Kathryn Boor, PhD

Kathryn J. Boor, Ph.D. has served as a member of our Board since June 2022. She also serves as member of our nominating and corporate governance committee and a member of our compensation committee.

Since January 2019, Dr. Boor has served as a member of the board of directors of Seneca Foods Corporation, an American food processor and distributor. She is also a member of Seneca’s compensation committee and is the chair of its nominating and corporate governance committee. Since January 2021, Dr. Boor has served as a member of the board of directors for International Flavors and Fragrance (IFF), an American corporation that creates and manufactures food, beverage, health & biosciences, scent and pharma solutions. She chairs IFF’s Innovation and Sustainability Committee. Since 2019, Dr. Boor has served as a member of the board of directors for U.S. Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund (BARD), a funding program for mutually beneficial, mission-oriented, strategic and applied research of agricultural problems, jointly conducted by American and Israeli scientists. From 2014 through 2022, Dr. Boor served as a member of the board of directors and Vice President, Chair of Scientific Review Committee of the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR). From 2013 to 2020, Dr. Boor served as Trustee of the International Life Sciences Institute.

Dr. Boor earned a Bachelor of Science in Food Science from Cornell University in 1980, a Master of Science in Food Science from University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1983, and a Ph.D. in Microbiology from University of California, Davis in 1994.

Dr. Boor served as assistant professor in the Cornell Food Science Department in 1994 and continued to lead the department as Chair from 2007 to 2010. Dr. Boor has served as the Dean of Cornell University Graduate School and Vice Provost for Graduate Education since October 2020. From July 2010 to September 2020, Dr. Boor served as the Ronald P. Lynch Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) at Cornell University.