Fellows Cohort 1

Anita Nina Azarenko

Department Head, Horticulture, Served as Associate Dean of the Graduate School, Oregon State University
Craig Beyrouty

Department Head, Department of Agronomy, University of Maryland
William G. (Bill) Boggess

Head of Agricultural and Resource Economics Department, Oregon State University
Dan Clay

Director, Institute of International Agriculture, Michigan State University
George Cooper

Deputy Administrator, Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service- Science and Education Resources Development, South Carolina State University
Joseph A. DiPietro

Dean, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee
Kenneth L. Esbenshade

Associate Dean and Director of Academic Programs, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, North Carolina State University
John D. Floros

Department Head and Professor of Food Science, College of Agricultural Sciences, New Mexico State University
Rory Fraser

Director, Center for Forest Ecosystems Assessment, School of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Alabama A&M University
Douglas O. Lantagne

Interim Director, University of Vermont Extension, University of Vermont
Gary Lemme

Dean, College of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Auburn University
Linda C. Martin (Linda C Martin)

Executive Vice President , University of Tennessee System, University of Tennessee System
Robert Miller

Director, Healthcare Professional Products, Ross Products Division, Abbott Laboratories, Self
Melissa P. Mixon

Associate Vice President, Division of Agriculture, Forestry, and Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University
Michael D. Ouart

Associate Vice Provost for Extension and Associate Director for University Extension, University of Missouri
Robin Shepard

Assistant Dean and State Program Leader for Extension, University of Wisconsin Extension
Keith Smith

Associate Vice President for Agriculture Administration, Director of University Extension and Associate Dean, The Ohio State University
Linda G. Snetselaar

Professor, Preventative Nutrition Education, and Professor, Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Iowa
Susan S. Sumner

Department Head, Food Science and Technology, Virginia Tech University
Larry Turner

Director of Cooperative Extension and Associate Dean for Extension, College of Agriculture, University of Kentucky