Chair: Tom Hoban (NC)
Vice Chair: Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes (MO)
Administrative Advisor: Johnny Wynne (NC)

Participating Members:

• Thomas J. Hoban - Professor of Rural Sociology; NC State University (Chair)
• Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes - Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics; University of Missouri (Vice-Chair)
• Johnny Wynne - Associate Dean and Director, NC Agricultural Research Service (Administrative Advisor)
• David MacKenzie - Executive Director, NERA, University of Maryland (Ex-Officio member)
• Jose Amador - Director of Texas A&M Research and Extension Center at Weslaco (Plant Pathology)
• Carol Anderson - Professor, Cornell University
• Susan Barefoot - Director of the School of Applied Science & Agribusiness; Clemson University (Food Science)
• Christine Bruhn - Director of Center for Consumer Research; University of California - Davis
• Marvin Burns - Research Director; Langston University
• Fred Buttel - Professor of Rural Sociology; University of Wisconsin
• Dwayne Buxton - Associate Administrator, BARC/NPS
• Cathy Champagne - Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA
• Bruce Chassy - Assistant Dean for Biotechnology Outreach; University of Illinois (Food Science)
• Jim Christenson - State Extension Director and Associate Dean; University of Arizona (Rural Sociology)
• Susan Hefle - Co-Director of Food Allergy Research and Resource Program; University of Nebraska
• Catherine Ives - Director of Ag. Biotechnology Support Program; Michigan State University
• Marc Johnson - Dean, Kansas State University
• Eric Lichtenberg - Professor of Agricultural Economics, University of Maryland
• Martina McGloughlin - Director of Biotechnology Program; University of California - Davis
• Michael Olexa - Director of the Agricultural Law Center; University of Florida
• C.S. Prakash - Professor of Plant Molecular Biology; Tuskeegee University
• Susanna Priest - Associate Professor of Journalism; Texas A&M University
• V. Phillip Rasmussen - Coordinator of Western SARE; Utah State University
• Bernard Rollin - Professor of Philosophy and Veterinary Medicine; Colorado State University
• Clifford Scherer - Associate Professor of Communication; Cornell University
• Lawrence Schook - University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne
• Sheldon Schuster - Director of Biotechnology Program; University of Florida
• Randy Woodson - Purdue University