Nate Smit
Hormel Foods Corporation

Melanie Tomczak, Ph.D.
BioMADE
CTO

Federico Tripodi
Blacktop Holdings LLC & AURI Board of Directors Chair
CEO & Founder

Representative Samantha Vang
MN House of Representatives (District 38B) {Invited}

Ben Van Straten
CHS, Inc.
Director of Innovation and Sustainability

Jon Veldhouse
Qore, LLC & AURI Board of Directors
President & CEO

Jill Zullo, Ph.D.
Cargill Bioindustrial
Global Managing Director, BioIntermediates

Luca Zullo, Ph.D.
AURI
Sr. Director of Science and Technology