Vonnie Estes

Driven by a passion for agriculture and sustainability, Vonnie works with companies to navigate, develop, and commercialize innovation. She’s held several leadership roles at prominent companies including DuPont, Monsanto, and Syngenta along with small start-ups and venture funds to identify revolutionary science and bring products to market. Vonnie has built several agricultural and bio-industrial start-ups with successful exits.

Serving on company, advisory, industry, and government boards, she is a known industry leader with notable publications and speaking engagements. Vonnie is an executive who gets things done with a vision to commercialize new technologies creating revolutionary products in food and ag that are good for people and the planet.

In 2017, she was the recipient of the Rosalind Franklin award for leadership in Biotechnology.

Creator and host of PMA Takes on Tech Podcast - podcast focused on the problems of the produce industry and solutions.