PODCAST: Melina Kennedy, CEO of the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership (CICP), recently hosted Christy Wright, the newly named President and CEO of AgriNovus Indiana on the Agbioscience podcast.
They talk service, food as the next frontier of health and Christy’s vision for what lies ahead for Indiana’s agbioscience economy.
They get into:
- Christy’s journey from Director of Global Food Systems at Corteva to taking the reins at AgriNovus this year
- The “why” behind her desire to lead and serve, now in a leadership role at CICP
- Her takeaways and high-level overview as she’s been on a road tour 90 days into the job
- AgriNovus’ Accelerate 2050 report and how it serves as a launching point for the organization’s strategy moving forward
- How Christy wants to leverage the power of Indiana’s agbioscience ecosystem to drive a new era of industry forward
- Food as a driver – and critical component — of the One Health discussion
- Other areas of innovation she believes are critical to the state’s agbioscience success
- Creating a base of talent and workforce that continues to grow and thrive in an intersectional world
- What she believes will be AgriNovus’ biggest value to the industry in the future
- What has Christy most excited for the next 12 months
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