Vonnie Estes is VP of Technology at the Produce Marketing Association (PMA) and a regular contributor to AFN. She is a prominent figure in the agriculture biotech scene, having held technology leadership roles at prominent companies including DuPont, Monsanto and Syngenta, as well as for small startups and venture funds. Most recently, she was vice president of business development for Caribou Biosciences, the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing startup. She's also been an independent business consultant since 2015.