Elizabeth Fastiggi is Chief Product Officer at Idealyst Innovation. She identifies and develops products and services for farmers and ranchers to empower them to address the greatest risks they face today and in the future. She is inspired to create solutions across the sector that create a healthier, transparent, and inclusive food system. Prior to Idealyst, Elizabeth was the Global Head of Agriculture at Amazon Web Services, collaborating with clients across the agri-food industry to align transformative initiatives with digital innovation powered by data science and artificial intelligence. Previously, Elizabeth led Market Development at Indigo Agriculture and Farmers Business Network and was a private equity investor with GE Capital and Ziff Brothers Investments, structuring investments in the energy and agriculture sectors. Elizabeth began her career at the Environmental Defense Fund, developing partnerships with market leading corporations, such as McDonald’s and FedEx, to improve environmental and financial performance. Elizabeth holds a BS in Environmental Science from the University of California, Berkeley, an MBA and MS in Environmental Science from the University of Michigan, and studied international policy and economics at the University of Oxford, UK.