Rebecca Savoie is a founder and consultant with Amber Neem Consulting. She has 20 years of domestic and international experience with innovative projects for public and private sector organizations. Her work has focused on strengthening agribusinesses and other economic infrastructure, and harnessing the power of collective action via cooperative businesses. She has lived and worked in the US, Africa, Asia, and Latin America, based mostly in Africa. A lifelong learner, Rebecca recently finished her PhD researching social capital benefits of membership in vertically integrated dairy cooperatives in Kenya. Rebecca also holds an MBA from the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management, an MA in International Environmental Policy from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey and a BS in Agriculture from the University of Minnesota. She and her daughter live in Columbia, Missouri.