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Leadership

Leadership

Board of Directors

Executive Committee

Andrew W. LaVigne
Andrew W. LaVigne
President

American Seed Trade Association

Vacant
Vacant
Vice President

Vacant

Elizabeth Stulberg
Elizabeth Stulberg
Treasurer

Lewis-Burke Associates

Laura Wood
Laura Wood
Secretary

National Coalition for Food and Agricultural Research Executive Director

Board

Alison Steiber

Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics

Luther Smith

Agronomy, Crop & Soil Societies

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Jerry Bowman

American Dairy Science Association

Sarah Ohlhorst

American Society for Nutrition

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Dr. James Sartin

American Society of Animal Science

Carson Fort

American Soybean Association

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Dr. Charley Cull

American Veterinary Medical Association

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Kevin Cain

Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges

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TBD

Corn Refiners Association

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Doug Steele

Board on Agriculture Assembly, Association of Public and Land-grant Universities

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Dr. Chad Brewer

Cotton Foundation

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Dr. Chris Boomsma

Council for Agricultural Science and Technology

TBD

CropLife America

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Dr. Gal Hochman

Council on Food, Agriculture & Resource Economics (C-FARE)

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Dr. Bill Hoffman

Extension Committee on Organization and Policy
ECOP

 

Dr. Gregory Goins

agInnovation

Anna Rosales

Institute of Food Technologists

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Ted McKinney

National Association of State Departments of Agriculture

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Sam Kieffer

National Association of Wheat Growers

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Kevin Doran

Noble Research Institute, LLC

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Jed Bower

National Corn Growers Association

Val Dolcini

Syngenta

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Dr. Lee Van Wychen

Weed Science Society of America

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2026-2028 Research Outreach Committee

The ROC's responsibilities including selecting topics for NCFAR's annual Lunch-N-Learn series, leading NCFAR's budget and appropriations advocacy, and providing input on NCFAR's outreach and messaging.

Chair:

Dr. Bret Hess (agInnovation - West)

 

Members:

Marcus Glassman (Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities)

Kelly Horton (Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics)

Jeff Moen (Noble Research Institute)

Nick Cox (American Society for Microbiology)

Kevin Cain (Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges)

Dr. George Smith, MSU AgBioResearch

Dr. Chris Boomsma (CAST)

Membership

Click here for a list of all NCFAR members and sponsors.