Sam Wildman is Strategic Projects Director at the Meat Institute, where he leads supply chain engagement to build bridges and connect projects and partners that accelerate the positive impact of the Protein PACT. He grew up in Ohio as the 8th generation on his family’s farm raising hogs, corn and soybeans. He spent 7 years as a lead facilitator and project manager for a global food and agribusiness consulting firm, and then spent the last three years helping build, launch, and lead livestock partnerships and projects for World Wildlife Fund, the world's largest environmental non-profit. Sam and his family now live in Ankeny, Iowa.