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| Sam Dryden, CEO |
| Emergent Genetics,
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Sam Dryden was Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Emergent Genetics Inc.
Sam has a unique background combining private and public sector experience. With over twenty-five years in the agriculture and biotechnology field, he has been an active participant in this field since its inception. He has been involved in the founding, management and direction of companies in fields such as biologically-safe pesticides, transgenic animals, single-isomer agricultural chemical compounds, as well as environmental testing and registration of pesticides.
On the public sector side, Sam has over fifteen years experience as a pro-bono advisor regarding food security to various foundations such as the, the Rockefeller, McKnight and Macarthur Foundations in the United States. He began these activities in 1986 by chairing a Rockefeller Brothers Fund initiative studying the impending agricultural technology-gap between developed and developing countries. For the past eight years, Sam served in various capacities with the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research, including Chair of its Private Sector Committee and as a member of its Executive Council. Sam is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and served on its Study Group analyzing trade issues between the US and Europe relating to genetically modified foods.
Sam grew up on a farm in eastern Kentucky and has a B.A degree from Emory University.
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