Board of Directors

Resource Innovation Institute

Research and education to power the future of agriculture

Resource Innovation Institute’s Board of Directors is composed of industry, government, academic, and NGO leaders. Together, they guide our mission to develop strategies and tools that scale controlled environment agriculture (CEA) as a solution to global food and resource challenges.

Interested in contributing?
Contact Executive Director Derek Smith to learn more

Gene Giacomelli

(Retired), University of Arizona CEA Center

Patrick Hidder

ARCO / Murray

Andrew Horowitz

Agrilab Technologies

Julia Kurnik

World Wildlife Fund

Anna Rose Marx

Papaya Tree Legal LLC

Sonny Ramaswamy

(Retired), National Institute of Food & Agriculture, USDA