Fellows Cohort 4

Makola M. Abdullah

Dean and Director, College of Engineering Sciences, Technology and Agriculture, Florida A&M University, Virginia State University
David Benfield

Associate Director, The Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University
Patricia Curtis

Professor and Director, Poultry Products Safety and Quality Peaks of Excellence Program, Auburn University, North Carolina State University
Michael Doyle

Director, BMCC Renewable Energy Center for Excellence, Bay Mills Tribal Community College, The Island Institute
Cary Green

Assistant Dean and Head Advisor, College of Agricultural Sciences, Skills 4 Students, LLC
Van Kelley

Department Head, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, South Dakota State University
Barbara Kirby

Associate Director of Academic Programs and Director of the Agricultural Institute, North Carolina State University
Jozef Kokini

Associate Dean for Research, College of Agricultural, Consumer and Economic Sciences, University of Illinois, Purdue University
Laurie Kramer

Associate Dean for Academic Programs, College of Agricultural, Consumer and Economic Sciences, University of Illinois, Northeastern University
Mary Leuci

Assistant Dean for Community Development Extension, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, University of Missouri
Gary Pierzynski

Professor and Head, Department of Agronomy, Kansas State and Served as Interim Dean, The Ohio State University
Thomas Rosol

Special Assistant to the Vice President for Research for Technology Licensing and Commercialization, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Ohio University
Rubin Shmulsky

Department Head, Forest Products, College of Forest Resources/Forest and Wildlife Research Center, Mississippi State University
Jeffrey Silvertooth

Professor and Department Head, Soil, Water and Environmental Science, College of Agriculture and Life Science, The University of Arizona
Robert Taylor

Professor and Dean, School of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Alabama A&M University, Florida A&M University
Gary Thompson

Professor and Head, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oklahoma State University, Pennsylvania State University
Lakshman Velupillai

Associate Vice Chancellor, International Programs, Louisiana State University
Thomas Wahl

Head, Agribusiness and Applied Economics, College of Agriculture, Food Systems and Natural Resources, North Dakota State University
Timothy White

Director, School of Forest Resources & Conservation, University of Florida
(Allen) Dale Whittaker

Associate Dean and Director of Academic Programs, College of Agriculture, Purdue University, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Scott Witter

Director, School of Planning, Design and Construction, Michigan State University