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Davon and Brad Cook
Davon Cook is a graduate of the Food and Agribusiness Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, earning an M.S. and MBA. She and her husband, Brad, have been generous donors to the program by providing graduate student assistantship support. After graduation, Ms. Cook took a position with McKinnsey & Co. as a consultant to the agri-food industry and went on to join ConAgra's team in product planning and forecasting. She currently works in her family's cotton gin business in Ropesville, Texas.

Randy and Bobbi Marten
Randy A. Marten grew up on a farm near Chestnut, Illinois and graduated from the University of Illinois in 1973 with a major in agricultural science and an emphasis in ag policy. Mr. Marten has had a long and succesful career in grain-based foods, including positions as Vice President for Purchasing and Transportation of Campbell Taggart Baking Company/The Earthgrains Company; Chief Operating Officer of Miller Milling Company; and Founder and President of Food Ingredient Advisors. Mr. Marten also participated in the 2001 Executives in Residence series.

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