Fellows Cohort 7

Barry Bequette

Dean, Director of Land-Grant Programs; School of Agriculture, Research, Extension and Applied Sciences, Alcorn State University
German Bollero

Professor and Department Head for Crop Science, College of Agriculture, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois
Wes Burger

Associate Director of MAFES; Associate Director of FWRC, College of Forrest Resources, Mississippi State University
Cheryl DeVuyst

Assistant Dean, Oklahoma State University
Albert Essel

Associate Dean for Extension, College of Agriculture and Related Sciences, Cooperative Extension, North Carolina A & T State University
Ralph Graichen

Research Operations Manager, Abbott Manufacturing Singapore Private Limited, Agency for Science, Technology and Research
James Hafer

Program Chair and Professor, Agriculture/Natural Resource Sciences, Chief Dull Knife College
Ronald Hendrick

Director and Professor, School of Environment and Natural Resources, Texas Tech University
Moses Kairo

Associate Research Director/Director CBC, College Agriculture, Center for Biologcial Control, University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Carol Lammi-Keefe

Department Head, Human Nutrition and Food, School of Human Ecology, Division of Human Nutrition and Food, Louisiana State University
Billy Leonard

Professor of Entomology and Jack Hamilton Regents Chair in Cotton Production, Louisiana State University
Ruth MacDonald

Professor and Chair, Food Science and Human Nutrition, Iowa State University
James Mintert

Assistant Director of Extension, Agriculture and Natural Resources, Purdue University
Phillip Mintz

Assistant Director, Industrial Extension Service, College of Engineering, North Carolina State University
Bill Ravlin

Associate Director and Professor, College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Michigan State University
Daniel Reynolds

Professor and Endowed Chair of Soybean Agronomy, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Mississippi State University
Maifan Silitonga

Interim Director, Mississippi River Research Center/Center for Ecology and Natural Resources, University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Juan Silva

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

Professor & Associate Dean for Research (College of Engineering) & Director of the Bioenergy and Bioproducts Center, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Auburn University
Andrew Thulin

Professor and Department Head, Animal Science, Director of Strategic Initiatives, College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences, California Polytechnic State University-SLO
Elaine Turner

Associate Dean, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Florida
Martha Verghese

Professor and Interim Chair, Department of Food and Animal Sciences, Alabama A & M University
Zelia Wiley (Zelia)

Assistant Dean for Student and Staff Success, College of Agriculture, Kansas State University