Jeff Conrad

Mr. Conrad formed AgIS Capital (AgIS) in 2013 as an investment firm focused on acquiring and

managing farmland and related operating companies. Based in Boston, AgIS has raised and invested

over a billion dollars of capital since inception and focuses on the United States market. The current

portfolio includes walnut, almond, pistachio, vineyard, olive, cherry, apple, and pear assets. He is

majority owner of AgIS, Board Director and serves as the Chair of the Investment Committee.

Prior to founding AgIS, Mr. Conrad founded the Hancock Agricultural Investment Group (HAIG) in

1990, a division of the Hancock Natural Resource Group (HNRG) and grew it to over two billion

dollars in real estate and capital before his retirement in September 2011. HAIG, recognized as a

leading institutional farmland manager with assets in the U.S., Australia, and Canada, is a major

producer of almonds, walnuts, cranberries, apples, pistachios and macadamia nuts and also maintains a

diversified portfolio of annual properties located throughout the United States. Prior to HAIG, he

served the Regan Administration as an Agricultural Budget and Policy Analyst.

Mr. Conrad served on the Board of Directors and Investment Committee for HNRG, a farmland and

timberland manager with over $10 billion of global assets under management, and was the President of

Hancock FARM, an Australian-based agricultural property manager. He also served as an advisor for

the HNRG 401K program, Board Director of Silverado Premium Properties - a producer of premium

California winegrapes with over $500 million of vineyards, and Board Director of the California Olive

Ranch, the largest United States olive oil producer. He also served on the Cornell University

Agricultural Advisory Committee and is a former Board member of the Farm Foundation where he

provided investment guidance on their $30 million endowment.

Mr. Conrad holds a Bachelor of Science with distinction in Agricultural Business Management from

the Pennsylvania State University and a master’s in science in Agricultural Economics, with a

concentration in finance from Cornell University.

Mr. Conrad is a widely recognized expert on agricultural investing and his opinions and views has

been captured in many publications including Barron’s, the Financial Times, Institutional Investor, the

New Your Times, Pensions & Investments, Los Angles Times and the Wall Street Journal. He has also

been featured on BBC, CNBC, TV Tokyo and Bloomberg News. His charitable giving focus includes

4-H, LGBTQ and rural efforts.