Bill Buckner

Bill is an accomplished executive with a strong background in all commercialization phases of agricultural technology companies. He joined Harpe BioHerbicide in 2020 following his retirement in 2018 from the Noble Research Institute, LLC, and the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, after leading both organizations for the previous seven years. Prior to his roles at the Noble Research Institute and Noble Foundation, Bill spent 18 years with the Bayer Group, with roles starting in animal health marketing, rising to become the North American president and CEO of Bayer CropScience LP in 2006, a position he held through 2011.

Bill serves on the boards of many prestigious companies in the agritech space, including Wilbur-Ellis, the Soil Health Institute, Trace Genomics, Inc., and Anuvia Plant Nutrients. He also serves as an industry advisor to the board of MicroGen BioTech. Bill has previously served as a board member and chairman of the executive committee for CropLife America, a board member for Passage Home, a Raleigh, North Carolina-based nonprofit organization, the National Wild Turkey Federation and Mercy Hospital of Ardmore, OK, Farm Foundation and a steering committee member for the North Carolina Agriculture Biotechnology Center.

Bill received his Bachelor of Science degree in agricultural economics from the University of Missouri in 1980 and proceeded to gain experience in the industry through agriculture retail, agricultural lending and animal health.