Amanda Butterfield is the director of corporate partnerships for the North American Meat institute, where she develops business opportunities for companies that have innovation and solutions that support NAMI members and mission. She is responsible for conveying NAMI’s value proposition to potential members and developing sponsorship packages that deliver ROI for companies engaged with NAMI.

Prior to joining the Meat Institute, Amanda has a successful track record in business development and sales with Amplisource, Cargill (Brand Citura) and Merck Animal Health. Her career in agriculture started with a field position with Dairy Farmers of America. Having always been fascinated with animals, Amanda earned a bachelor’s of science in Animal Bioscience and Microbiology at Penn State University.

Amanda serves as a beef committee member on the Pennsylvania Animal Health & Diagnostic Committee as well as a part of the Cohort 2 with the National Institute of Animal Agriculture (NIAA) Leadership Program. She also served as a former board member on the Pennsylvania Beef Council and Maryland 4-H Foundation.

Kristi Block is the Strategy Director at the North American Meat Institute. In this capacity, she is responsible for assisting members in their sustainability journeys as evidenced by their participation in Protein PACT, which is the industry’s commitment to continuous improvement and transparency for healthy people, healthy communities, healthy animals and a healthy planet. She joined NAMI in March 2022. Block brings experience in the ag tech, grain elevator, ethanol, and animal feed manufacturing industry. She is part of a third-generation family farm in Nebraska that grows corn and soybeans and raises cattle. Block received a Master's of Business Administration from Midland University and a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Journalism from the University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Block is a Nebraska LEAD Alumni graduate.

Megan McCullough serves as the Director of Member Engagement for the North American Meat Institute. She is responsible for improving member retention through customer engagement. In this role, Megan assesses member needs and works to implement them to increase member involvement. She coordinates the annual Emerging Leaders Program as well as executes the logistics for the NAMI awards programs. Megan received her B.S. in Animal Science and her Equine Certification from Texas Tech Universit