Meet Our Speakers
Anne-Marie Roerink
Anne-Marie Roerink, founder of 210 Analytics, is a leading market research expert specializing in consumer behavior across the food and retail industries, with extensive expertise in grocery, meat, seafood, produce, and the sweet potato market.
Rob Wolter
Rob Wolter, Director of Risk Sales at Edge, brings more than 20 years of commodity trading and risk management experience, specializing in innovative hedging solutions for difficult-to-hedge agricultural markets.
Will Bowen
Will Bowen
Will Bowen, creator of the Complaint Free® movement, is an internationally recognized keynote speaker and bestselling author who has inspired more than 15 million people through his 21-Day Complaint Free Challenge, helping leaders and teams reduce negativity, increase productivity, and build more positive workplace cultures.
Barron Dickinson
Barron Dickinson, Legal Affairs Counsel for Seso, specializes in H-2A compliance and employment law, with extensive experience representing agricultural employers in litigation, labor relations, and regulatory matters.
Dr. Simon Fraher
Dr. Simon Fraher is a Research Scholar at NC State University working with the Sweetpotato and Potato Breeding and Genetics Program under Dr. Craig Yencho. After completing an MS and PhD in Horticultural Science at NC State, Simon now leads the genetics, genomics, and pathology studies within the sweetpotato breeding program.Â