Mentors

Jim Baker

President Agri-Food, Cultura Technologies (Volaris Group)

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Douglas Beach

Chair of the Board, Eavor Technologies Inc.

Ag, Artificial Intelligence, Energy, Prime

Don Bell

Co-Founder, WestJet Airlines Ltd

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Mark Blackwell

Partner, Builders VC

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David Bressler

Associate Dean Research and Professor, University of Alberta

Ag, Energy

Mike Broadfoot

Principal, MGB Investments

Ag, Prime

Keith G. Brown

CEO, Lamont Brown Group

Ag, Prime

Jeroen De Buck

Founder and CTO, Creative Protein Solutions

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Lingyun Chen

Professor, Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta

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John Cranfield

Associate Dean, Ontario Agricultural College

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Graham Drake

Former CEO, Cervus Equipment Corp

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Keith Driver

Partner, Propel Ventures

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Judy Fairburn

Board Director | Co-Founder Evok Innovations | Alberta Innovates Past Chair

Ag, Energy

Chen Fong

C.M., Co-Founder, Pureweb Inc

Ag, Artificial Intelligence, Energy, Health, Prime

Art Froehlich

President & CEO, AgriView Inc.

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Michael Gaenzle

Professor and Canada Research Chair, University of Alberta

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Randy Goebel

Associate Vice-President (Research and Innovation) and Associate Vice-President (Academic) at the University of Alberta

Ag, Energy, Prime

Gary Griffiths

Co-founder and Managing Director, Wisdom LLP

Ag, Energy, Prime, Risk

Gary Haley

Chair, Haley Family Investment Trust

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Noel Hall

Co-Director, Machall Investments

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Christopher Hannam

President, C&M Management

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Cory Janssen

Founder, Galt Capital & CEO, AltaML

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Rob Jones

President, F3 Solutions LLC

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Wilf Keller

Vice President of Outreach, Agri-Food Innovation Council

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Steve Liang

Founder & CTO, SensorUp

Ag, Energy, Prime, Supply Chain

Ash Munshi

Founder, Pepperdata, Marianas Labs

Ag, Artificial Intelligence, Prime

Christopher Paterson

Xarvio Lead, North America, BASF

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Nancy Peters

Owner & Operator, Half Brand Ranching

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Yves Potvin

President, Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts

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Ray Price

CEO, Sunterra Group

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Tom Rand

Co-Founder and Managing Partner, ArcTern Ventures

Ag, Energy, Supply Chain

Barry Sanders

Director of the Institute for Quantum Science and Technology, University of Calgary

Ag, Energy, Prime, Quantum

Remi Schmaltz

CEO and Cofounder, Decisive Farming Corp

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Alison Sunstrum

Founding Partner, CDL-Rockies | Founder, CEO CNSRVX-Inc.

Ag, Prime

Tom Urban

Founder, Agribusiness Advisors

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Kristina Williams

President and CEO, Alberta Enterprise Corporation

Ag, Energy, Prime

Jennifer Wood

Chair of the Board, Agriculture Financial Services Corporation

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