Meet the sustainable agriculture leaders behind NewLeaf.

 

Executive Management

Steve Kahn
Co-Founder and Executive Chairman
Brent Smith
President and CEO
Aaron Kelley, Ph.D.
Chief Product Officer
Shawn Semones
Chief Technology Officer
David Purschke
Vice President of Finance
Molly Edwards
General Counsel and Vice President, Human Resources
Natalie Breakfield, Ph.D.
VP Research and Discovery
David Flack
Vice President Business Development
Michael Frodyma, Ph.D.
Vice President Manufacturing Operations
Nicole Phillips
Vice President of Marketing

Scientific Advisory Board

James Carrington, Ph.D.
Chairman SAB, President of Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, MO
Douglas Cook, Ph.D.
Professor, Dept of Plant Pathology, UC Davis, California
Steven Lindow, Ph.D.
UC Berkeley Professor, Exec Assoc Dean, College of Natural Resources, Berkeley, CA

Alan R. Gould, Ph.D.
Advisor, Verdant Partners
Mark Warner
Warner Advisors, LLC

Board of Directors

David Prend
Co-Founder & Managing General Partner, RockPort Capital Partners
Sanjeev Krishnan
Managing Director, S2G Ventures
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Steve Kahn
Co-Founder and Executive Chairman
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John Pasquesi
NewLeaf Chairman of Board, Founder, Otter Capital
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Paul Schickler
Retired President of DuPont Pioneer
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Here's NewLeaf in action.

August 9, 2023
NewLeaf Symbiotics Brings Aboard Nicole Phillips, Lon Kreger to Continue Growth Trajectory
June 12, 2023
NewLeaf Symbiotics Appoints David Purschke as Vice President of Finance
May 24, 2023
NewLeaf Symbiotics Welcomes Shawn W. Semones, Ph.D. as Chief Technology Officer