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Appendix B: Biographies of Speakers and Moderators
Pages 69-84

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... She currently serves as a member of the Government-University-­ Industry Research Roundtable at the National Academies. RICKY ASHENFELTER is a co-founder and the chief executive officer (CEO)
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... At WRAP, Dr. Bajzelj advises on international food waste reduction projects such as the Resource Efficient Food and dRink for the Entire Supply cHain (REFRESH)
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... Dr. Buzby's food safety research included estimating the costs of foodborne illness, analyzing the legal incentives for firms to produce safer food, and exploring international trade and food safety issues.
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... She revised the indicator, supervised the development of the food loss estimation model, and coordinated the development of guidelines for improving methods for estimating post-harvest losses for the period 2014 to 2015 under the aegis of the Global Strategy to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics. She has led the Methodological Innovation Team since 2016 that changed the methodology of the food balance sheets and is improving
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... . In this role, she provides leadership in planning, coordinating, and analyzing the Department's various policies, programs, and activities that impact and relate to sustainable agricultural, natural resource, and community development including food security.
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... He has also received a number of Agricultural and Applied Economics Association awards including Publication of Enduring Quality, Distinguished Policy Contribution, ­ utstanding Journal Article, and Quality of Communication.
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... Dr. Kablan is a member of the USAID food safety working group and serves on the advisory committee for the Agriculture, Nutrition, and Health Academy technical working group on food safety, and a member of the Nutrition Innovation lab technical advisory board and broad of directors.
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... She specializes in analyses in the areas of nutrition, food security, food waste, food pricing, food labeling, food reformulation, and food safety. She has extensive experience with multiple modes of primary data collection; analyzing food availability, purchase, and consumption data; and developing economic models of the impacts of food policy.
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... DENISE OSTERHUES leads Kroger's sustainability, philanthropy, and community engagement efforts as senior director of the corporate affairs leadership team. Her responsibilities include leading and advancing change through Kroger's Zero Hunger | Zero Waste social impact plan, and the company's commitment to end hunger in its communities and eliminate waste by 2025.
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... Dr. Pingali has more than three decades of experience working with some of the leading international agricultural development organizations as a research economist, development practitioner, and senior manager.
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... Her projects include developing a report for Ceres on sustainable agriculture and serving as lead advisor for the World Resources Institute, Secretariat of the Food Loss and Waste Protocol, a multi-stakeholder effort to create the global standard for accounting and reporting on food loss and waste.
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... Roe has worked broadly in agricultural and environmental economics focusing on agricultural marketing, information policy, behavioral economics, and product quality. He recently served as an editor for the American Journal of Agricultural Economics, the flagship journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, and as the faculty leader of his department's undergraduate program.
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... in animal science from Virginia Tech with minors in agricultural economics and political science. RICHARD TRACY is the vice president of international programs for the Global Cold Chain Alliance.
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... Before joining the International Food Policy Research Institute, he was director of agricultural development economics at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, responsible for economic analysis and policy support for sustainable agricultural development and food security. In that capacity, he was responsible for the Food and Agriculture Organization's flagship publications, the "State of Food Insecurity in the World" and "State of Food and Agriculture." Prior to this appointment Dr.
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... In 2011 he co-authored On the Up with his wife, Nikki, a book about social entrepreneurs in Africa.


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