Agri Investor Chicago Forum 2018 | Agri Investor | 13 November 2018 | W Chicago - Lakeshore, 644 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60611, USA

The fourth annual forum brought together top institutional investors, family offices, fund and asset managers, regulators, advisors and producers for an editorially rich discussion of agriculture as an investment opportunity.

2017 attendees networked with agribusiness leaders and connected with key decision makers at the only US event exclusively focused on fundraising and investment in global agriculture.

2018 Speakers:

Justin "Biff" Ourso, CPA
Managing Director and Head of Nuveen Natural Resources, Nuveen

Kushal Agrawal
Partner & CFO, Aspada Investment Advisors

Tom Amis
Senior Principal & Management Committee, Controlled Environment Foods, Equilibrium

Peter Anastor
Director, Agriculture Development Division, Michigan Department of Agriculture & Rural Development

Lara Banks
Managing Director, Makena Capital Management

Dr. Lisa Benson
Executive Director, National Association of State Departm

Alesha Black
Director, Global Food and Agriculture Program, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs

Michael Bousselot
Assistant Vice President, Innovative Captive Strategies

John Denniston
Executive Chairman, Shared-X

Scott Henry
Partner, Longview Farms

Joshua Humphreys, PhD
President and Senior Fellow, Croatan Institute

Brian Iverson
Founder and Managing Partner, Cimbria Capital

Chris Janiec
Reporter, Agri Investor

Brock Jenkins, CFA
Associate, AGR Partners

Matthew A. Karnes, CPA
Founder and Managing Partner, GreenWave Advisors, LLC

Steel Maloney
President , Cascade Earth Sciences, Valley Irrigation

Pamela G. Marrone, PhD
Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc.

Dr. Matthew McKenna
Executive in Residence, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University

Paul McMahon
Managing Partner, SLM Partners

David Muth
Managing Partner, Alternative Equity Advisors, Peoples Company

Pete Nelson
President, AgLaunch Initiative

Justin “Biff” Ourso, CFA
Managing Director and Head of Nuveen Natural Resources, Nuveen

Suzanne Petrela
Managing Partner, Red Reef Partners

Anna Rath
President and Chief Executive Officer, Vestaron Corporation

Noah Sabich
Director and Founding Member, Cimbria Capital

Bob Saul
Partner, Agriculture, Fiera Comox

Jim Schultz
Founder and Chairman, Open Prairie

Angus Selby
Managing Director, Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets

Jamie Shen
Chief Investment Officer, Prudential Agricultural Investments

Bruce Sherrick, PhD
Managing Partner, Integrated Financial Analytics & Research, Fruin Professor of Farmland Economics, University of Illinois

Leland Strom
Principal, Open Prairie

Jackson Takach, CFA
Director, Economic Research & Business, Farmer Mac

Asher Troppe
Chief Executive Officer, Tress Capital

Brandon Zick
Director of Acquisitions & Portfolio Management, Ceres Partners

2018 Sponsors

LEAD SPONSOR:
• FARMER AC

SPONSORS:
• PC PEOPLES COMPANY
• VALLEY

HOST PUBLICATION:
• agri investor