Policy & Leadership Development Conference 2019

Bernice Slutsky
Senior Vice President for Innovation
American Seed Trade Association


Dr. Bernice Slutsky is currently the Senior Vice President for Domestic & International Policy at the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA). In this capacity, Dr. Slutsky is responsible for coordinating and developing the domestic and international advocacy and policy efforts for the U.S. seed industry. Dr. Slutsky joined ASTA in 2006 as the Vice President of Science and International Affairs to work on issues involving emerging technologies, intellectual property rights and international regulation and trade. Before joining ASTA, Dr. Slutsky was the Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Agriculture for Biotechnology and was the Science Policy Advisor for USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service. Dr. Slutsky received her Ph.D. in biology at the University of Iowa.

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