Rick Melnick

Vice President, Global Business at DunhamTrimmer

Rick Melnick has more than 25 years of experience in the global commercial agriculture space with expertise in biopesticides, crop protection, branding, marketing, and strategic marketing communications. Rick joined the industry in 1995 as an ag editor with Meister Media Worldwide, and left the company as its Corporate Editorial Director in 2011. In 2011, Rick joined Valent BioSciences where he led the company’s corporate branding initiatives and its content and marketing campaign development serving the Crop Protection, PGR, Public Health, and Forest Health businesses. Rick was appointed to the Biological Products Industry Alliance Board of Directors 2008 and was then elected Chairman of the Board, a position he held from 2013-2019. Rick joined DunhamTrimmer in 2019 and in addition to managing key projects, is the lead editor for the 2BMonthly enewsletter, DunhamTrimmer’s Global Market Reports, and directs the company's Strategic Communications business unit.