Jeff Nawn is the CEO and founder of North Hill Group, a global advisory firm specializing in regulatory and governmental affairs for the food and agricultural sectors. With a team of 20 professionals situated across 11 countries, North Hill Group collaborates with leading agricultural firms to ensure freedom-to-operate for new technologies. North Hill Group also manages the Crop Protection Action Coalition for Trade (CPACT), an alliance of U.S. farmer organizations whose mission is to increase global food security by encouraging alignment around crop protection policies. Prior to founding North Hill Group, Jeff worked for Corteva Agriscience, where he was responsible for developing and leading the company’s global trade-policy and biotech policy advocacy strategies. He also spent a decade working for the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service, where he served as agricultural attaché at the U.S. Embassies in Mexico and Japan. Jeff is a graduate of Marquette University and The Ohio State University and served as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Republic of Moldova.