| Name | 
		Address | 
		Phone/FAX/Email | 
	
	
	
		| Cheryl Achterberg | 
		College of Education and Human Ecology 
 The Ohio State University
 127 Arps Hall
 1945 North high Street
 Columbus OH 43210-1172 | 
		
			
				p) 614 292 2461  
			
				f) 614 292 5052  
			cachterberg@ehe.osu.edu  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Don Albrecht | 
		Western Rural Development Center
 Utah State University
 8335 Old Main Hill
 Logan, UT  84322-8335
  | 
		
			don.albrecht@usu.edu  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Ntam Baharanyi | 
		Morrison-Mayberry Hall
 Tuskegee University
 Tuskegee, AL 36088
  | 
		
			baharany@mytu.tuskegee.edu  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| David Baltensperger | 
		434 Heep Center
 Texas A&M University
 Department of Soil and Crop Sciences
 370 Olsen Blvd.
 College Station TX 77843-2474 | 
		
			
				p) 979 845 3041  
			
				f) 979 845 3041  
			dbaltensperger@ag.tamu.edu  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| P.S. Benepal | 
		United States Department of Agriculture
 National Institute of Food and Agriculture
 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Stop 2201
 Washington, DC 20250-2201 | 
		
			
				p) 202-720 - 1254  
			
				f) 202-720 - 4924  
			 pbenepal@nifa.usda.gov  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Linda Kay Benning | 
		APLU
 1307 New York Avenue, N.W., Suite 400
 Washington, DC 20005-4722 | 
		
			
				p) 202-478-6040  
			
				f) 202-478-6046  
			lbenning@aplu.org  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Tom Bewick | 
		United States Department of Agriculture
 National Institute of Food and Agriculture
 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Stop 2201
 Washington, DC 20250-2201 | 
		
			
				p) 202-401-3356  
			
				f) 202-401-4888  
			tbewick@nifa.usda.gov  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Chet Boruff | 
		Chief Executive Officer
 Association of Official Seed Certifying Agencies (AOSCA)
 1601 52nd Avenue   Suite #1
 Moline IL  61265 | 
		
			
				p) 309-736-0120  
			
				f) 309-736-0115  
			cboruff@aosca.org  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Carolyn Brooks | 
		Univ. of Maryland-E. Shore  
 College of Agriculture  
 Richard Hazel Hall 1
 Princess Anne, MD 21853 | 
		
			
				p) 410-200-4566  
			
				f) 410.621.3550  
			cbbrooks@umes.edu  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Meryl Broussard | 
		United States Department of Agriculture
 National Institute of Food and Agriculture
 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Stop 2201
 Washington, DC 20250-2201 | 
		
			
				p) 202-401 - 5877  
			
				f) 202-401 - 4888  
			mbroussard@nifa.usda.gov  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| William (Bill) Brown | 
		University of Tennessee
 103 Morgan Hall
 2621 Morgan Circle
 Knoxville, TN  37996-4506  | 
		
			
				p) 865-974-7121  
			
				f) 865-974-6479  
			wfbrown@tennessee.edu  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Doug Buhler | 
		Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station
 Michigan State University
 109 Agriculture Hall
 East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1039 | 
		
			
				p) 517- 355-0123  
			
				f) 517-353-5406  
			buhler@anr.msu.edu  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Shane Burgess | 
		University of Arizona
 University of Arizona
 Forbes Building, Room 306
 1140 E. South Campus Drive
 Tucson, AZ 85721-0036 | 
		
			
				p) 520-621-7621  
			
				f) 520-621-7196  
			sburgess@cals.arizona.edu  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Dwayne Cartmell | 
		Associate Professor
 Graduate Coordinator
 436 Agricultural Hall
 Stillwater, OK 74078
  | 
		
			
				p) (405) 744-0461  
			dwayne.cartmell@okstate.edu  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Dina Chacon-Reitzel | 
		New Mexico Beef Council
 1209 Mountain Road Place NE, Suite C
 Albuquerque, NM 87110 | 
		
