St. Louis, Missouri
March 27, 2007
Monsanto Company is pleased to announce Geri M. Berdak has
joined as the Director of Public Affairs. In this role, Geri
will be responsible for leading Monsanto’s communications for
the Oilseeds and Chemistry businesses.
Berdak brings over 16 years
experience in marketing and strategic communications and has
used this skill to benefit companies in differing sectors of the
agriculture industry including producer organizations, food
companies, ingredient companies and retailers. Most recently,
Ms. Berdak was the Global Director of Corporate Communications
for The Solae Company where she made significant contributions
building and leading the company’s global strategic
communications and industry affairs programs. Prior to Solae,
Berdak was the director of the United Soybean Board’s edible oil
and soyfoods program where she handled projects in the areas of
health research, regulatory monitoring, public affairs and
issues management, and was a member of USB’s biotech task force
and better bean initiative.
Ms. Berdak holds both a bachelor’s degree of science in food and
nutrition from Missouri State University and an M.B.A. from the
New York Institute of Technology.
Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) is a leading global provider of
technology-based solutions and agricultural products that
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