Jo Luck
{{Short description|American businesswoman}}
Jo Luck is an American and former CEO of Heifer International. She was recognized with a World Food Prize in 2010.{{cite news|url=http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/american-life/Hunger-Fighting-Charities-Win-World-Food-Prize-96584059.html|title=Hunger-Fighting Charities Win World Food Prize|last=Baragona|first=Steve|accessdate=June 17, 2010|location=Washington D.C|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100621044559/http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/american-life/Hunger-Fighting-Charities-Win-World-Food-Prize-96584059.html|archive-date=June 21, 2010|url-status=dead}}
Education
Luck attended Hendrix College and earned a degree at David Lipscomb College. She also attended the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and Harvard Business School's Executive Education Program.{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldfoodprize.org/index.cfm?nodeID=33368&audienceID=1|title=2010: Beckmann and Luck - The World Food Prize - Improving the Quality, Quantity and Availability of Food in the World|last=globalreach.com|first=Global Reach Internet Productions, LLC - Ames, IA -|website=www.worldfoodprize.org|access-date=2016-05-27|archive-date=2016-04-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410035546/http://www.worldfoodprize.org/index.cfm?nodeID=33368&audienceID=1|url-status=dead}}
Experience
She joined Heifer International in 1989, serving as director of International Programs from 1989 to 1992 and president from 1992 to July 2011.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}} From 1979 to 1989, she served as director of the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism. She served as a presidential appointee on the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD),{{Cite web|url=https://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/documents/1867/0130%20APLU%20Summary.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803043409/https://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/documents/1867/0130%20APLU%20Summary.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 3, 2016|title=BOARD FOR INTERNATIONAL FOOD & AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT (BIFAD) PUBLIC MEETING MEETING MINUTES|last=|first=|date=January 30, 2014|website=|publisher=USAID|access-date=May 27, 2016}} the Farm Foundation’s Dialogue on Food and Agriculture for the 21st Century Steering Committee,{{Cite web|url=https://www.farmfoundation.org/news/articlefiles/1747-Steering%20Committee%203-25-13.pdf|title=Farm Foundation|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=May 26, 2016}} and the DuPont Advisory Committee on Agriculture Innovation and Productivity,{{Cite web|url=http://foodsecurity.dupont.com/collaboration/|title=Collaboration - DuPont Food Security|website=DuPont Food Security|language=en-US|access-date=2016-05-27}} and as chair of the Program Oversight Panel for CGIAR (Consultative Group on International Agriculture Research) Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems associated with the World Fish Center.{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldfoodprize.org/index.cfm?nodeID=33368&audienceID=1|title=2010: Beckmann and Luck - The World Food Prize - Improving the Quality, Quantity and Availability of Food in the World|last=globalreach.com|first=Global Reach Internet Productions, LLC - Ames, IA -|website=www.worldfoodprize.org|access-date=2016-05-27|archive-date=2016-04-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410035546/http://www.worldfoodprize.org/index.cfm?nodeID=33368&audienceID=1|url-status=dead}}
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