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AgLaunch About Us

About Us

AgLaunch envisions a transformed regional agriculture and food economy centered around farmers, innovation, and prosperity. AgLaunch is a non-profit organization building a national network of diverse farmers to envision, enable and accelerate the farms of the future through incubating new startups, pioneering new methodologies, and commercializing value-added projects.

Our Team

EMMANUEL AMIDO

Lead Brand Storyteller

PAUL KENNEDY

Director of Field Trials

SARAH VARBLE Ph.D.

Entrepreneurial Program Lead

PETE NELSON

President

GAVIN WILLIAMS

Field Research Agronomist

RAJAH BROWN

Vice President Of Operations

MARGARET OLDHAM

Director of Entrepreneurship

TOM WOMACK

Senior Advisor

KELLY BUMPUS

Director of Product Development

BRANDI RINKS

Administrative & Operations Coordinator

Our Board

Marcus Coleman, Ph.D.

Professor of Practice, School of Liberal Arts, Tulane University

Karen LeVert

CEO of Ag TechInventures (AgTI)

Corinne Gould

Assistant Commissioner for Public Affairs Tennessee Department of Agriculture

Andrew R. McCarroll

General Counsel for Southeastern Asset Management, Inc.

Fayre Crossley

Chief Grants and Compliance Officer at Epicenter Memphis

Rhedona Rose

Executive Vice President Tennessee Farm Bureau

Arielle Moinester

Senior Program Director, Women's Earth Alliance.