Margaret Henry

VP, Sustainable & Regenerative Agriculture at PepsiCo

Greater Seattle Area

About

A systems leader in making food systems more sustainable. My history in government, the private sector, and NGOs means I bring an exceptional set of connections and perspective to sustainability. I have contributed to the development and launch of PepsiCo’s ambitious Positive Agriculture goal and currently leads Ag Sustainability for PepsiCo’s Global Sustainability Office. I am passionate about farming thanks to my roots growing up on a dairy farm in Kentucky and have spent the past 17+ years in corporate agricultural sustainability, with previous experience in government and NGOs around sustainable agriculture. I have related academic experience from Princeton, Brown University and MIT. Specialties: Sustainable Agriculture, Governance, Multi-stakeholder Collaboration, Public Policy, System Dynamics, Monitoring and Evaluation, Indicators, Program Design, Project Management

Experience

  • PepsiCo (10 yrs 2 mos)
    • Vice President, Sustainable & Regenerative Agriculture
      Oct 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 10 mos

    • Senior Director, Sustainable Agriculture Strategy & External Engagement
      Feb 2022 - Oct 2023 · 1 yr 9 mos

    • Director, Sustainable Agriculture
      Feb 2018 - Feb 2022 · 4 yrs 1 mo

      Leading PepsiCo's sustainable agriculture strategy for supply chain engagement around water and greenhouse gasses in agriculture and sustainable sourcing of many of our raw materials.

  • Trustee at Farm & Wilderness Foundation, Inc.
    Aug 2012 - May 2018 · 5 yrs 10 mos

  • Program Director, Strategy at Sustainable Food Lab
    Jul 2015 - Jun 2016 · 1 yr

    Consulting with leading food and beverage companies working towards sustainable agriculture systems.

  • Director, Sustainability & CSR Performance at Sodexo
    May 2010 - Jun 2015 · 5 yrs 2 mos

    Led, managed, or contributed to the creation of targets, strategy, and performance management for environmental, health and local community sustainability & CSR for Sodexo North America. Developed and led all supply chain related sustainability efforts.

  • Independent Sustainability and CSR Consultant at Sodexo North America
    May 2009 - Feb 2010 · 10 mos

    Supported internal communications, information tracking, performance indicators, NGO outreach, writing and research of materials and engagement efforts for the Office of Sustainability and CSR