Jeff Tkach

Jeff Tkach, Rodale Institute’s Chief Executive Officer, is on a mission to reconnect humans with the earth. He is responsible for leading the organization’s growth, impact, and strategic planning, and is committed to advancing the Institute’s world-renowned research and education on regenerative organic agriculture.
In this role, Tkach leads a global workforce dedicated to advancing innovations in regenerative organic agriculture. His management portfolio includes strategic planning, overseeing the Institute’s twelve campus operations in the U.S. and Europe, directing research investments, and supervising the organization’s educa tion programs. Before assuming the Institute’s most senior leadership position, Tkach served as Rodale Institute’s Chief Impact Officer. From 2017 to the spring of 2023, he was responsible for expanding the nonprofit’s global in fluence and developing core strategies and partnerships to drive the nonprofit’s philanthropic and program matic initiatives.