NAAAN Steering Committee

Nine member steering committee

The NAAAN Steering Committee representing member countries Canada, Mexico, and the U.S., as well as institutional stakeholders, will provide strategic guidance to the NAAAN Secretariat and programming activities. The committee has nine members: one ex officio, and two committee members from each country.

CANADA

The Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau (Ex Officio)

Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food

David Gray, Ph.D.

Professor, Dalhousie University

Karen Churchill

President and CEO, Ag-West Bio

Secretary Victor Villalobos (Ex Officio)

Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development

Carlos Vazquez Ochoa

Minister Counselor, Agricultural Office, Embassy of Mexico to the United States

Lourdes Cruz Trinidad

General Coordinator of International Affairs, Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development

UNITED STATES

Tom Vilsack (Ex Officio)

Former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture; President & CEO, USDEC; Strategic Advisor, CSU System

Douglas Steele, Ph.D.

Vice President Food, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities

Cathie Woteki, Ph.D.

SENIOR STAFF

Amy Antonini (Canada)

Trade Policy Analyst, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Wallace Ip (Canada)

Vice-consul and Trade Commissioner (Agriculture), Consulate General of Canada, Denver, Colorado

Juan Bernardo Orozco Sánchez (Mexico)

Director of Economic Studies in the Agricultural Sector, Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mexico

Luis Martínez Sentíes (Mexico)

Counselor for Agricultural Affairs, Embassy of Mexico to the United States

David Nielson (U.S.)

Senior Advisor to the NAAAN

Kerri Wright Platais (U.S.)

Special Advisor to the Chancellor for International Agriculture, CSU System