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Trang joined Vestaron in October 2022 as the Field Development Manager for the Western United States, where she is responsible for overseeing the evaluation of Vestaron’s products on various crops and pests.

Trang obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology and Masters’ degree in Plant Pathology from the University of California, Davis, where she is currently pursuing her MBA. She also holds a license as an Agricultural Pest Control Advisor (PCA). Trang has a strong background in agricultural field research and extension.

With 11 years of experience in field evaluating agricultural products,  Trang is a dedicated professional who combines her technical expertise with her business acumen to provide growers with innovative and sustainable solutions to their crop management needs.

James C. Collins, Jr. currently serves as a Director on the Board of Archers Daniels Midland (ADM) and recently retired as Chief Executive Officer of Corteva AgriscienceTM. He was previously Chief Operating Officer for the Agriculture Division of DowDuPont. Prior to the DowDuPont merger, he was an Executive Vice President for DuPont responsible for the agriculture segments, which included DuPont Crop Protection and Pioneer Seed.

Starting with the announcement of the DowDuPont merger, Mr. Collins led the integration of legacy DuPont and Dow agricultural businesses to drive readiness for the ultimate spin of Corteva – a new leading pure-play agriculture company – which successfully separated from DowDuPont on June 1, 2019. During this time- period, Mr. Collins drove execution actions that lead to the realization of aggressive mid-term net sales and operating EBITDA growth targets for the business. This includes launching 14 new products from the innovation pipeline, implementing a multi-channel, multi-brand growth strategy, and making significant progress toward a best-in-class cost structure more than doubling the value of the company in three years.

Mr. Collins joined DuPont in 1984 and has since served in key leadership roles across several DuPont businesses. His work in the food and agriculture segment began over 35 years ago, as a sales representative and product manager, and he subsequently held roles supporting seed and crop protection businesses for DuPont around the world. Prior to leading the agriculture segment, he led three other large DuPont business segments, BioBased Materials, Performance Materials and Electronics & Communications.

In addition to ADM, he also serves on the Longwood Gardens Board of Trustees and the University of Tennessee Lone Oaks Farm Advisory Council. Mr. Collins previously served on the board of directors for CropLife International and was a Champion of the Crop Trust’s Food Forever Initiative. A supporter of youth education and leadership development, he served on the National 4-H Council Board and awarded an honorary American FFA Degree for his efforts to promote agriculture education with youth in the United States.

Mr. Collins was a member of the Business Round Table, serving in the Special Committee on Equity and Racial Justice, Climate Policy and Trade Committees.

Mr. Collins has a bachelor’s degree of science in Chemical Engineering from Christian Brothers College and an MBA focused on international business from the University of Delaware.

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Working out of St. Louis, MO, Dayna joins us most recently from NewLeaf Symbiotics, where she was the Manager of Field Biology and Agronomy. Her previous responsibilities focused on the development of biologically derived products for insect mitigation and crop yield enhancement. Dayna brings nearly 15 years of ag industry expertise to the Vestaron team, with extensive experience designing and coordinating efficacy trials across a bevy of cropping systems and insect pest targets.

Dayna holds a PhD in Entomology and a MS in Entomology and Plant Pathology from Oklahoma State University. Between her MS and PhD degrees, Dayna worked for DM Crop Research Group, Inc. out of Polk City, IA where she specialized in corn rootworm field research.

Susan Altschuller, Ph.D., MBA is a member of the Vestaron Board of Directors and serves as chair of the Audit Committee.

Dr. Altschuller has two decades of financial management, investor relations, and business planning experience with leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. She has served as Cerevel’s Chief Financial Officer since May 2023. Most recently, she served as the Chief Financial Officer of ImmunoGen, a biotechnology company developing the next generation of antibody-drug conjugates for cancer patients. Before ImmunoGen, Dr. Altschuller worked at Alexion, where she was Head of Investor Relations and later, Head of Enterprise Finance. Prior to joining Alexion, Dr. Altschuller was Head of Investor Relations at Bioverativ, where she served as the primary interface with Wall Street and led all investor-related activities for the launch of the Biogen hemophilia spin-off. Early in her career, Dr. Altschuller held positions at Biogen in various functions of increasing responsibility, including investor relations, corporate finance, and commercial finance. She serves as Audit Chair on the Board of Directors of Mural Oncology and is a founding Board member of the HNRNP Family Foundation.