			
				p) 505- 841-9407  
			
				f) 505- 841-9409  
			dinareitzel@mail.nmbeef.com   
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Joe Colletti | 
		Senior Associate Dean
 Ag & Life Sci Administration
 138 Curtiss
 Ames, IA 50011-1050 | 
		
			
				p) 515-294-1823  
			
				f) 515-294-6800  
			colletti@iastate.edu   
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Neil Conklin | 
		Farm Foundation, NFP
 1301 West 22nd St.
 Suite 615
 Oak Brook, IL 60523-2197 | 
		
			neil@farmfoundation.org  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Tim Cupka | 
		AgReliant Genetics, LLC
 Corn Breeder
 4640 E State Road 32
 Lebanon, IN 46052-9299
  | 
		
			
				p) 703-837-8140  
			
				f) 703-837-9365  
			tim.cupka@agreliantgenetics.com   
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Larry Curtis | 
		Oregon State University
 138 Strand Agriculture Hall
 Corvallis, OR 97331-2212 | 
		
			
				p) 541-737-1764  
			larry.curtis@oregonstate.edu  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| David Doerfert | 
		Dept.of Agricultural Education and Communications
 Texas Tech University
 MS 42131
 Lubbock, TX  79409
  | 
		
			david.dorefert@ttu.edu  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Matt Fannin | 
		Dept. of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness
 Louisiana State University
 130 Ag Admin. Bldg.
 Baton Rouge, LA 70803
  | 
		
			mfannin@lsu.edu  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Chuck Fluharty | 
		Rural Policy Research Institute 
 135 Mumford Hall
 University of Missouri
 Columbia, MO 65211-6200
  | 
		
			
				p) 573-882-0316  
			
				f) 573-884-5310  
			 cfluharty@rupri.org  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Cliff Gabriel | 
		Office of Science & Technology Policy  
 Old Executive Office Building  
 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW  
 Washington, DC 20502 | 
		
			
				p) 202-456-6130    
			
				f) 202-456-6027  
			 cgabriel@ostp.eop.gov  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Stephan Goetz | 
		Director and Professor
 Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development
 The Pennsylvania State University, 7 E Armsby Building
 University Park, PA 16802-5602 | 
		
			
				p) 814-863-4656  
			
				f) 814-863-0586  
			 sgoetz@psu.edu  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Eddie Gouge | 
		APLU
 1307 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 400  
 Washington, DC 20005-4701 | 
		
			
				p) 202-478-6028  
			
				f) 202-478-6046  
			egouge@aplu.org  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Christina Hamilton | 
		205E Agriculture Hall
 1450 Linden Dr.
 Madison, WI 53706 | 
		
			
				p) 608-262-2349  
			
				f) 608-265-6434  
			christina.hamilton@wisc.edu  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Mike Harrington | 
		Execitive Director, WAAESD
 Colorado State University  
 16 Administration Building  
 Fort Collins, CO 80623 | 
		
			
				p) 970-491-6280  
			
				f) 970-491-7396  
			Michael.Harrington@colostate.edu   
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| June Henton | 
		Office of the Dean
 College of Human Sciences
 210 Spidle Hall
 Auburn, Alabama 36849
  | 
		
			
				p)  334-844-3790  
			
				f) 334-844-3749  
			hentoju@auburn.edu  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Bret Hess | 
		Director & Associate Dean
 Agricultural Experiment Station
 University of Wyoming
 1000 E. University Ave., Dept. 3354
 Laramie  WY  82071-2000 | 
		
			
				p) 307-766-3667  
			
				f) 307-766-3379  
			brethess@uwyo.edu  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Adrianna Hewings | 
		USDA/ARS/MWA 
 1815 N University Street
 Peoria, IL 61604 | 
		
			
				p) 309-681-6602   
			
				f) 309-681-6684   
			 hewingsa@mwa.ars.usda.gov  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Bart Hewitt | 
		United States Department of Agriculture
 National Institute of Food and Agriculture
 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Stop 2201
 Washington, DC 20250-2201 | 
		
