Paul E. Schickler was president of DuPont Pioneer (now Corteva Agriscience), the advanced seed genetics business of DuPont, from 2007 to 2017. Schickler joined Pioneer in 1974 and served in a variety of finance, commercial and administrative leadership roles, including vice president of international operations from 1999 to 2007. Mr. Schickler is a graduate of Drake University, where he received Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts degrees in business administration. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Cultivation Corridor, The Greater Des Moines Partnership, the Iowa Business Council and Grand View University. He also served on the Iowa Partnership for Economic Progress committee. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Drake University, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs and The World Food Prize Foundation. His company, III Ag, LLC, provides consulting services to ag tech companies in the fields of biologics, analytics, sensing, grain composition modification and international expansion.