We are delighted to have Robyn recently join the Global Engagement team. Robyn has over 30 years of experience in agriculture and education as a Head of Science and Agriculture and government advisor.

She lived on sheep and beef farms for over 15 years in the beautiful South Island hill country of Aotearoa New Zealand with her husband and three children.

Robyn has a passion for learning and has an agricultural science degree, a Master’s of Science (agribusiness) and postgraduate diploma in marketing and strategy. These qualifications enabled her to have a wide variety of experiences. Her thesis on dairy milk quality got her to Zambia as a dairy extension trainer for a project funded by the NZ Foreign Affairs and Trade in 2018.

More recently, Robyn worked in the local government and private sector helping establish networks for businesses in the food and fibre sector, to support cutting-edge new technology. Robyn is a shareholder of a new dairy-tech company and a co-founder of a natural health product business.

Robyn is passionate about travel and making connections with international students and professors from a diverse range of cultures and which attracted her to work with Jan at Global Engagement. She spends her spare time with family and friends, waterskiing and at the beach, or planning her next visit to her new granddaughter in Australia.

Robyn will also support Jan with program design and development efforts for agricultural and environmental sciences programs.