			
				p) (202) 720 - 0747  
			
				f) (202) 720 - 4730  
			bhewitt@nifa.usda.gov  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Patricia Hipple | 
		United States Department of Agriculture
 National Institute of Food and Agriculture
 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Stop 2201
 Washington, DC 20250-2201 | 
		
			
				p) 202-401 - 2185  
			
				f) 202-690 - 3162  
			 phipple@nifa.usda.gov  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Mike Hoffmann | 
		Cornell University
 241 Roberts Hall 
 Ithaca, NY 14853-5905 | 
		
			
				p) 607-255-2552  
			
				f) 607-255-9499  
			mph3@cornell.edu  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Glen Hoffsis | 
		125 E VET ACAD
 1900 COFFEY RD
 COLUMBUS, OH  43210 | 
		
			
				p) 614- 688- 8749  
			 hoffsis.1@osu.edu  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Lyla Houglum | 
		Extension Service Admin
 125B Ballard Extension Hall
 Corvallis, OR 97331 | 
		
			
				p) 541-737-9920  
			
				f) 541-737-4423  
			 lyla.houglum@oregonstate.edu  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Ray Knighton | 
		United States Department of Agriculture
 National Institute of Food and Agriculture
 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Stop 2201
 Washington, DC 20250-2201 | 
		
			
				p) (202) 401 - 6417  
			
				f) (202) 401 - 1706  
			rknighton@nifa.usda.gov  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Don Latham | 
		Latham Seed Company
 131 180th Street
 Alexander, Iowa  50420 | 
		
			
				p) 800-798-3258  
			
				f) 641- 692-3250  
			donel@frontiernet.net   
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Sarah Lupis | 
		Colorado State University  
 16 Administration Building  
 Fort Collins, CO 80623 | 
		
			
				p) 970-491-6280   
			
				f) 970-491-7396  
			sarah.lupis@colostate.edu  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| L. Washington Lyons | 
		Waters Hall 148
 Kansas State University
 Manhattan, KS 66506 | 
		
			
				p) 785 532 6148  
			lwlyons@ncat.edu   
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Dyremple Marsh | 
		Delaware State University
 U.S. Washington Coop. Ext. Ctr.
 1200 N. Dupont Highway
 Dover, DE 19901 | 
		
			
				p) 302-857-6400   
			
				f) 302-857-6402  
			dmarsh@desu.edu  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Ian Maw | 
		APLU
 1307 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 400 
 Washington, DC 20005-4701 | 
		
			
				p) 202-478-6058   
			
				f) 202-478-6046  
			imaw@aplu.org  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Nathan McKinney | 
		University of Arkansas
 E-202 AFLS 
 Fayetteville, AR 72701 | 
		
			nmckinne@uark.edu  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Bruce McPheron | 
		University of Pennsylvania
 Pennsylvania Agricultural Experiment Station
 217 Agricultural Administration Building
 University Park, PA 16801 | 
		
			
				p) 814-865-5410  
			
				f) 814-863-7905  
			bam10@psu.edu  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Rubie Mize | 
		USDA-BARC-West Bldg. 003 Room 214
 10300 Baltimore Avenue
 Beltsville, MD 20705-2350 | 
		
			
				p) 301-504-8655  
			
				f) 301-504-8142  
			rgmize@AESOP.Rutgers.edu  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Chuck Moss | 
		Food and Resource Economics Department
 University of Florida
 1155 McCarty Hall
 Gainesville, FL 32611-0240
  | 
		
			cbmoss@ufl.edu  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Saied Mostaghimi | 
		Virginia Tech
 College of Agriculture and Life Sciences 
 104D Hutcheson Hall
 Blacksburg, VA 24061  | 
		
			
				p) (540) 231-6336  
			
				f) (540) 231-4163  
			smostagh@vt.edu  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Terry Nelsen | 
		Assistant Area Director
 Room 2008
 1815 N UNIVERSITY ST
 PEORIA, IL, 61604-3999 | 
		
			
				p) 309- 681-6599   
			
				f) 309-681-6684  
			 Terry.Nelsen@ARS.USDA.GOV  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Terry Nipp | 
		AESOP Enterprises, Inc. 
 236 Massachusetts Avenue, NE, Suite 400 
 Washington, DC 20002 | 
		
