Program Agenda
Program Venue: U.S. Naval Academy Club, U.S. Naval Academy, 2 Truxton Road, Annapolis, Maryland.
Entrance requirements: Please review carefully https://ndw.cnic.navy.mil/Installations/NSA-Annapolis/Operations-and-Management/Security/Frequently-Asked-Questions/
A driver’s license alone for visitors from Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri and Washington State, and an ID card from American Samoa will NOT provide access to the USNA. A second personal identification card will need to be presented along with the driver’s license. Note that a valid U.S. Passport will gain admittance to anyone regardless of the state they are from.
Dress Code for Wednesday dinner and Thursday program: Jackets and ties are required for gentlemen. Women should wear comparable dress. Jeans are not permitted.
To view speaker bios, please click the hyperlink on each name.
Wednesday, December 13th, 2023
| Time | Activity | Location |
| 6 – 8 p.m. | Welcome: WISHH Chair Roberta Simpson-Dolbeare Introduction: WISHH Committee Member Scott Gaffner Keynote Speaker—Sean Buck, Vice Admiral US Navy (retired) Remarks and Q&A with attendees | Naval Academy Club Midway/Coral Sea Rooms |
Thursday, December 14th, 2023
| Time | Activity | Location |
| Return through Naval Academy Security Entrance | U.S. Naval Academy Club—entire day | |
| 8-9 a.m. | Breakfast | Leyte Gulf Room |
| 9-9:30 a.m. | Welcome from WISHH Executive Director Gena Perry Global Food Security Is Strategic for U.S. Farmers Moderator WISHH Executive Director Gena Perry • WISHH Vice Chair Morey Hill • United Soybean Board Chair Steve Reinhard • Dairy Management Inc. Chair Marilyn Hershey • Delaware Diversified Crop Farmer David Marvel who participates in Growing Hope Globally | Coral Sea Room |
| 9:30-9:40 a.m. | Special Remarks Agnes Kalibata, Ph.D., AGRA President | Coral Sea Room |
| 9:40-10:30 a.m. | WISHH International Strategic Partner Panel Moderated by WISHH Chair Roberta Simpson-Dolbeare • CTC Group Technical Sales Manager Elsy Alvarez • Fulbright Scholar and Associate Professor Lahore College for Women University Shafaq Fatima, Ph.D. • Yedent CEO Samuel Kwame Ntim-Adu, winner of Ghana’s National Best Agro Processor Award • Rockland Poultry Farms CEO Edith Wheatland, winner of the U.S. Agency for International Development Feed the Future Accelerating Women Entrepreneurs Prize | Coral Sea Room |
| 10:30-11 a.m. | Introduction by WISHH Vice Chair Morey Hill Brooke Jamison, U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service Associate Administrator | Coral Sea Room |
| 11-11:30 a.m. | Introduction by WISHH Secretary Craig Williams Beth Bechdol, Deputy Director-General at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | Coral Sea Room |
| 11:30-11:40 a.m. | 10-minute Break | |
| 11:40-12:10 p.m. | Introduction by WISHH Committee Member Dawn Scheier American Food as a Pathway to Global Peace Chase Sova, Ph.D., World Food Program USA Senior Director of Public Policy and Research | Coral Sea Room |
| 12:10-12:40 p.m. | Dialogue between WISHH Committee Member Bob Suver & Joanna Veltri, International Fund for Agricultural Development Chief of Americas Liaison Office | Coral Sea Room |
| 12:40-1 p.m. | Dialogue between WISHH Senior Advisor Karen Coble Edwards & Margaret Zeigler, Ph.D., Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture Representative in the United States | Coral Sea Room |
| 1-1:15 p.m. | Dialogue between WISHH Senior Advisor Karen Coble Edwards & Lara Moody, Institute for Feed Education and Research Executive Director | Coral Sea Room |
| 1:15-1:45 p.m. | Buffet Lunch & Networking | Leyte Gulf Room |
| 1:45-2:10 p.m. | Panel: Organizations represented at WISHH’s 2021 Food Security Dialogue report on their organization’s actions taken since the 2021 event: Moderated by WISHH Executive Director Gena Perry • United Soybean Board Immediate Past Chair Meagan Kaiser • Edesia Nutrition Vice President of Strategic Partnerships Maria Kasparian • Tiger Soy Commercial Director Adam Thomas • Professor and Acting Chair, Lead of the 1890 Center of Excellence for Global Food Security and Defense Stephan L. Tubene, Ph.D. | Coral Sea Room |
| 2:10-2:45 p.m. | Discussion Groups Group Leaders: 1. Craig Williams—GREEN CIRCLES ON NAMETAGS 2. Dawn Scheier—ORANGE CIRCLES ON NAMETAGS 3. Denny Mertz—YELLOW CIRCLES ON NAMETAGS 4. Morey Hill—DARK BLUE CIRCLES ON NAMETAGS 5. Roberta Simpson-Dolbeare—LIGHT BLUE CIRCLES ON NAMETAGS 6. Scott Gaffner—PURPLE CIRCLES ON NAMETAGS 7. Tony Mellenthin—RED CIRCLES ON NAMETAGS Discussion Items: • What does global food security mean to my organization? • What are three actions that my organization could take with others in the room to pave progress for global food security? | Groups 1, 2 & 3: Coral Sea Groups 4, 5 & 6: Leyte Gulf Group 7: Porch |
