AgNext’s Industry Innovation Working Group (IIWG) serves as a catalyst for outreach and engagement between industry and academic researchers at Colorado State University focused on animal agriculture. Meeting at least twice a year, the IIWG group exists to ensure that AgNext research efforts are industry relevant and aligned in finding answers to the most pressing challenges in animal agriculture. To include a broad scope of perspectives, seats are held by members for a three-year term.
New to the working group this year includes our newest industry partners from Beef Northwest Feeders, Cargill, Environmental Defense Fund, and Zoetis:

Beef Northwest Feeders
Julian Garcia
CEO

Cargill
Nick Hardcastle
Beef Sustainability Lead

Environmental Defense Fund
Peri Rosenstein
Senior Scientist

Zoetis
Sheri Westerfeld
VP, U.S. Sustainability Customer Engagement

Jenn "JR" Rieskamp
Head of Strategy and Communication