			
				p) 202-675-4511  
			
				f) 202-675-4512   
			 tnipp@aesop-ent.com  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Travis Park | 
		Agricultural Science Education
 Cornell University
 420 Kennedy Hall
 Ithaca, NY  14853 | 
		
			
				p) 607-255-8122  
			tdp9@cornell.edu  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Donna Pearce | 
		North Carolina State University
 203 Patterson Hall
 Box 7561
 Raleigh, NC 27695 | 
		
			
				p) 919-513-4284  
			
				f) 919-515-7745  
			donna_pearce@ncsu.edu  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Danny Perkins | 
		Dept. of Agricultural & Extension Education
 107 Ferguson Bldg.
 University Park, PA  16802
  | 
		
			dfp102@psu.edu  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Karen Plaut | 
		Office of Agricultural Research Programs
 615 West State Street, AGAD Rm 126
 West Lafayette IN 47907-2053 | 
		
			
				p) 765 494 8362  
			
				f) 765 494 0808  
			kplaut@purdue.edu  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Edwin Price | 
		Associate Vice Chancellor for International Agriculture and Federal Relations
 Teague Building, Suite 123
 2477 TAMU
 College Station, TX 77843-2477  | 
		
			
				p) 979 862 4551  
			
				f) 979-845-5663  
			 ec-price@tamu.edu  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Steven Pueppke | 
		Director, Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station  Assist. Vice-President for Research & Graduate Studies
 Michigan State University
 109 Agriculture Hall
 East Lansing, MI 48824-1039
  | 
		
			
				p) 517-355-0123  
			
				f) 517-353-5406  
			 pueppke@anr.msu.edu  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Muquarrab Qureshi | 
		United States Department of Agriculture
 National Institute of Food and Agriculture
 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Stop 2201
 Washington, DC 20250-2201 | 
		
			
				p) (202) 401 - 4895  
			mqureshi@nifa.usda.gov  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| John Ricketts | 
		Agricultural & Extension Education
 Tennessee State University
 125 Farrell-Westbrook
 Nashville, TN  37209
  | 
		
			jricket1@tnstate.edu  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| John Russin | 
		Associate Vice Chancellor and Associate Dir.
 Plant Path
 Louisiana State University
 P.O. Box 25055 
 Baton Rouge, LA 70894
  | 
		
			
				p) (225) 578-4182  
			
				f) (225) 578-6032   
			jrussin@agcenter.lsu.edu  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Carolyn Sachs | 
		Professor, Rural Sociology
 110B Armsby Building
 Penn State University
 University Park, PA 16802
  | 
		
			
				p) 814 863 8641  
			 xyl@PSU.EDU  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Jane Schuchardt | 
		1307 New York Ave, NW
 Washington DC 20005-4722 | 
		
			
				p) 202 478 6029  
			
				f) 202 478 6046  
			jschuchardt@extension.org  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Soyeon Shim | 
		2135 Human Ecology Building
 1300 Linden Dr
 Madison, WI 53706 
  | 
		
			sshim7@wisc.edu   
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Adel Shirmohammadi | 
		Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station
 College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
 1201 Symons Hall
 University of Maryland
 College Park, MD 20742 | 
		
			
				p) 301-405-2462  
			
				f) 301-314-9089  
			ashirmo@umd.edu  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Bob Shulstad | 
		University of Georgia
 109 Conner Hall
 Athens, GA 30602-7503 | 
		
			
				p) 706- 542-2151   
			
				f) 706- 542-1119   
			shulstad@uga.edu  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Howard Silver | 
		1701 K Street, N.W.; Suite 1150
 Washington, DC 20006 | 
		
			silverhj@cossa.org   
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Steve Slack | 
		Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
 The Ohio State University
 1680 Research Services Building
 Wooster, Ohio 44691 | 
		
			
				p) 330-263-3701  
			
				f) 330-263-3688  
			 oardc@osu.edu  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Marshall Stewart | 
		Dept. of 4-H Youth Development
 North Carolina State University
 512 Brickhaven Dr., Box 7606
 Raleigh, NC  27695 | 
		
