Summit Ag Investors
Advisors

Bill Laverack, Senior Advisor

Mr. Laverack is currently the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Laverack Capital Partners, a private investment firm. Previously, Mr. Laverack was a Managing Partner of J.H. Whitney & Co., a Managing Director at Gleacher & Co., a Principal and original member of the private equity group at Morgan Stanley & Co., and an officer at Morgan Guaranty Trust Company. Mr. Laverack has served on the boards of directors of numerous private and public companies. Mr. Laverack currently serves on the Board of Trustees of Choate Rosemary Hall; the National Advisory Board of DukeEngage, Duke University’s undergraduate civic engagement program; the Parents’ Committee of the University of Virginia; and the Leadership Council of AmeriCares. He is a former long-standing Trustee and Board President of New Canaan Country School. Mr. Laverack holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and an A.B., cum laude, from Harvard College.

Harry Stine, Senior Industry Advisor
Mr. Stine is the CEO of Stine Seed Company, the largest independent seed company in the United States and the largest private seed company in the world. Stine Seed provides producers industry-leading corn and soybean genetics. Today approximately 60% of all U.S. soybean acres are planted with seeds utilizing genetics developed by Stine Seed, in addition to a significant presence in South America and other international markets. Mr. Stine has been a leading innovator in many areas of seed genetics, including most recently the utilization of high-population corn genetics.
Harry Stine is synonymous with many titles – innovator, businessman, entrepreneur – but the title holding the most significance to him is farmer. Raised on the family property in Dallas County, Iowa, Harry graduated from Central Dallas High School and then McPherson College in Kansas. Mr. Stine is a member of the American Society of Agronomy and the American Seed Trade Association. He also serves on the board of directors of the Trees Forever Foundation (Trustees Emeritus). In addition, Mr. Stine has been honored by numerous organizations for his contributions in the business community and beyond including an induction into the Iowa Business Hall of Fame and a member of the Forbes 400 list.

Emil Henry, Senior Advisor


Marc Blair, Senior Advisor
Mr. Blair, a Managing Director at Tiger Infrastructure Partners, has over 25 years of experience in the energy sector and has spent his entire career in the natural resources space. He was previously a member of the Lehman Brothers’ infrastructure private equity team and prior to that was a Managing Director with the Lehman Brothers Natural Resources Group. Additionally, Mr. Blair worked on over 30 mergers and acquisitions as well as numerous debt financings and equity offerings. Prior to joining Lehman Brothers, Mr. Blair was a credit officer at Christiania Bank. Mr. Blair serves on the boards of American Natural, Sunlight Financial, Danskammer HoldCo and is a board observer at Summit Brazil Renewables. He holds a B.A. in International Affairs from Colgate and an M.B.A. with High Honors from the University of Chicago.

Dermot Hayes, Senior Advisor


Henrique Ubrig, Senior Advisor
