Fellows Cohort 7

Barry L. Bequette

Dean, Director of Land-grant Programs; School of Agriculture, Research, Extension and Applied Sciences, Alcorn State University (Current Position Unknown)

Germán Bollero

Professor and Department Head for Crop Science, (Served as Associate Dean for Research, Currently serving as Department Head of Biometry) College of Agriculture, Consumer & Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois

Wes Burger

Associate Director of MAFES; Associate Director of FWRC, College of Forest Resources, Mississippi State University (Currently serving as Dean for the College of Forest Resources and Director of FWRC)

Cheryl DeVuyst

Assistant Dean, (Served as Assistant Provost, Academic Affairs, Director, Learning and Student Success Opportunity Center), (Currently serving as Department Head of Agricultural Economics) Oklahoma State University

Albert Essel

Associate Dean for Extension, College of Agriculture & Related Sciences, Cooperative Extension, Delaware State University (Served as the Dean of the College of Agriculture, Environmental, and Human Sciences at Lincoln University, Currently serving as Executive Administrator of the Association of Extension Administrators for the 1890 Land-grant Universities)

Ralph Graichen

Research Operations Manager , Abbott Manufacturing Singapore Private Limited, Abbott Nutrition R&D Division (Currently serving as Senior Director of Food and Nutrition for Biomedical Research Council, Agency for Science, Technology and Research)

James Hafer

Program Chair and Professor, Agricultural/Natural Resource Sciences, Chief Dull Knife College

Ron Hendrick

Director and Professor, School of Environment and Natural Resources, (Served as Senior Associate Dean) The Ohio State University (Served as Dean, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Michigan State University; Currently serving as Provost of Texas Tech University)

Moses T. K. Kairo

Associate Research Director/Director CBC, College of Agriculture, Center for Biological Control, Florida A&M University, (Currently serving as Dean of the School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences), University of Maryland Eastern Shore)

Carol Lammi-Keefe

Department Head, (Currently serving as Professor) Human Nutrition and Food, School of Human Ecology, Division of Human Nutrition & Food, Louisiana State University (Emeritus)

Rogers Leonard

Associate Vice-Chancellor of the LSU AgCenter and Associate Director of the Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station, (Served as Associate Vice President for Plant, Soil, and Ag Water Resource Programs; Currently serving as Professor, Cotton pest IPM) Louisiana State University

Ruth MacDonald

Professor and Chair, Food Science and Human Nutrition, (Served as Interim Assistant Dean of Graduate Programs, Currently serving as Associate Dean for Personnel and Finance) Iowa State University

Jim Mintert

Assistant Director of Extension, Agriculture & Natural Resources, (Currently serving as Director, Center for Commercial Agriculture) Purdue University

Phil Mintz

Assistant Director, Industrial Extension Service, College of Engineering, (Currently serving as Executive Director of NC State Industry Expansion Solutions and Director of the North Carolina Manufacturing Extension Partnership) North Carolina State University

Bill Ravlin

Associate Director and Professor, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (Currently serving as Chair of the Entomology Department, Michigan State University)

Dan Reynolds

Professor and Endowed Chair of Soybean Agronomy, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences,(Currently serving as Associate Vice President for International Programs; Executive Director, International Institute) Mississippi State University

Maifan Silitonga

Interim Director, Mississippi River Research Center/Center for Ecology & Natural Resources, Alcorn State University (Served as Assistant Dean for the College of Agriculture, Food Sciences and Sustainable Systems at Kentucky State University) (Currently serving as Associate Administrator for the 1890 Extension Program)

Juan L. Silva

Professor & Graduate Coordinator, Department of Food Science, Nutrition & Health Promotion, Mississippi State University

Steve Taylor

Professor and Department Head, Biosystems Engineering Department and Director, Center for Bioenergy and Bioproducts, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, (Currently serving as Associate Dean for Research College of Engineering) Auburn University

Andy Thulin

Professor and Department Head, Animal Science, Director of Strategic Initiatives, College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences, (Currently serving as Dean of the College of Agriculture, Food & Environmental Sciences (CAFES)) California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo

Elaine Turner

Associate Dean, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, (Served as Senior Associate Dean, Currently serving as Ag Dean for Academic Programs) University of Florida

Martha Verghese

Professor and Interim Chair, Department of Food and Animal Sciences, (Currently serving as Chair) College of Agricultural, Life and Natural Sciences, Alabama A&M University

Zelia Z. Wiley

Assistant Dean for Diversity, Director for Diversity Programs Office, College of Agriculture/ K-State Research and Extension, (Served as Interim Associate Provost for Diversity) Kansas State University