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Michael Doane is the Global Managing Director of Food and Water for The Nature Conservancy (TNC). Michael leads a global team of the organization’s foremost experts across agriculture, fisheries and aquaculture, and freshwater management. Top priorities for his program include mainstreaming regenerative agriculture and electronic monitoring of fisheries, eliminating deforestation and scaling up investment in nature-based solutions for freshwater management.
Michael brings twenty-five years of relevant business and leadership experience to the role. Prior to TNC, he spent sixteen years with Monsanto, where he led high performing teams across sustainability, food and nutrition security, corporate affairs and commercial business operations. In addition, he has played a catalytic leadership role in the development of multi-stakeholder sustainable sourcing organizations such as Field to Market and The Sustainability Consortium.
Prior to his time in agribusiness, Michael served as Executive Vice President for the Kansas Association of Wheat Growers, where he played a leadership role in the advancement of no-tillage farming systems in the Great Plains region. Michael started farming at a young age and is a partner in his family’s farming operation located in Kansas. He combines his interest in farming with his love for the great outdoors as an avid angler and upland game hunter.
Michael currently serves on the board of directors for the Keystone Policy Center and the Farm Foundation. Additionally, he serves on the technical advisory board of the United Soybean Board, PrairieFood and Benson Hill.
Michael holds a B.S. in Agribusiness and an M.S. in Agricultural Economics, both from Kansas State University. More importantly, he brings a wealth of practical experience and business savvy to the global conservation movement. Michael and his wife, Julie have two children and make their home in Parkville, Missouri.