Dr. Altschuller received a BSE in Biomedical Engineering with Honors from Tulane University, a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology, and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management.

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Daniel earned his bachelor’s degree in zoology and entomology from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and his doctorate in entomology from Cornell University. He is a Board Certified Entomologist with the Entomological Society of America and a Certified Senior Ecologist with the Ecological Society of America.

Peck brings to Vestaron 25 years of prior experience in insect pest management. This most recently includes 3½ years working as a Product Development Manager and then Biological Program Manager at BioWorks, Inc. based in Victor, NY. His research and development efforts there were aimed at developing, coalescing and promoting the scientific validation behind biologically based products for their role in insect management, disease suppression and plant nutrition.

Peck also has prior experience as an independent consultant in the area of turfgrass entomology; as an Assistant Professor at Cornell University in the area of soil insect ecology; and as a Senior Research Fellow at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (Cali, Colombia) in the area of integrated pest management.

Former President and Chief Executive Officer Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc., Randy C. Papadellis is Chairperson of the Vestaron Board of Directors and Chairman of the Board of Suja Life.

Mr. Papadellis’ career in the food and beverage industry spans 40 years with some of the top brands in the business, including Welch’s Foods and Cadbury Schweppes. In his 18 years as CEO of Ocean Spray, he transformed the cranberry grower cooperative’s operations and business model and built it into a globally recognized consumer brand with $2.3 billion in revenues, 2,400 employees, and products sold in over 80 countries.

Mr. Papadellis is currently Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees Emeriti for Colby College; a Board member of the Old Colony YMCA in Brockton, MA and Real Green Foods (a plant protein startup); and consultant for several private equity firms in the United States. Previously, he was on the board of Deoleo UK (the world’s largest branded olive oil company), the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives in Washington, DC (Chairperson); and the Graduate Institute of Cooperative Learning at the University of Missouri (Chairperson).

Jason joined Vestaron in September 2019 as the Fermentation subject matter expert for the Operations group and was elevated to Vice President of Operations in October 2020. He brings over eight years of industrial biomanufacturing experience working as a staff engineer with Novozymes. Jason’s education includes a BS in Chemical Engineering from VCU, a PhD in Chemical Engineering from UF, and a Postdoctoral fellowship at UF studying waterborne pathogens.

As VP, Regulatory Affairs, Matt Orr is responsible for strategy and execution of the company’s regulatory strategy, all domestic and international regulatory filings for current and new products, the building and management of the GLP Regulatory Science lab, and managing the company’s relationships with relevant professional organizations. Prior to joining Vestaron he was the Global Product Registration Manager at BASF Corporation, where he managed global regulatory activities with cross-functional and international teams, while successfully achieving and defending global registrations of new and existing crop protection products. Prior to BASF, Matt was Co-founder and Principal Scientist at Discovery Innovations where he provided scientific advising, technical writing and consulting services. He began his professional career in pharmaceuticals as a Research Scientist at Scynexis, Inc. where he worked on developing novel anti-infective and antineoplastic drug candidates. Matt earned his Doctor of Philosophy degree in Organic Chemistry from Duke University and his Bachelor of Science in Chemistry/Molecular & Cell Biology from Pennsylvania State University.

Dawn joined Vestaron in May 2022 as the VP, People with extensive HR experience in both large, public companies and small/midsize private companies. Her career began with Thermo Fisher Scientific in the Biosciences Division, where she led the implementation of HR Functional Excellence initiatives across multiple business units. Dawn received her Bachelor of Science from Northern Illinois University and Master of Business Administration from Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management and is committed to creating diverse work environments where everyone feels they belong and are inspired by the company’s mission and purpose.

Kartik is a Partner with Novo Holdings, a global life sciences investor and holding company. Kartik joined Novo Holdings in 2020 in its Growth Equity area focusing on investments across food, agriculture, industrial biotechnology, and bio-manufacturing. Prior to joining Novo Holdings, Kartik served as Associate Partner at McKinsey & Co. working with clients across healthcare, agriculture, chemicals and consumer products on biotechnology strategy and operational topics. Previous to that, Kartik worked at Novozymes in a variety of business building and corporate development roles in both Denmark and the U.S. Kartik holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BA from Northwestern University.