2024 Speakers

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Kamyar Aram

Specialty Crops Advisor
UC Cooperative Extension Alameda & Contra Costa Counties
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Steven Arthurs

Technical Sales Specialist 
BioBee USA
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Jo Ann Baumgartner

Executive Director
Wild Farm Alliance
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Christine Birdsong

Undersecretary
California Department of Food and Agriculture
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Paul Brierley

Director of the Department of Agriculture 
State of Arizona
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Michael Brownbridge

Sr. Technical Services Manager
BioWorks
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Don Cameron

Vice President and General Manager
Terranova Ranch, Inc.
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Brett Chandler

President/General Manager
Associates Insectary
CCOF at Asilomar

Gina Bella Colfer

Sustainable Solutions PCA/CCA
Wilbur Ellis
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Ruth Dahlquist-Willard

Interim Director/ Small Farms Advisor
UC Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Program (SAREP)/ Fresno and Tulare Counties
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David Eddy

Editor, American Fruit Grower
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Dr. Akif Eskalen

Professor, Cooperative Extension, Plant Pathology
University of California, Davis
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Jim Farrar, PhD

Director
University of California Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program
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James Faust

Professor of Floriculture Physiology
Clemson University
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Richard Felipe

Owner/Farmer
Triple F Ranch
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Julie Graesch

Technical Services Manage
BioWorks Inc
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Francesca Hand

Associate Professor of Plant Pathology and State Extension Specialist for Ornamental Plant Pathology
The Ohio State University
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David Haviland

Farm Advisor
Cooperative Extension Kern County
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Julie Henderson

Director
California Department of Pesticide Regulation
Kim Horton Web Optimized

Kim Horton

Agronomy Manager
Taylor Farming, LLC
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Bob Jones

Chief Executive Officer
The Chef’s Garden, Inc.
Hanna Kahl Web Optimized

Hanna Kahl

Ecological Pest Management Specialist
Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF)
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Dr. Jin-Woo Kim

Director of Bio/Nano Technology Group and Professor of Biological Engineering
University of Arkansas
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Lan King

Owner/Farmer
King & King Ranch
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David Knaus

President and Founder
Apical Crop Science LLC
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Matthew Krause, Ph.D.

Field Solutions Director, Specialty Agriculture – North America
Lallemand Plant Care
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Scott Ockey

Field Development Manager-Western US
Certis Biologicals
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hannaH Poitras

Owner/Farmer
hannaH Honey’s Flowers
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Guido Schnabel

Professor 
Clemson University
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Cody Seals

U.S. Product Manager
Beneficial Insectary
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Troy Swift

Owner
Swift River Pecans LLC
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Jeremy Wagnitz

Product Development Manager
Certis Biologicals
Suzanne Wainwright

Suzanne Wainwright-Evans

Owner
Buglady Consulting
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Ron Whitehurst

Pest Control Advisor
Rincon-Vitova Insectaries, Inc.
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Tom Willey

T&D Willey Farms
Owner
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Michael Yang

Small Farms and Specialty Crops Hmong Agricultural Assistant
Cooperative Extension Fresno County