Board of Directors

Academic Committee on Organization and Policy (ACOP) Members

Cynda Clary – Associate Dean, Oklahoma State University Ferguson College of Agriculture

Nina Lyon-Bennett – Assistant Dean for Academics, School of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Human Sciences, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

Extension Committee on Organization and Policy (ECOP) Members

Amy Loader – Associate Director, University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension

Quentin Tyler – (Board Chair) Associate Dean & Director, Michigan State University Extension

Administrative Heads Member

Diane Rowland – Dean and Director, University of Maine College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture

agInnovation Members

Alton Thompson – Dean, North Carolina A&T State University School of Agriculture & Environmental Sciences

Kumar Venkitanarayanan – Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies & Professor, College of Agriculture, Health, and Natural Resources, University of Connecticut

International Committee on Organization and Policy (ICOP) Member

Tom Thompson – Associate Dean & Director Global Programs, Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

United State Department of Agriculture (USDA)/ National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Member

Faith Peppers – Director of Communications, National Institute of Food & Agriculture

1994 Tribal Colleges Member

Carrie Schumacher – Interim Vice President for Academic and Vocational Education, Fort Peck Community College

At-Large Members

Matt Hersom – Director, Clemson University, Piedmont Reserach and Education Center
(Past Participant)

Fulya Baysal-Gurel – Interim Associate Dean of Research, Tennessee State University College of Agriculture
(1890 Representative)

Jim Prince – Associate Dean, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, College of Agriculture, Food, and Environmental Sciences
(Non-Land-Grant Agriculture and Renewable Resources Universities (NARRU) Representative)

Rolando Flores Galarza – Dean & Chief Administrative Officer, New Mexico State University, College of Agricultural, Consumer, & Environmental Sciences
(Hispanic Serving Institutions Representative)

Contracting Organization

Michael Toews – Associate Dean of Extension, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Georgia

Liason

John Dole – Director, FSLI, North Carolina State University, Food Systems Leadership Institute