Meet Cohort 4

of the Advanced Training for Animal Agriculture Leaders

Cohort Members

Melissa Davis

Where Food Comes From

Amber DeWitt

Fulcrum Global Capital

Alexandra Eckhoff

New Mexico Livestock Board

Haley Grimes

American Humane

Meggan Hain

National Milk Producers Federation

Ben Hopkins

DSM-Firmenich

Nicki Humphrey

California Department of Food and Agriculture

Darrin Karcher

Purdue University

Hollie Kremer

Cooper Farms

Brittany Martin

ABS Global

Sarah Metzler

Cattlemen’s Beef Board

Elena Myhre

U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Poultry & Eggs and International Poultry Welfare Alliance

Claire Mulligan

ABS Global

Ryan Sorensen

United Producers, Inc.

Charlotte Talbott

Rabobank

Cohort 4 Timeline and Success

Cohort 4 Success

Resilience in Animal Agriculture: Competing Amid Tariffs and Trade Uncertainty

Timeline

January 2025
Cohort 4 roster announced
Orientation
March 11-13, 2025
First in-person session (Washington, DC)
April 7-9, 2025
Second in-person session at Annual Conference (Kansas City, MO)
Summer 2025
Exploring ag tech in Lincoln
Fall 2025
Fourth in-person seminar
April 2026
Final in-person seminar (Kansas City, MO)

Cohort 4 Roster

Melissa Davis, Where Food Comes From

Amber DeWitt, Fulcrum Global Capital

Alexandra Eckhoff, New Mexico Livestock Board

Miguel Gonzalez, USAID, USDA-Foreign Agricultural Service

Haley Grimes, American Humane

Meggan Hain, CROPP Cooperative/Organic Valley

Ben Hopkins, DSM-Firmenich

Nicki Humphrey, California Department of Food and Agriculture

Darrin Karcher, Perdue University

Hollie Kremer, Cooper Farms

Sarah Metzler, Cattleman’s Beef Board, Beef Checkoff

Claire Mulligan, ABS Global

Elena Myhre, International Poultry Welfare Alliance/US-Roundtable for Sustainable Poultry and Eggs

Brittany Shonka-Martin, ABS Global

Ryan Sorensen, United Producers, Inc.

Charlotte Talbott, Rabobank