Meet Your Speakers
See what to expect from your 2024 speaker lineup by learning about their backgrounds and experiences.
| Full Name | Company | Job Title |
|---|---|---|
| Amy Asmus | Asmus Farm Supply, Inc. | Owner |
| Terry Branstad | Branstad-Churchill | Former US Ambassador to China and former Iowa Governor |
| Hunter Carpenter | ARA | Senior Director of Public Policy |
| Ranveer Chandra | Microsoft | Managing Director, Research for Industry & CTO of Agri-Food |
| Daren Coppock | Agricultural Retailers Asssociation | President & CEO |
| Margy Eckelkamp | Farm Journal | Brand Leader |
| Charlene Finck | Farm Journal | President, Industry Relations |
| Richard Gupton | ARA | Senior VP, Public Policy & Counsel |
| Mitchell Hora | Continuum Ag | CEO |
| Jason Minton | Taranis | Chief Commercial Officer |
| Mike Mullane | Formerly NASA and US Air Force | Inspirational Speaker, Former Astronaut |
| Ryan Raguse | Bushel | CIO / CO-Founder |
| Michael Twining | Willard Agri-Service | Vice President of Sales and Marketing |
| Timothy Urban | Bracewell LLP | Senior Principal |
Former astronaut mike Mullane
Join former NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force Colonel Mike Mullane in the Expo Thursday morning to hear his motivating teamwork and leadership stories learned from 356 logged hours in space aboard the Atlantis and Discovery Shuttles before retiring in 1990.
As a Weapon Systems Operator aboard a RF-4C Phantom aircraft, he completed 134 combat missions in Vietnam. Mullane’s "Stories From Space" have helped Fortune 500 companies and organizations of all kinds.