Christopher J. Gillespie strives to promote resilience in the agricultural sector by amalgamating resource-efficient management practices and science-based policy.
Chris is interested in using an ecosystems approach to design and implement a policy that holistically addresses barriers to access in agricultural finance and land access and increases economic productivity.
He earned a bachelor’s degree in Crop and Soil Science from Michigan State University, an M.S. in Plant and Soil Science from Oklahoma State University, and a Ph.D. in Plant Pathology (Soil Ecology and Biogeochemistry) from North Carolina State University.
Chris has held a number of cross-sector fellowships, including a Policy Entrepreneurship Fellow (PEF) with the Federation of American Scientists (FAS), an AgBioFEWS Fellow with the National Science Foundation (NSF), and a Doctoral Fellow with the Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS).
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