“INDIANA IS DONE BEING MODEST” — GOV. ERIC HOLCOMB

IT'S HAPPENING HERE #TIMETOTELL

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INDIANA’S AGBIOSCIENCES SECTOR IS AN IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTOR TO THE HEALTH OF OUR STATE’S ECONOMY

TALENT & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

Build a 21st Century Agbiosciences Workforce

• Comprehensive Agbiosciences Talent Study• "Do What Matters" Initiative • Career Discovery • Tailored Certificate Programs • Caliber Fellows Program Under Development

PUBLIC EDUCATION& AWARENESS

Tell Indiana’s Innovation Story

• It's Happening Here #timetotell Campaign • Forbes AgTech Summit Indianapolis• Agbioscience Innovation Summit • Media Coverage• Research & Studies

ENTREPRENEURIAL SUPPORT

Cultivate an Agbiosciences Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

• Agbiosciences Start-Up Showcase Events • Connecting Start-Ups to Capital and Investment Support• Ag-Celerator Pitch Competition at Purdue University

5 of 6 agbioscience sub-sectors increased job numbers 4 increased by double-digits

Agbiosciences Wages30% more than average Indiana wage

$1.4B from 60 agbiosciences companiescommitted to IEDC for investment in new and expanded Indiana facilities��

AGRINOVUS INDIANA STAKEHOLDERSEXECUTIVE COMMITTEEJay Akridge Provost, Purdue University

Beth Bechdol President & CEO, AgriNovus Indiana

David Johnson President & CEO, CICP & BioCrossroads

Bruce Kettler Director, IN State Department of Agriculture

Gary Morris President & COO, Clabber Girl Corporation

Bruce Kettler Director, IN State Department of Agriculture

Aaron Schacht Executive VP: Innovation, Regulatory + Business Development, Elanco

Jane Ade Stevens CEO, IN Soybean and Corn Organizations

BOARD OF DIRECTORSScott Beck President, Beck’s Hybrids

Kess Berg CEO + Managing Partner, Advanced Agrilytics

Luca Bonini CEO, ITALPOLLINA

Suzanne Crouch Lt. Governor, State of Indiana

Sherilyn Emberton President, Huntington University

Brian Emerick Board Representative, Northeast Indiana Regional Partnership

Gil Farley President, Biodyne Midwest

Jay Hulbert President + CEO, Ag Alumni Seed

Bill Johnson President + CEO, Farm Credit Mid-America

Randy Kron President, Indiana Farm Bureau

Chris Lowery Senior VP, Workforce Alignment, Ivy Tech Community College

Johnny Park CEO, Wabash Innovation Heartland Network

Karen Plaut Dean of Agriculture, Purdue University

Mark Poeschl CEO, National FFA

Dave Roberts Chief Innovation Officer, IEDC

Ellie Symes CEO, The Bee Corp

Alan Tio CEO, Kosciusko Economic Development Corporation

Trent Torrance COO, United Animal Health

Micah Vincent Director, Indiana Office of Management and Budget

Susanne Wasson President, Crop Protection Business Platform, Corteva Agriscience

GROWING INDIANA’S AGBIOSCIENCES SECTOR

#1IN POPCORN + PROCESSING TOMATOES#2

IN CORN & SOYBEANS#5

TOP PURDUE UNIVERSITYINDIANA UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME

LIFE SCIENCES COMPANIES

RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS1,687

INDIANA IS HOME TO:

TECHCOMPANIES7,700 +

Agbiosciences Wages30% more than average Indiana wage

$1.4B from 60 agbiosciences companiescommitted to IEDC for investment in new and expanded Indiana facilities

INNOVATION COUNCIL MEMBERS

IN DUCKS