Fellows Cohort 9

Joe Anderson

Department Head, Agronomy (Served as Director of Distance Education, College of Agriculture, Currently serving as Professor of Agronomy) Purdue University, Purdue University

Titus Awokuse

Chair, Department of Applied Economics & Statistics, University of Delaware (Served as Chair of the Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, and as Associate Dean for Research and Strategic Partnerships, International Studies and Programs, Currently serving as Vice Provost and Dean, International Studies and Programs at Michigan State University)

Kim Babbitt

Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, College of Life Sciences and Agriculture, University of New Hampshire

Kristina Boone

Department Head, Communications and Agricultural Education, Kansas State University (Currently serving as Assistant Dean and Director for the Agricultural Technical Institute, College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at The Ohio State University)

Donna Brown

Associate Dean and Director, Professor, Academic & Student Programs, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Wyoming (Currently serving as Scholar in Residence/Head of Academic Initiatives, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University)

Richard Cavaletto

Associate Dean, (Served as Executive Associate Dean) College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences, California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo (Currently serving as President of Rancho CREAM Inc.)

Donald Conner

Department Head, Poultry Science, Auburn University (Currently serving as Associate Dean and Director of Academic Programs in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences at New Mexico State University)

Christopher Daubert

Department Head, Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences, North Carolina State University (Currently serving as Vice Chancellor and Dean of the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources at the University of Missouri)

Henry Fadamiro

Alumni Professor & IPM Coordinator, Entomology & Plant Pathology (Served as Associate Dean for Research, Associate Director of Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station at Auburn University, Currently serving as Associate Vice President for Strategic Initiatives, Provost and Exec Vice President at Texas A & M University)

Brent Hales

Associate Dean, Center for Community Vitality, Extension University of Minnesota (Served as Director of Penn State Extension and Associate Dean in the College of Agricultural Sciences, Currently serving as Associate Vice President for Research and Cooperative Extension at the University of California at Davis)

Wendy Fink

Associate Director, Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources, (Served as Director of Food, Agriculture & Natural Resources Currently serving as Assistant Vice President of Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources and Executive Director of the BAA Academic Programs Section) Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU)

Johnny D. Jones

President, Little Priest Tribal College (Served as Assistant Vice President/Dean, University College, Academic Skills Administration, Mississippi Valley State University)(Served as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Wilberforce University, Currently serving as CEO Executive/ Consultant at The Delta Project)

John Killefer

Department Head, Animal and Rangeland Sciences, Oregon State University (Served as South Dakota Corn Utilization Council Endowed Dean of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences, Currently serving as Professor of Animal Science at South Dakota State University)

Tom Melton

Associate and Deputy Director, Cooperative Extension State Leader, ANR/CRD, (Currently serving as Deputy Director, NCCES and Agriculture and Natural Resources Program Leader) North Carolina State University (Emeritus)

Michael Newman

Director, School of Human Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Mississippi State University (Emeritus)

Michael Orth

Chair and Professor, Animal and Food Sciences at Texas Tech University, Currently serving as Dean, College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Wisconsin-River Falls

Kirk Pomper

Associate Research Director, KSU Agriculture Experiment Station, (Served as Director of Land Grant Programs; Dean and Professor College of Agriculture, Community and the Sciences, Currently serving as Professor – School of Agriculture, Communities, and the Environment Academic Affairs) Kentucky State University

Murali Reddy

Section Manager, (Served as Director of The Food Safety and Analytical Research Group, Currently serving as Director R &D)  Abbott Nutrition

Curt Rom

Director, Bumpers College Honors Program/Co-Director, Center for Agriculture and Rural Sustainability, University of Arkansas (Served as Associate Dean for International Education Graduate School and International Education and Interim Dean for the Honors College, Served as Interim Dean of the Graduate School and International Education, Currently serving as University Professor of Horticulture)

Peter Ryan

Associate Provost, (Served as Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School, Currently serving as Executive Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School) Mississippi State University

Martin Sancho-Madriz

Department Chair and FST Program Director, Human Nutrition and Food Science, (Served as Associate Vice President for Faculty Affairs; Currently serving as Interim Dean of the Don B., Huntley College of Agriculture) California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Tom Scott

Dean, College of Agriculture, Forestry & Life Sciences (Currently serving as Professor and Dean Emeritus, Department of Animal & Veterinary Sciences) Clemson University

Jane Schuh

Assistant Dean for Academic Programs, College of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Natural Resources (Served as Vice President, Research and Creative Activity at North Dakota State University) (Currently serving as Associate Dean of the Agricultural Experiment Station at Kansas State University)

Scott Shearer

Chair, Food, Agriculture & Biological Engineering, The Ohio State University

Celvia Stovall

Associate Director, Alabama Cooperative Extension System, Alabama A&M University (Emeritus)

Ben West

Western Region Director, (Served as Director of Strategic Partnerships) University of Tennessee Extension, University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture (Currently serving as Founder and CEO of Risora Consulting)

Allen Wysocki

Associate Dean, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Florida