Banks Baker

Global Director Product Sustainability PIC

Banks Baker is Global Director of Product Sustainability for PIC, a global animal genetics and biotechnology company. He supports genetic improvement and gene editing as a way to continually improve animal agriculture and provide holistic benefits across the value chain, including improved animal welfare, reduced greenhouse gas emissions and more efficient protein production.

Previously, Banks led protein sustainability for McDonald’s USA, creating and implementing greenhouse gas reduction strategies and managing animal health & welfare commitments and antibiotic policies.

Prior to McDonald’s, Banks established a regenerative agriculture research department for a private operating non-profit foundation and managed farms and ranches across the United States.

Banks has an undergraduate business degree from Warren Wilson College and holds master’s degrees in agriculture and business from Colorado State University and The University of Notre Dame.

Banks lives in Livingston, Montana, with his wife Shelby and their dog Hoover.

Dr. Craig Lewis

Genetic Services Director PIC EMEAR, Chairman of Steering Commitee EFFAB

Raised on a family farm in Herefordshire and with advanced degrees in Animal Behaviour / Welfare and Animal Breeding / Genetics. Graduating with a PhD from The Roslin Institute / University of Edinburgh and after undertaking a research position in Australia, Dr. Craig Lewis is currently overseeing Genetic Dissemination for Genus PIC in the EMEAR region working with pig producers from developing farmers in Africa to multinational integrated food businesses. Additionally Dr. Lewis is the current chair of the steering committee for the European Forum for Farm Animal Breeders (EFFAB). Dr. Lewis has multiple published research articles and has spoken globally on practical animal breeding. Dr. Lewis is a strong advocate of science based decision making along the food chain with a focus on the use of new tools and methods being effectively taken from research to implementation to tackle changing societal demands and deliver ethical, nutritious, sustainable, and enjoyable animal protein.

Dr. Lucina Galina

Technical Project Director PIC

Dr. Lucina Galina has a DVM from the UAM in Mexico City and a Ph.D. in swine medicine from the University of Minnesota. She worked at the IAH-Compton in Berkshire researching Streptococcus suis and Salmonella choleraesuis and at PIC USA for over a decade, identifying genetic markers for disease resistance and robustness to improve pig health and welfare. Later, at Zoetis USA, she led a team of veterinary professionals in her most recent role as Director of the Swine Technical Services Group. Since 2023, she has returned to PIC as Director of Technical Research, focusing on the PRRS-resistant pig project and other innovations.