Dr. Broglie leads Pivot Bio’s research and development program. Prior to joining Pivot Bio, Rich served as Research Director for microbiome discovery for DowDuPont’s Agriculture Division. During his DuPont career, Rich led several discovery programs that resulted in soybean and canola crops with healthier and more stable seed oil compositions, and traits for disease and pest resistance in soybean, corn, wheat, rice, and sugarcane. He has authored more than 30 scientific publications and is an inventor on several important patents.

Dr. Hubbard oversees product compliance of new Pivot Bio products. Natalie engages in industry activities ensuring science and risk based regulatory oversight of biological products, acceptance and inclusion of new technologies. Prior to joining Pivot Bio, Natalie held numerous roles throughout her DuPont tenure including positions in research, biotechnology affairs, and product registration. During much of that time she led U.S. product registration for DuPont Pioneer and represented the company in trade associations during a time of rapidly changing regulatory environment for crops derived from biotechnology.

Allen provides legal counsel on company strategies and their implementation as well as works with external collaborators and partners to manage these critical contracts. Prior to joining Pivot Bio, Allen practiced law for a San Francisco Bay Area firm.

Mark is responsible for building brand awareness among Pivot Bio's farmer customer base. Leveraging his broad ag policy, trade and marketing experience, Mark leads marketing at Pivot Bio. During his career at DuPont Pioneer, he worked with the company’s seed treatment business, leading several product launches; served as the global grain trade lead and worked extensively within industry relations. Prior to this, he was the Iowa state director for USDA Rural Development and later served as the CEO of the Agribusiness Association of Iowa.

Mr. Sanders directs the design, development and launch strategy of Pivot Bio’s new products. Ernie most recently served as the Global Launch and Product Expansions for Seed Applied Solutions Leader at Monsanto. He was honored in 2017 when he received Monsanto’s highest scientific award for his work to launch Intacta RR2 PRO^™ soybean technology in South America. He has launched dozens of biological and chemistry products in all core global crops; served as the South America soybean director and held roles in research and development, strategy and product management during his  career at Monsanto.

Directing our talent development, human resources practices and overall engagement strategies for Pivot Bio, Brenda Stone brings over 20 years experience in human resources and organization development. Most recently Director of Human Resources at Code for America, a nonprofit technology start-up, Brenda brings experience from for-profit, non-profit, publicly traded and private organizations. 

With a strong background in corporate communications, Tracy brings a wide breadth of expertise to Pivot Bio, where she develops high-impact public relations programs that drive business results and stakeholder engagement. Before joining Pivot Bio, she led the global communications team at DuPont Pioneer where she was responsible for media relations, digital and social media, crisis communications, brand management, and internal communications.