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. Michael and his wife, Julie have two children and make their home in Parkville, Missouri.