Howard G. Buffett is a farmer, photographer, conservationist, businessman, former elected official, former Sheriff and Chairman and CEO of the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, a private charitable foundation that has deployed more than $3.7 billion since its founding in 1999 to address global food security, mitigate conflict, and counter human trafficking.

Mr. Buffett currently serves on the corporate board of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. and previously served on several Fortune 500 boards including Archer Daniels Midland, Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola Enterprises, and Conagra Foods. He has held several senior corporate executive positions; was elected and served as a Commissioner on the Douglas County Board in Nebraska; served 20 years on the Commission on Presidential Debates; and was appointed to several U.S. Trade Committees. He also spent 10 years in law enforcement, including as Sheriff of Macon County, Illinois.

Mr. Buffett has been honored for his leadership and contributions to agriculture, conservation, philanthropy and journalism, including recognition from the governments of Mexico, Colombia, El Salvador, Rwanda, and Ukraine for his philanthropic work in these countries.

Mr. Buffett has traveled to over 150 countries and authored fifteen books on conservation, wildlife, and the human condition, including two New York Times bestsellers, 40 Chances: Finding Hope in a Hungry World and Our 50-State Border Crisis: How the Mexican Border Fuels the Drug Epidemic Across America. He is the executive producer of four award-winning documentary films: Porcelain War, an Academy Award-nominated film about the Ukraine war; Virunga, an Academy Award-nominated film about natural resource exploitation in Africa; the Emmy Award-winning Path of the Panther, documenting efforts to protect Florida’s endangered mountain lions; and The River and The Wall, a film examining how the construction of physical barriers impacts people, wildlife, and habitats along the Texas-Mexico border.