Global Partnerships Lead, Sustainable Agriculture, PepsiCo

Ceejay Girard serves as Senior Manager of Sustainable Agriculture at PepsiCo. She is responsible for implementing regenerative agriculture strategies and designing partnerships across PepsiCo’s global supply chain, supporting the company’s goal to spread regenerative farming practices across 7 million acres by 2030. Prior to PepsiCo, Ceejay worked at Accenture and Resonance Global facilitating multi-stakeholder collaborations in sustainable agriculture and launching innovative financing projects. She has held positions at LendingClub, Kiva, and Fisher Investments Europe. Ceejay graduated from UC Berkeley with a B.A. in Environmental Economics and Policy and the London School of Economics with an M.S. in Local Economic Development. Having worked in over 23 countries, she brings extensive field experience from Bolivia, India, Argentina, and other regions. She resides in Brooklyn with her family, where she runs a community garden and takes classes at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden to stay rooted in nature.