|
Megan
Schilling
grew
up
in
western
Iowa
on a
picturesque
farm
with
alfalfa
fields
and
fruit
trees.
She
helped
raise
ducks,
chickens,
and
geese;
chased
kittens
through
barns;
and
tended
the
flower
and
vegetable
garden
with
her
family.
Megan currently serves as Content Manager for an agtech startup, developing and implementing marketing content strategy. Previously, she worked as an agriculture journalist writing about conservation, whole-systems farming, digital solutions, and new technology for Successful Farming magazine and agriculture.com. She is former Executive Director for the Iowa AgriTech Accelerator, a mentor-led program for agtech startups, and began her career managing internal communications for a financial technology startup in Ames, Iowa. |
Resume
| schilling_resume.pdf |
Leadership
Des Moines Art Center Art
Noir Member Group President
| February 2022-February
2024
Future Agricultural Communicators Committee Chair | June 2021-December 2022
Des Moines Art Center Art Noir Member Group Secretary | February 2020-February 2022
Co-founder of Female Founders DSM | April 2018-June 2019
Future Agricultural Communicators Committee Chair | June 2021-December 2022
Des Moines Art Center Art Noir Member Group Secretary | February 2020-February 2022
Co-founder of Female Founders DSM | April 2018-June 2019
Speaking Engagements
Women in Agribusiness
Summit Female Farmers Panel
moderator | September 2019,
2021, and 2022
Commodity Classic Farmers and AgTech Panel moderator | February 2020
SXSW AgTech Shaping the Future of Agriculture Panel moderator | March 2019
FarmHer podcast guest | September 2018
Shift ICT Conference speaker | September 2018
UrbanFarmU Podcast guest | May 2018
Square One DSM Startup Stories Podcast guest | April 2018
Commodity Classic Farmers and AgTech Panel moderator | February 2020
SXSW AgTech Shaping the Future of Agriculture Panel moderator | March 2019
FarmHer podcast guest | September 2018
Shift ICT Conference speaker | September 2018
UrbanFarmU Podcast guest | May 2018
Square One DSM Startup Stories Podcast guest | April 2018