Our Team

Our talented and dedicated team is hard at work bringing our region together.

Brian Carroll

Grand Farm Director

Dr. William Aderholdt

Director, PMO

Dr. Ruchi Joshi Bhardwaj

Grower & Education Program Manager

Andrew Jason

Ecosystems Director

Nathan Marcotte

Project Manager

Belle McLean

Partner Relations Coordinator

Lloyd Nelson

Chief Financial Officer

Ann Nobriga

Program Manager of Field Operations

Greg Tehven

CEO, Emerging Prairie

Matt Wendel

Director of Communications & Marketing

Our Board of Directors

Made up of supporters, industry leaders, and entrepreneurs. These folks guide our work forward.

Greg Tehven

Board Chair

Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder, Emerging Prairie

Mark Watne

Board Vice Chair

President, North Dakota Farmers Union

Cynthia Schreiber-Beck

Board Secretary

North Dakota State Representative

Jessica Fyre

Chief Operations Officer & General Counsel, AgCountry Farm Credit Services

Eric Hardmeyer

Board Member

Former CEO, Bank of North Dakota

Ron Holiday

Board Member

Grower

Jake Joraanstad

Board Member

CEO, Bushel

Taya Spelhaug

Board Member

TechSpark Manager, Microsoft

Grand Farm, powered by Emerging Prairie, is a network of growers, technologists, corporations, startups, educators, policymakers, and investors working together to solve problems in agriculture with applied technology. 

The Grand Farm initiative accelerates research and innovation in technology for the farm of the future.

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