Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> October 4, 2004
PAMELA MARRONE is Chairman and Founder of AgraQuest Inc. Dr. Marrone
founded AgraQuest in 1995 to discover, develop and market
environmentally friendly and effective natural products for farm, home
and public health pest management. Red Herring magazine named AgraQuest
a 2004 Top 100 private company. Dr. Marrone has raised $49 million from
internationally recognized venture capital and agribusinesses to fund
the company's operations. Prior to her employment at AgraQuest, Dr.
Marrone was President of Entotech, a subsidiary of Denmark-based Novo
Nordisk. Before Novo Nordisk, Dr. Marrone worked for Monsanto
Agricultural Company (1983-1990) as head of the Insect Biotechnology
group. She was the founding Chair of the Biopesticide Industry Alliance,
a trade organization of 25 biopesticide companies, and now serves on its
Board. She serves on the Board of Sutter Health's six hospital
Sacramento-Sierra region. Dr. Marrone has a BS with honors and
distinction in Entomology from Cornell University and a PhD in
Entomology from North Carolina State University. Profile
Dr. Marrone: The company was started in 1995, and the idea was that
there is a real opportunity in agriculture and home gardening
