Sean brings significant experience in agricultural commodities and international market access program delivery. He has worked for the last five years as a consultant across the sector, prior to which he was Global Operations director for Cotton USA managing research, marketing and promotions for European and South Asian markets. He led the US Grains Council team delivering its United Export Strategy working with the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service. Today Sean manages Market Access Program activation as we build our footprint in Europe and beyond.

Kevin Sage-EL has more than 30 years of experience with the USDA, Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) in senior leadership and advising, conducting agricultural commodity analysis, foreign market development, promoting U.S. exports, managing grants programs, negotiating, crafting, and defending U.S. trade policy agreements, and practicing international diplomacy. Prior to retirement, Mr. Sage-EL was the Agricultural Counselor at the U.S. Embassy Nairobi, Kenya with additional responsibilities for managing $850,000 in U.S. programs throughout the East African region, including Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Malawi, and Burundi. He also collaborated with international project partners, such as the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO). Mr. Sage-EL was also the U.S. Embassy agricultural lead in the initial 2020 U.S. – Kenya trade negotiations, where he successfully guided Kenya, leading up to those meetings to agree to several deliverables beneficial for U.S. access to Kenya’s market.

Kevin holds an MS Degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of Kentucky, an MA in Economics and International Development from Virginia State University and, a BS in Business Management and Economics from Shaw University.