Jessie B.

Jessie B. has a diverse work experience spanning over 13 years, starting with an internship at Michigan Democratic Communications Department in 2006 and culminating in working with Mercaris as Director of Business Development in 2017. Their work experience includes roles such as Executive Intern at Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Commodity Merchandiser at Archer Daniels Midland, Operations and Project Manager as well as Executive Operations Assistant at The Howard G. Buffett Foundation, International Containerized Freight Market Analyst, Senior Transportation Market Analyst, and Director at The Webaround. Jessie’s responsibilities in these various roles included providing issue expertise, planning/executing trips, cultivating/maintaining relationships with farmers and commercial accounts, analyzing markets and trends, developing/advancing changes to supply chains, coordinating with government relations division to monitor transportation issues, providing daily support to the CEO, and developing new risk management and procurement tools for the agricultural supply chain.

Jessie B. received a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in International Relations from James Madison College at Michigan State University from 2005 to 2008. Later, from 2011 to 2014, they pursued a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Business from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.