Sherri M. Brown

Sherri M. Brown, Ph.D. became a Director of the company in February 2020. Dr. Brown previously served as a Special Commercial and Technical Advisor to the company since December 2018. As of 2017, Dr. Brown has served as the managing director of The Yield Lab, a global agrifood tech accelerator based in St. Louis. She previously served in several leadership positions involving the development and global commercialization of new biotechnology traits for canola, soybean, and corn at Monsanto Company for 28 years. She served as the Vice President of Science Strategy at Monsanto from 2014 to 2017 and as a member of the Monsanto Leadership Council. Prior to that, she was the Vice President of Global Commercial Technology/Product Development from 2008 to 2014 where she was responsible for evaluating and launching the seed and trait pipeline, including eight new biotech traits. In addition, she was Vice President of Technology and Global Corn Business (1999-2004) and Vice President of Technology and Oilseeds Business (1998-1999). Dr. Brown earned a Ph.D. at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN with a major in Genetics/Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology. She earned a B.S. at Hope College, Holland, MI with a double major in Biology and Chemistry.