• John W. Bachman - Managing Principal, Edward Jones
• Richard C. D. Fleming - President and CEO, St. Louis Regional Chamber & Growth Association
• Earle H. Harbison, Jr. - Chairman, Harbison Corporation
• Lynn O. Henderson - President & CEO, Henderson Communications, LLC
• David Kabbes - Vice President, Secretary & General Counsel, Bunge North America, Inc.
• Seung H. Kim, Ph.D. - Vice Chairman, Asia - WAF, Director, Boeing Institute of International Business, Saint Louis University
• Ganesh Kishore, Ph.D. - Vice President, Science and Technology, Chief Biotechnology Officer, , Dupont Protein Technologies
• Donald W. Kloth, Ph.D. - Retired - Vice President & Group Executive, Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.
• Jerome F. Lamm - Retired - Executive Director, Corporate Transportation, Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.
• Steve Malin - President Busch Agriculture Resources, Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.
• Richard A. McWard - Retired - Vice President, Corporate Industry Affairs, Bunge North America, Inc.
• Ken Morrison - Managing Director, Doane Advisory Services
• David Orthwein - Fieldwood Farm
• Peter H. Raven, Ph.D. - Director, Missouri Botanical Garden
• Lawrence J. Shine - Retired - Executive Director, Procurement Process, Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.
• Thad W. Simons, Jr. - President & CEO, Novus International, Inc.

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Advisory Board

• Rt. Hon. James B. Bolger - Chairman, Former Prime Minister of New Zealand, Former New Zealand Ambassador to the United States
• Mohamed AIT-KADI - President, General Council of Agricultural Development (Morocco)
• Suresh Babu - Senior Research Fellow and Senior Advisor-Training, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
• Lennart Bage - President, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
• Ken Baker - Managing Director - Europe/Asia Pacific, World Agricultural Forum (Brussels)
• Roger N. Beachy, Ph.D. - President, Donald Danforth Planet Science Center
• Brett D. Begemann - Executive Vice President, Monsanto Company
• Richard E. Bell - Retired- President & CEO, Riceland Foods, Inc.
• Gary Blumenthal - President & COO, World Perspectives, Inc.
• Honorable Christopher S. Bond - U.S. Senator
• Honorable Chelston W.D. Braithwaite - Director General, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) (Costa Rica)
• Carole L. Brookins - Former U.S. Executive Director, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
• Jorge H. Cazenave - Cazenave & Associates (Argentina)
• Ray Cesca - President & CEO, Global Alliance for Economic Advancement
• Paolo De Castro - Presidente, Elabora (Italy)
• Osler Desouzart - President & CEO, OD Consulting (Brazil)
• Noel Devisch - President of the Belgian Boerenbond, President of COPA (Belgium)
• A. Charles Fischer - Retired - CEO, Dow AgroSciences, LLC
• Richard M. Foster - Vice President for Programs, Food Sys., Rural Dev. & Leadership, W.K. Kellogg Foundation
• Honorable C. Boyden Gray - U.S. Ambassador to the European Union
• Stuart I. Greenbaum, Ph.D. - Dean Emeritus, Olin School of Business, Washington University in St. Louis
• Leonard J. Guarraia, Ph.D. - Chairman & CEO, World Agricultural Forum
• Thomas S. Haggai - Chairman & CEO, IGA, Inc.
• Peter H. H. Hung - Chairman, Pearl River Distributing, Ltd. (Hong Kong)
• Hans Johr - Assistant Vice President, Nestle Limited (Switzerland)
• Sharad Joshi - Member of Indian Parliament
• Datuk Khor, Chin Poey - Retired - Executive Chairman, PPB Oil Palms Berhad (Malaysia)
• David Kipnis - Distinguished University Professor of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine
• Israel Klabin - President, Brazilian Founation for Sustainable Development
• Dorodjatun Kuntjaro-Kakti - Former Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs (Indonesia)
• James L. McDonald, Ph.D. - Vice President, Policy & Programs, Bread for the World
• M. Peter McPherson - President Emeritus, Michigan State University, Founding Co-Chair, Partnership to cut Hunger & Poverty in Africa
• Horacio E. Navarrete - Managing-Director, Latin America, World Agricultural Forum
• Thomas L. Payne - Vice Chancellor and Dean, Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources, Director, Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station- Univ. of MO.
• John M. Powell - Deputy Executive Director, UN World Food Programme (Italy)
• Bonnie E. Raquet - Corporate Vice President, Public Affairs, Cargill, Inc.
• Charles H. Riemenschneider - Director, Investment Centre, Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (Rome)
• Pedro Sanchez - Director of Tropical Agriculture, The Earth Institute at Columbia University
• Bob Stallman - President, American Farm Bureau Association
• Heinrich A. Toepfer - Director, Agriworld GmbH (Germany)
• Blanche M. Touhill - Chancellor Emeritus, University of Missouri - St. Louis
• Bernard Valluis - Directeur, Groupe Soufflet (France)

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NGO Advisory Council Members

• Judith Symonds - Council Chair
• Aminul Alam - Deputy Executive Director, Bangladesh Rural Advance Commission (BRAC)
• Jonathan Campaigne - Executive Director, Pride Africa (Kenya)
• Jason Clay - Acting Vice President, WWF, U.S., Director, WWF Global Agriculture Network
• Juan Luis Diaz - Executive Director, Fundapaz (Argentina)
• John Hatch - President, FINCA International,
• Jim Hershey - Director, World Initiative for Soy in Human Health (WISHH)
• Oran Hesterman - Program Director, Food Systems and Rural Development, W.K. Kellogg Foundation
• Julie Howard - Executive Director, Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa
• Rehana Khilji - Program Advisor, Concern Worldwide (Pakistan)
• James McDonald - Vice President, Policy and Programs, Bread for the World
• Timothy Nzioka - Chief Executive Officer, Kenya Gatsby Trust
• Ray Offenheiser - President, OxFam America
• Ralph Paige - Executive Director, Federation of Southern Cooperatives, Land Assistance Fund
• Susana Pinilla Cisneros - Executive President, Asociacion Nacional de Institutos de Desarrollo Del Sector Informal (Peru)
• Narcedelia Ramirez Pineda - Vice President, Fundacion Ayu - Instituto para el Desarrollo de la Mixteca A.C. (Mexico)
• Mark Ritchie - President, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
• James Shikwati - Director, Inter Region Economic Network (IREN)
• Frank Tugwell - President & CEO, Winrock International
• Amina Hassane Wangari - President, West African Business Women's Network (Niger)
• Tensie Whelan - Executive Director, Rainforest Alliance

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Contact details

One Metropolitan Square Plaza
Suite 1300
Saint Louis, Missouri 63102
USA
Phone: (314) 206-3208
Fax: (314) 206-3222
Email: wafstl AT stlrcga.org
Web: http://www.worldagforum.org

External links

Aziz Choudry, "Neutral, Inclusive", Zmag, April 18, 2003.