Anna Trettenero was born in Vicenza, Italy. She studied agriculture and graduated cum laude from the University of Padua in 1992. Scholarship: University of California at Davis 1989-90. Studied corn genetics and molecular biology under Prof. Adriano Marocco and Luigi Cattivelli at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, in Piacenza: Malagoli Mario, Trettenero Anna, Ferrari Giovanni: “Response of root mRNA population to sulphate shortage in maize seedlings”; Plant and Soil 162:309-313 – 1994. Associations: Confagricoltura Vicenza: 1994-, Veneto Farmers Union Board of Directors: 1996-1999, Veneto Organization for Professional Training in Agriculture Board of Directors: 2000-2008. National Center for Research and Professional Training in Agriculture Board of Directors: 2004-2007. Vice-President of the Young Farmers Association of Confagricoltura (ANGA) 2004-2007: Northern Italian Agricultural Biotechnology and Professional Training leader. Young Farmers Association Bioethanol Group Coordinator: 2005-2007. Attended Fuel Ethanol Workshop edition of 2004 in Kansas City and 2005 in Milwaukee, with the presentation “Building a strategy for ethanol production in Italy. National Board of AIGACoS: association that promotes no till farming systems. Elected President of Confagricoltura Venezia November 2007-. European Board of Directors of ECAF 2011-. Board of Cassa di Risparmio di Venezia Bank 2012-. Anna Trettenero runs a row crops farm of 106 ha in the provinces of Venice and Vicenza. Fluent: English, French and Spanish.