2025 Speakers

Erica Renaud, Ph. D.

Principal

Burgeon & Bloom Consulting, LLC

Doctoral Candidate, Baur Food Systems Lab

Baur Food Systems Lab

Emily Andes

Head Grower

Wagner Greenhouses, Inc.

Kendra Armstrong

Kendra Armstrong, Ph.D.

Women in CEA

Billy Augustine

Billy Augustine

Owner and President

All American Produce Co.

Howard Berk

President / Co-Founder

Ellijay Mushrooms

Krishna Bhattarai, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Texas A&M AgriLife Research

Matt Bonavita

VP Sales

US Sollum Technologies

Kait Bowdler

Sr. Manager, Growth Ops Sustainability Partnerships

Cox Enterprises

Paul Brentlinger

CEO

CropKing Inc.

Bob Bruns

Director of Technical Services

Link4 Greenhouse Controls

Tanya Carroll

VP of Growing and R&D

Little Leaf Farms

Cristian Collado, Ph.D.

Research Associate

North Carolina State University

Chris Corkery

Founder, CEO

Hundred Acre

Garrett Corwin

Founder and Farmer

Piedmont Microgreens

Global Produce Principal Buyer

Whole Foods Market

Cristiane da Silva

Cristiane da Silva

Postdoctoral Researcher

North Carolina State University

Commissioning Specialist

Argus Control Systems

Greg Dunko

Director of Strategy

RIoT Labs

CEO

Campo Caribe

Sam Fleming

Executive Director

100 Gardens

Vaughn Ford

Owner

Ford’s Produce

John Gaunt, Ph. D.

Chief Science Officer

bio365

Trevor Gibson

CFO/Controller

Equinox Growers

Cooper Godwin

Horticultural Science Masters Student

North Carolina State University

Henry Gordon-Smith

Founder & CEO

Agritecture

Brian Hannon

Southeast Regional Sales Representative

Rimol Greenhouse Systems

Ricardo Hernández

Associate Professor

North Carolina State University

Abigayle Hodson

Scientific Engineering Associate

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

CEA Technical Specialist

Jack’s Fertilizers

Horticulture Agent

Clemson University Cooperative Extension

T. Shane Johnson

T. Shane Johnson

Co-Founder

Big Guns Coffee

Co-Owner and Chief Executive Officer

The Chef’s Garden, Inc.

Ruchika Kashyap

Ruchika Kashyap, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist - Urban & Controlled Environment Plant Pathology

University of Georgia

Melinda Knuth, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

North Carolina State University

Titta Kotilainen

Titta Kotilainen, Ph.D.

Research Professor, Horticultural Technology

Natural Resources Institute Finland

Tisha Livingston

Co-Founder, 80 Acres Farms

and CEO, Infinite Acres

Program Coordinator, Department of Horticulture, Auburn University

and Co-Founder - Business Development, Local Grow LLC

Neil Mattson, Ph.D.

Professor, School of Integrative Plant Science

Cornell University

Nicholas Metropulos

Nicholas Metropulos

Founder/CEO

Hyperlocal Farms

Moein Moosavi-Nezhad

Moein Moosavi-Nezhad

Horticultural Science Ph.D. Candidate

North Carolina State University

Germaine N. Akeza

Germaine N. Akeza

Graduate Research Assistant

Kentucky State University

Andrew Ogden, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Plant Breeding

University of Georgia

Marc Oshima

Chief Executive Officer

Babylon Micro-Farms

National Sales Manager

Pace 49, Inc.

Lisa Powell

Lisa Powell, Ph.D.

Professor, Dean, and Chief Sustainability Officer

Sweet Briar College

Bob Rimol

Founder and President

Rimol Greenhouse Systems

James Rodriguez Irizarry

James Rodriguez-Irizarry

State Agronomist

USDA-NRCS

Alex Rudnicki

VP, Technology Development

AeroFarms

Sofía Ruiz Vega

Sofía Ruiz Vega

Horticultural Science Masters Student

North Carolina State University

Uttara Samarakoon

Uttara Samarakoon, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

University of Florida

Gretchen Schimelpfenig

Executive Director, Greenhouse Lighting and Systems Engineering (GLASE)

and Senior Energy Engineer, Energy Resources Integration

Erich Schoeller, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Controlled Environment Entomology

University of Georgia

Paul Sellew

Founder and CEO

Little Leaf Farms

Tam Serage

Director of CEA

Nourse Farms

Timothy Shelford, Ph.D. Research Associate of Cornell University

Timothy Shelford, Ph.D.

Research Associate

Cornell University

Toni Sperry

CEA Research Associate

Virginia Tech

Executive Director

Controlled Environment Agriculture Alliance

John Strealy

Local Purchaser – Southeast

What Chefs Want

Erika Summers

Business Development and Sales Manager

AGronomic IQ

Joon Suterwala

Horticultural Science Fulbright Masters Student

North Carolina State University

Grower and Food Safety Coordinator

Greenswell Growers

Nick Testa

Director of Cultivation

Farming Turtles

Anna Testen, Ph.D.

Research Plant Pathologist

US Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Taylor Ussery

Regional Local Produce Specialist

FreshPoint

Art van Rijn

Founder & President

Artechno

Grant Williams

CEA Key Account Manager

Netafim

Director of Growing

Great Lakes Growers

Content Lead

CEAg World

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