			marshall_stewart@ncsu.edu  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Siva Sureshwaran | 
		United States Department of Agriculture
 National Institute of Food and Agriculture
 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Stop 2201 | 
		
			
				p) (202) 720 - 7536  
			ssureshwaran@nifa.usda.gov  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| David Thompson | 
		Associate Dean and Director
 Agricultural Experiment Station
 College of Agriculture and Home Economics
 Box 30003, MSC 3BF
 New Mexico State University
 Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003-8003
  | 
		
			
				p) 505-646-3125  
			dathomps@nmsu.edu  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Gary Thompson | 
		College of Agricultural Sciences
 Penn State University
 217 Agricultural Administration Building
 University Park, PA 16802-2600 | 
		
			
				p) 814-865-3136  
			
				f) 814-863-7905  
			gat10@psu.edu  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| James Thompson | 
		Dean
College of Veterinary Medicine
University of Tennessee
A102 Veterinary Teaching Hospital
2407 River Drive
Knoxville, TN  37996-4550 | 
		
			
				p)  865-974-7262  
			jthompson@utk.edu  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| AnnMarie Thro | 
		United States Department of Agriculture
 National Institute of Food and Agriculture
 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Stop 2201
 Washington, DC 20250-2201 | 
		
			
				p) 202-401 - 6702  
			
				f) 202-401 - 4888  
			 athro@nifa.usda.gov  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Bobby Torres | 
		Dept. of Agricultural Education
 University of Arizona
 205 Old FCS Bldg.
 Tucson, AZ  85721
  | 
		
			rtorres@cals.arizona.edu  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Ronald Trewyn | 
		Kansas State University 
 Vice Provost for Research & Dean, Graduate School 
 108 Anderson Hall 
 Manhattan, KS 66506 | 
		
			
				p) 785-532-5110  
			
				f) 785-532-6507  
			 trewyn@ksu.edu  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Terry Tucker | 
		Cornell University 
 International Agriculture 
 16 Warren Hall
 Ithaca, New York 14853 | 
		
			
				p) 607-255-1904   
			
				f) 607-255-1005  
			 twt2@cornell.edu  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Dan Upchurch | 
		ARS-Southern Plains Area
 Area Director
 1001 Holleman Drive, East
 College Station, TX  77840-4117 | 
		
			
				p) 979-260-9346  
			
				f) 979-260-9415  
			Dan.Upchurch@ARS.USDA.GOV  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Tamara Wagester | 
		Executive Director
 C-FARE
 900 Second Street, NE
 Suite 205
 Washington, DC 20002
  | 
		
			
				p) 202-408-8522  
			
				f) 202-408-5385  
			 tamarawagester@cfare.org  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Rebecca Walth | 
		13640 Walth Bay Road
 Glenham, SD  57631-6100
  | 
		
			
				p) 605-762-3371  
			walth@valleytel.net  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Clarence Watson | 
		University of Arkansas
 Associate Vice President for Agricultural Research & Director, Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station 
 AFLS 212
 Fayetteville, AR 72701  | 
		
			
				p) 479-575-8703  
			
				f) 479-575-6363   
			cwatson1@uark.edu  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Dreamal Worthen | 
		College of Engineering Sciences, Technology and Agriculture
 Florida A&M University
 116 Perry-Paige Bldg.
 Tallahassee, Florida 32307 | 
		
			dreamal.worthen@famu.edu  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Eric Young | 
		Executive Director, SAAESD
 North Carolina State University
 203 Patterson Hall
 Box 7561
 Raleigh, NC 27695 | 
		
			
				p) 919-513-1746  
			
				f) 919-515-7745  
			 eric_young@ncsu.edu  
			
		 | 
	
	
	
		| Frank Zalom | 
		University of California, Davis
 One Shields Avenue
 Davis, CA 95616-8621 | 
		
			
				p) 530-752-8350  
			
				f) 530-752-6004   
			 fgzalom@ucdavis.edu  
			
		 |