José R. Villalón
José R. Villalón is the Corporate Sustainability Director at a global animal nutrition company. Residing with his wife of 34 years in Amsterdam, he was born in Cuba and raised in the USA. José and Anita have two adult children working in NYC.
After 27 years’ farming shrimp in the Virgin Islands, Ecuador and Mexico, he joined the WWF to lead in the creation of environmental and social industry standards for farmed seafood. This led to his founding of the independent Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC).
José is an outspoken ambassador for sustainable food production and industry’s undeniable role in stewarding reduced environmental and social impacts.