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Stephanie Regagnon
Executive Director of Innovation Partnerships, Danforth Plant Science Center
Stephanie Regagnon is the Executive Director of Innovation Partnerships at the Danforth Plant Science Center. In this role she is leading collaborative efforts to develop and maintain partnerships that help deliver on the Danforth Center’s mission, particularly in relation to the Center’s role in building regional agtech and bioscience strength. Prior to joining the Danforth Center, Stephanie was the CEO of FieldWatch, Inc., a non-profit company promoting stewardship and collaboration in agriculture. She has dedicated her 20+ year career to the agriculture and renewable energy industries in Washington, DC, and St. Louis.
In addition to her career in agriculture, Stephanie is committed to issues of justice reform and mass incarceration. In 2010, she founded a non-profit organization that provides college scholarships and mentors to children of incarcerated parents. Since 2010, Ava’s Grace Scholarship has raised committed more than $1.2 million for scholarships for young people who are breaking the cycles of poverty and incarceration by pursuing higher education.