| 2:45-3 p.m. | Break | Leyte Gulf Room |
| 3-3:50 p.m. | Discussion Group Reports | Coral Sea Room |
| 3:50-4 p.m. | Closing Remarks: WISHH Chair Roberta Simpson-Dolbeare | Coral Sea Room |
Attendees
Caitlyn Abbey, International Markets Specialist, Illinois Soybean Association
Elsy Alvarez, Technical Sales Manager, CTC Group Global
Matt Amick, Director of Market Development, Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council
Kimberly Atkins, Director of Strategic Partnerships, U.S. Soybean Export Council
Nagesh Borse, PhD, Executive Director, Global Fund for Widows
Sean Buck, Vice Admiral US Navy (retired)
Judy Buddensick, Representative of Sean Buck, Frances Marketing Group
Kim Cooper, Director of Governmental Affairs, North American Millers’ Association
Shane Danielson, Senior Director – International Food Assistance Division, Global Programs, USDA
Emily Dimiero, Director Federal Government Relations – Nutrition & Food Policy Strategy, Cargill
Karen Edwards, Senior Advisor, ASA/WISHH
Shafaq Fatima, PhD, Associate Professor and Fulbright Research Scholar, Lahore College for Women
Scott Gaffner, WISHH Program Committee, ASA/WISHH
Caron Gala, Government Affairs Director, Association of Public and Land-grant Universities
Chris Greene, CEO, Medicines Foods for Kids – Haiti
Stephanie Grunenfelder, Principal, Greenfield Strategies
Liz Hare, Strategic Advisor, ASA/WISHH
Marilyn Hershey, Chair, Dairy Management Inc
Morey Hill, WISHH Executive Committee, ASA/WISHH
David Hong, Senior Policy Advisor, Kyle House Group
Virginia Houston, Director of Government Affairs, American Soybean Association
Brooke Jamison, Associate Administrator, USDA Foreign Agricultural Services
Sam Jennett, CEO, American Natural Processors
Nicole Jennett, Director of Quality, American Natural Processors
Meagan Kaiser, Immediate Past Chair, United Soybean Board
Philip C. Karsting, Senior Policy Advisor, Olsson, Frank, and Weeda (AGRA)
Maria Kasparian, Vice President Strategic Partnerships, Edesia Nutrition
Douglas Kerr, Vice President Business Development, International Fertilizer Development Center
Diego Lara Lavarreda, Vice President US, GrainPro
Madison Layman, Demand & Market Development Manager, Ohio Soybean Council
David Marvel, Delaware Farmer, Growing Hope Globally
Shannon Maynard, Executive Director, Congressional Hunger Center
Tony Mellenthin, Director, United Soybean Board
Denny Mertz, WISHH Program Committee, ASA/WISHH
Lara Moody, Executive Director, Institute for Feed Education and Research
Samuel Ntim-Adu, Founder and CEO, Yedent Agro-Group
Julie Ohmen, CEO, Soy Nutrition Institute Global
Leila Payer, Program Coordinator, ASA/WISHH
Liz Payne, Government Affairs Director, Bunge
Gena Perry, Executive Director, ASA/WISHH
Tom Pesek, Senior Liaison Officer, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Bryan Pride, Director of Technical Programs, Rise Against Hunger
Ryan Quinn, Senior Director, Advocacy and Coalitions, World Food Program USA
Steve Reinhard, Chairman, United Soybean Board
Nicholas Romano, PhD, Professor/Extension Specialist, Virginia State University
Dawn Scheier, WISHH Program Committee, ASA/WISHH
Vasit Sagan, PhD, Professor of Geospatial Science, Saint Louis University
Jerry Schmitz, Executive Director, South Dakota Soybean Research and Promotion Council
Jane Shey, Senior Policy Consultant, World Food Program USA
Roberta Simpson-Dolbeare, Chair, ASA/WISHH
Chris Slemp, Africa Division Director, ASA/WISHH
Chase Sova, PhD, Senior Director of Public Policy and Research, World Food Program USA
Bob Suver, WISHH Program Committee, ASA/WISHH
Adam Thomas, Commercial Director, Tiger Soy
Charlie Townsend, Director of Strategic Engagement, KCE Public Affairs
Stephan Tubene, PhD, Lead of the 1890 Center of Excellence for Global Food Security, University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Joanna Veltri, Chief Americas Liaison Office, International Fund for Agricultural Development
Becky Garrison Warfel, RDN, LD, Director of Public Policy, Nutrition, Food Systems and Food Safety, National Association of State Departments of Agriculture
Edith Wheatland, Founder, Rockland Farms
Craig Williams, WISHH Executive Committee, ASA/WISHH
Margaret Zeigler, PhD, IICA Representative to the United States, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture