Yeutter Institute Announces Inaugural Advisory Council Members

The Clayton Yeutter Institute of International Trade and Finance today announced thirteen inaugural members of the institute’s advisory council. The council members’ collective expertise spans the areas of trade policy and law, commodities markets, global business operations, trade and development, and advanced trade and finance education.

“The breadth of these advisory council members’ achievements in trade and finance complements the Yeutter Institute’s interdisciplinary mission,” Yeutter Institute director Jill O’Donnell said. “This is an outstanding group of individuals, and their enthusiasm for serving on the Yeutter Institute Advisory Council is a testament to Clayton’s legacy and to the importance they place on trade and finance education. The institute will benefit enormously from the contributions of every member.”

The advisory council members will provide strategic counsel to the director on the institute’s formation and programming.

The inaugural advisory council members are:

Edward Alden - Ross Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Western Washington & Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations

Tim Andriesen - Managing Director, Agricultural Products, CME Group

Kelly Brunkhorst - Executive Director, Nebraska Corn Board & Nebraska Corn Growers Association

Andrea Durkin - Founder, Sparkplug, LLC, Editor-in-Chief, TradeVistas & Adjunct Associate Professor, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service

Dan Fulton - Retired CEO, Weyerhaeuser Company

Veronica A. Haggart - Retired International Trade Lawyer and Former Commissioner, U.S. International Trade Commission

Mark Jensen - President and CEO, Farm Credit Services of America & Frontier Farm Credit

Katrin Kuhlmann - President and Founder, New Markets Lab, Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University Law Center & Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School

Kenneth I. Levinson - Executive Director, Washington International Trade Association

Warren H. Maruyama - Partner, Hogan Lovells

Joe Stone - Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer, Cargill

Ambassador Darci Vetter - Vice Chair - Agriculture, Food and Trade, Edelman

Cristena Bach Yeutter