Brett Sciotto
President & CEO
Aimpoint Research

A graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and a former Army intelligence officer, president and CEO Brett Sciotto brings a practical, results-oriented approach to the civilian business world. His training in and emphasis on mission-critical information gathering and targeted research methodology make him unique in his approach to problem solving in a corporate environment. Brett’s disciplined, vetted approach to research is coupled with his military precision in detailed analysis and final presentation to his clients. With nearly two decades of research expertise, Brett has had tremendous success advising corporate leaders, government officials and state and national organizations at all levels. 

Brad Liggett
President
Nationwide Agribusiness

Brad Liggett is the president of Nationwide Agribusiness. Prior to this assignment, Brad served as the independent channel regional vice president for Nationwide’s Western Regional Operations in Sacramento, California. He has also served as regional vice president for Nationwide’s South Central states in Nashville, Tennessee. Other leadership roles Brad has held during his 34-year Nationwide career include vice president of underwriting with Nationwide Agribusiness and underwriting officer for Allied Insurance. Brad currently serves on the Food Bank of Central Iowa board and the Combined Chairs Cabinet for the United Way of Central Iowa. Brad has always cared about solving food issues in all of his stops across Nationwide.

Jason Berkland
Associate Vice President (AVP) of Risk Management
Nationwide Agribusiness

Jason Berkland is the associate vice president (AVP) of Risk Management for Nationwide Agribusiness. Jason has worked for Nationwide Agribusiness for 16 years as a commercial claims rep (property and agronomy claims), manager of commercial claims (agronomy and general liability), regional manager in Risk Management Services, sr. consultant—managing the Occupational Health and Safety team while serving as the agronomy subject matter expert and as a commercial ag underwriting director. Prior to working for Nationwide, Jason was an agronomist, selling and making pesticide, fertilizer and seed recommendations. Jason currently serves on The Iowa Institute for Cooperatives board, the FFA board of directors and the FFA sponsor committee.

Gail Chrisley
Associate Vice President
Nationwide Advanced Consulting Group

Gail Chrisley is the associate vice president of Nationwide’s Advanced Consulting Group and provides leadership for advanced consulting support for multiple channels, distributions and products across Nationwide’s financial services. Additionally, she leads the Land As Your Legacy program, which is a distribution platform for providing legacy transition planning for the agricultural community, and she served on the administrative committee for Nationwide’s Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution Plans. She has a strong regulatory and compliance background with over 30 years of experience in the financial services industry. She is a member of the LIMRA Advanced Sales Committee and has spoken on advanced concepts at numerous industry events, such as LIMRA, The Society of Financial Service Professionals and was a commencement speaker for the American College graduation class of 2017.