Graduation

Fellows Honored at APLU Meeting

The Food Systems Leadership Institute Fellows Honored by Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU)

Twenty-seven Fellows of the Food Systems Leadership Institute (FSLI) were honored during a ceremony at the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) annual meeting. The Fellows were recognized for their accomplishments in completing the FSLI executive leadership development program and for contributions they have made to their organizations and the broader higher education and food systems.

The FSLI is a 2-year program designed for experienced leaders in academia, government, and industry. Through a dynamic curriculum that includes three executive-style residential sessions, individual coaching, mentoring, and personal projects, the FSLI seeks to enhance personal leadership ability, develop skills and knowledge for organizational change, and broaden perspectives on integrated food systems.

Fellows report that the FSLI experience has significantly impacted their leadership abilities. Leadership growth can be measured in many different ways, and more than forty percent of the FSLI Fellow Alumni have experienced promotions, selection to lead high-profile initiatives, election to university-wide leadership posts, and other recognitions. Other Fellows are using their enhanced leadership and broader food systems perspectives to lead change from their current positions.

The FSLI is a program of the Association of Public and Land Grant Universities. It was created with financial support from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. It is operated in a partnership between North Carolina State University, The Ohio State University, and California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. More information on the FSLI is available at www.fsli.org.

Allen Malone

Associate Director -Cooperative Extension, New Mexico State University

Angus Catchot

Director of Extension, Mississippi State University

Anna Ball

Associate Dean for Academic Programs, University of Illinois

Archie Clutter

Emeritus Professor University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Ashley Stokes

Dean Emeritus and Professor of Veterinary Extension, University of Tennessee

Ayanava Majumdar

Assistant Director for Grant and Program Development, Auburn University

Bob Franks

Professor and Department Head, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology,North Carolina State University

Carlos E. Crespo-Hernández

Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Chemistry, Case Western Reserve University

Carlos Iglesias

Professor and Director of Plant Breeding Consortium, North Carolina State University

Chris Gunter

Professor and Chair, University of Florida

Christopher Schauer

Director, Hettinger Research Extension Center, North Dakota State University

Christy Bratcher

Department Head, Animal and Dairy Sciences, Mississippi State University

David Hill

Senior Research Scientist, Abbott Nutrition

De’Etra Young

Associate Dean for Academics and Land-grant Programs, Tennessee State University

Erdogan Memili

Professor & Executive Associate Director of Cooperative Agricultural Research Center, and Director of University Research Farm, Prairie View A&M University

Frank Louws

Head, Department of Horticultural Science and Professor, North Carolina State University

Katherine Cason

Professor and Rural Health Initiative Coordinator, The Pennsylvania State University

Kati Migliaccio

Professor and Chair, University of Florida

Leo Lombardini

Head, Department of Horticulture and Professor. University of Georgia

Martin Heintzelman

Professor and Department Chair, Applied Economics and Statistics, University of Delaware

Misty Blue-Terry

Assistant Extension Administrator – Youth, Families and Communities, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

Nate Mosier

Professor and Head, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University

Patrick Market

Director, School of Natural Resources, University of Missouri

Paul Plummer

Dean, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee

Renita W. Marshall

Vice Chancellor for Academics – Associate Dean Southern University Agricultural, Research & Extension Center, Southern University and A&M College

Steve Harris

Chair, Department of Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology, Iowa State University

Tala Awada

Associate Dean, Agricultural Research Division, UNL, University of Nebraska-Lincoln