Mary Clutter Leadership in Science Public Service Award

2025 Winner: Cary Fowler

Dr. Cary Fowler is president of the recently launched Food Security Leadership Council. He is recognized here for his career-long commitment to global food security. Cary previously served as the Special Envoy for Global Food Security at the U.S. Department of State, effectively the country’s lead diplomat on matters concerning food security. In that role, Cary set in motion the Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils to catalyze research on and development of indigenous African crops. Cary’s final contribution at the State Department was the coordination, drafting, and endorsement by more than 150 Nobel and World Food Prize laureates of a statement released this January that called for a global commitment to transformational “moonshot” food security research to meet human food needs by 2050.