BTI Leadership
Bringing our vision to life
BTI's leadership includes distinguished members from across science and industry to steward our 100-year legacy of discovery inspired by plants.
Roberto Cañizares
Paul Chomet
Benjamin Houlton
Ronald P. Lynch Dean, Office of the Dean Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Professor, Department of Global Development Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Stacy Kimmel
Bridget Krieger
Eric Lyons
Associate Professor – The School of Plant Sciences, iPlant Collaborative NSF Rotating Program Director, University of Arizona
Chris Mallett
President, Mallett Consultancy
Treasurer and Board of Director
Foundation for Food and Agricultural Research (FFAR)
Katherine McComas
Vice Provost for Engagement and Land-Grant Affairs, Office of the Provost Professor, Department of Communication
Mark W. Nelson
S.C. Johnson Family Professor of Management, Professor of Accounting, Samuel Curtis Johnson School of Management, Cornell University
Melinda R. Oakes
Silvia Restrepo
Sally Rockey
Chief Executive Officer Rockey Consulting
Jocelyn Rose
Director, School of Integrative Plant Science Barbara McClintock Professor, Plant Biology Section, Cornell University
Oliver W. Schulze
Anne Sylvester
Director of Research Marine Biological Laboratory The University of Chicago
Joe Tohme
Crops for Nutrition and Health Research Director Alliance for Bioversity International and CIAT
Michele S. Warman
Experienced Practitioner in Residence,
Davis Polk Leadership Initiative
Columbia Law School
Former EVP, COO, GC & SEC
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
New York, NY
Michael Wolcott
Chief Financial Officer
Seneca Foods Corporation
Rochester, NY
Stacy Kimmel
Eric Lyons
Associate Professor – The School of Plant Sciences, iPlant Collaborative NSF Rotating Program Director, University of Arizona
Sally Rockey
Chief Executive Officer Rockey Consulting
Anne Sylvester
Director of Research Marine Biological Laboratory The University of Chicago
Joe Tohme
Crops for Nutrition and Health Research Director Alliance for Bioversity International and CIAT
Arthur Grossman
Staff Scientist, Department of Plant Biology Carnegie Institution for Science, Courtesy Professor, Department of Biology Stanford University
Scott A. Jackson
Lead, Genetic Pipeline Design, Bayer Crop Science, Chesterfield, MO Adjunct Professor, University of Georgia
Elizabeth Sattely
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering and HHMI Investigator Fellow Stanford ChEM-H Institute
*Top Image credit: Simon Wheeler Photography