Former Bayer CEO To Lead Noble Foundation
November 23, 2011 
Bill Buckner, who recently completed a two-year term as CropLife America’s president and CEO, will take on presidency at the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, according to a press release.
Buckner, who will begin his tenure on Jan. 16, 2012, has more than 30 years of experience within various agricultural industries. He becomes the eighth president in the Noble Foundation’s 66-year history and will replace Michael Cawley, who is retiring after two decades of leading the Ardmore, Oklahoma-based foundation.
The foundation assists farmers and ranchers with conducting plant science research and agricultural programs, according to its website.
“My passion has always been agriculture, and the world has never needed agriculture more than it does right now,” Buckner said in a statement. “The Noble Foundation is a unique organization with the potential to radically impact agriculture on a global scale through its agricultural research and plant science.”
A Missouri native, Buckner earned a Bachelor of Science degree in agricultural economics from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1979. He is also on the Foundation board of the National Wild Turkey Federation and the board of Passage Home, a Raleigh, North Carolina-based nonprofit, according to the release. In addition, Buckner sits on the steering committee for the North Carolina Agriculture Biotechnology Center.
“I have spent my entire career advocating the importance of agriculture, but I was only able to focus on one part of the industry at a time,” Buckner said. “However, the Noble Foundation impacts the entire spectrum of agriculture from scientific research and plant breeding to its direct link with farmers and ranchers. This is a special organization that has benefited and will continue to benefit the lives of agricultural producers in the Southern Great Plains and, in the future, around the world.”
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