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Lynn White

Chairman of the Board

Mr. White is founder and managing director of the Twemlow Group, a consulting firm providing strategic, organizational and product development counsel to ag businesses. 

Mr. White’s career spans over three decades in the agriculture and chemicals sectors. His positions have included vice president, Corporate Development of CF Industries Holdings, Inc. where he was responsible for external growth initiatives and led the integration of the $4.6 billion acquisition of Terra, Inc. While at CF Industries, he served as Chairman of GrowHow UK Limited, the leading British nitrogen fertilizer producer and as a director of KEYTRADE AG, a Swiss-based fertilizer trading firm. 

He has served as president of John Deere Agri Services, Inc., a subsidiary of Deere & Co. where he led a new global business unit to pursue opportunities in technology-based services linked to agriculture. Prior to Deere, he was senior vice president, Corporate Development of IMC Global Inc. In addition, he has held various US and international executive positions for FMC Corporation.

Currently, Mr. White serves as Board member for LSB Industries, a leading US chemical manufacturer serving agriculture, industry and mining. He also serves as vice chair of the Dean’s Advisory Council for the College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences, California Polytechnic State University.   Mr. White is also a National Association of Directors Board Leadership Fellow.

Ben Belldegrun

Mr. Belldegrun is the managing partner and co-founder of Pontifax AgTech, a growth capital fund dedicated to food and agriculture technology. Prior to launching Pontifax AgTech, he was a co-founder and managing partner of Lodestone Natural Resources. He has also worked as a portfolio manager at Brevan Howard Asset Management concentrating on agricultural investments within the $300 million Natural Resources Fund. Mr. Belldegrun is a director of Concentric Ag and Tropic Biosciences UK LTD.

Geoffrey Duyk

Dr. Duyk is a partner of Circularis Partners, an investment firm focused on supporting technology-enabled companies that advance the circular economy, promote sustainability and enhance resource efficiency. Previously, he was managing director and partner of TPG Alternative & Renewable Technologies (ART)/TPG Biotechnology. Among Dr. Duyk’s prior work affiliations are Harvard Medical School assistant professor, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute assistant investigator. Dr. Duyk serves on the Board of Directors of Amyris (Nasdaq: AMRS), Concentric and Regen. He is a trustee of Case Western Reserve University and a member of the Institute Board of Directors for the Moffitt Cancer Center. Dr. Duyk holds a Ph.D. and M.D. from Case Western Reserve University. He completed his medical and fellowship training at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Elizabeth Lowery

Ms. Lowery serves as Senior Advisor, ESG and Sustainable Finance at ERM: Environmental Resources Management. Her previous experience includes Managing Director, ESG and Sustainability, at TPG, LLC, where she initiated ESG strategy development and deployment across the firm, through cross-functional engagement with portfolio companies to build sustainable businesses.  In addition, Lowery spent 20 years at General Motors where she held numerous positions, including Corporate VP of Environment, Energy and Safety Policy.

In addition to her corporate responsibilities, she has served on several non-profit boards, including Chair of the World Environment Center, Chair of the InForum Center for Leadership, Keystone Center and the Alliance for Automobile Manufacturers.

Mark Gudiksen

Mr. Gudiksen is a Managing Partner at Piva Capital, which is focused on investing in people, companies and breakthrough technologies that will usher in a new industrial era. Mr. Gudiksen has spent over 20 years working at the intersection of technology, company building, and investing.

Previously, Mr. Gudiksen was a co-founder and Partner of Circularis Partners, an investment firm focused on advancing the circular economy, promoting sustainability, and increasing resource efficiency. Prior to Circularis, Mr. Gudiksen served as Managing Director of the TPG Alternative & Renewable Technologies (TPG ART) Fund, which holds investments across a variety of different sectors, including industrials, agriculture, and energy. Mr. Gudiksen joined TPG in 2008, originally investing in both healthcare and industrial biotechnology within the TPG Biotechnology platform, before co-founding the TPG ART platform. Mr. Gudiksen was involved with multiple investments during his time at TPG, including Progyny (NASDAQ:PGNY), Mercatus, Advantek Waste Management, DNAnexus, and Alphabet Energy, among others. Prior to TPG, he was a consultant at McKinsey & Company.

Cynthia Kueppers

Ms. Kueppers is a Managing Director at Riverstone Holdings LLC, a leading private markets asset management firm with a focus on energy, power, decarbonization and infrastructure. Ms. Kueppers invests in decarbonization growth equity opportunities, companies that have the potential to scale and accelerate the transition to a low carbon economy. Her past experiences include advising a large family office on climate investments and leading the venture capital and acquisitions group at A3 Ventures. At A3 Ventures, Ms. Kueppers evaluated and invested in companies at the intersection of traditional industries and emerging technology, including transportation, advanced mobility, electrification, IoT and smart city infrastructure. She previously founded Veranda Venture Partners, an environmental impact investment firm and prior to that spent 8 years as an investment banker at Merrill Lynch and Barclays Capital specializing in transportation and infrastructure. Ms. Kueppers currently serves as a director on several boards. She earned an MBA from the Yale School of Management, a BA from the University of Pennsylvania, and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).