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Jeff Tkach serves as the Chief Impact Officer for the Rodale Institute. Jeff is responsible forexpanding Rodale Institute’s global influence in healing people and the planet byunlocking the transformational power of regenerative organic agriculture.As Chief Impact Officer, Jeff leads the development and execution of the Institute’s corestrategies, overseeing opportunities for partnership and co-investment that drive positiveoutcomes for Rodale’s philanthropic and programmatic initiatives.Jeff served on the Rodale Institute’s Board of Directors in 2016, where he was instrumental infostering relationships between the organization and business leaders in the organic foodindustry. With the commencement of his role as Chief Growth Officer, Tkach resigned from hisposition as a Board member.From 2015 – 2016, Jeff served as Managing Director and Vice President for Rodale’s OrganicLife and Prevention Magazines, where he oversaw business objectives and strategic operationsfor both brands, leading efforts across print and digital advertising, sales and marketing, liveevents, and e-tailing to maximize growth opportunities.Previously, Tkach served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Life Time Fitness and asGroup Publisher at Active Interest Media (AIM) from 2013-2015, overseeing Yoga Journal andVegetarian Times. He was responsible for leading Yoga Journal’s relaunch in 2014, resulting in arecord-breaking 40th year of publication for the brand.A Pennsylvania native, Tkach earned a degree in business marketing from Kutztown Universityand a post graduate “Authentic Leadership Certificate” from Naropa University in Boulder, CO.He regularly speaks at various industry organizations on behalf of Rodale Institute, in an effort tocatalyze the human connection to regenerative organic agriculture and its ability to heal theworld.Inspired by his work at Naropa, Jeff is an advocate for bringing mindful leadership tocorporations to help people reach their greatest potential. Jeff aims to inspire and mobilizepeople around him to make an impact by bringing his deeply collaborative and highlyentrepreneurial spirit to everything he does.ABOUT RODALE INSTITUTE: Rodale Institute is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to pioneeringorganic farming through research and outreach. For more than seventy years, we’ve beenresearching the best practices of organic agriculture and sharing our findings with farmers andscientists throughout the world, advocating for policies that support farmers, and educatingconsumers about how going organic is the healthiest options for people and the planet.