Board of Representatives

The Board of Representatives is made up of the member societies, universities, commercial companies, nonprofit or trade organizations, and the Board of Directors. Each member of the board serves on one of three work groups—Animal Agriculture and Environmental Issues, Food Science and Safety, or Plant Agriculture and Environmental Issues. The work groups meet at an annual board meeting and hold monthly conference calls. Terms end after the fall annual meeting.
American Association of Avian Pathologists
Mostafa Ghanem (2026)
Work Group:
Animal Agriculture and Environmental Issues
aaap.info
American Association of Bovine Practicioners
Christine Navarre (2023)
Work Group:
Animal Agriculture and Environmental Issues
aabp.org
American Bar Association, Section of Environment, Energy and Natural Resources-Agricultural Management Committee
Keith Matthews (2024)
Work Group:
Food Science and Safety
abanet.org/envrion
American Dairy Science Association
Kathryn Proudfoot (2023)
Work Group:
Animal Agriculture and Environmental Issues
adsa.org
American Farm Bureau Federation
Roger Cryan (2024)
Work Group:
Animal Agriculture and Environmental Issues
fb.org
American Meat Science Association
Kaitlyn Compart (2023)
Work Group:
Food Science and Safety
meatscience.org
American Meteorological Society, Committee on Agricultural and Forest Meterology
Eduardo Alvares Santos (2024)
Work Group:
Plant Agriculture and Environmental Issues
ametsoc.org
American Seed Trade Association
Andy LaVigne (2022)
Work Group:
Plant Agriculture and Environmental Issues
betterseed.org
American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
Alex Thomasson (2023)
Work Group:
Plant Agriculture and Environmental Issues
asabe.org
American Society of Agronomy
Sharon Clay (2024)
Work Group:
Plant Agriculture and Environmental Issues
agronomy.org
American Society of Animal Science
Ken Odde (2024)
Work Group:
Animal Agriculture and Environmental Issues
asas.org
American Society of Plant Biologists
Amit Dhingra (2023)
Work Group:
Plant Agriculture and Environmental Issues
aspb.org
American Veterinary Medical Association
Eric Gonder (2024)
Work Group:
Animal Agriculture and Environmental Issues
avma.org
Association of Equipment Manufacturers
Anita Sennett (2024)
Work Group:
Plant Agriculture and Environmental Issues
aem.org
Aquatic Plant Management Society
Lynn Gettys (2024)
Work Group:
Plant Agriculture and Environmental Issues
apms.org
BASF Corporation
Padma Comurri (2023)
Work Group:
Plant Agriculture and Environmental Issues
basf.com
Bayer Crop Science
Christian Maus (2023)
Work Group:
Plant Agriculture and Environmental Issues
cropscience.bayer.com
Cornell University
Martin Wiedmann (2025)
Work Group:
Food Science and Safety
cornell.edu
Corteva Agriscience
Melissa Johnson (2023)
Work Group:
Plant Agriculture and Environmental Issues
corteva.com
Crop Life America
Manojit Basu (2023)
Work Group:
Plant Agriculture and Environmental Issues
croplifeamerica.org
Crop Science Society of America
VP Vara Prasad (2025)
Work Group:
Plant Agriculture and Environmental Issues
crops.org
Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy
Stephanie Masiello Schuette (2024)
Work Group:
Animal Agriculture and Environmental Issues
usdairy.com
Iowa State University
Curtis Youngs (2023)
Work Group:
Animal Agriculture and Environmental Issues
cals.iastate.edu
Minor Use Foundation
Dan Kunkel (2024)
Work Group:
Plant Agriculture and Environmental Issues
minorusefoundation.org
Mississippi State University
Nancy Reichert (2025)
Work Group:
Food Science and Safety
msstate.edu
National Cattlemen’s Beef Association
Julia Herman (2023)
Work Group:
Animal Agriculture and Environmental Issues
aaap.infobeef.org
National Corn Growers Association/Iowa Corn Promotion Board
David Ertl (2022)
Work Group:
Plant Agriculture and Environmental Issues
iowacorn.org
National Milk Producers Federation
Jamie Jonker (2022)
Work Group:
Animal Agriculture and Environmental Issues
nmpf.org
National Pork Board
Brett Kaysen (2024)
Work Group:
Animal Agriculture and Environmental Issues
pork.org
National Turkey Federation
Lindy Froebel (2024)
Work Group:
Food Science and Safety
eatturkey.org.info
North Central Weed Science Society
John Hinz (2023)
Work Group:
Plant Agriculture and Environmental Issues
ncwss.org
Northeastern Weed Science Society
Anthony Witcher (2024)
Work Group:
Plant Agriculture and Environmental Issues
newss.org
Nutrien
Sally Flis (2024)
Work Group:
Plant Agriculture and Environmental Issues
nutrien.com
Penn State University
Blair Siegfried (2024)
Work Group:
Plant Agriculture and Environmental Issues
psu.edu
Poultry Science Association
Chasity Pender (2026)
Work Group:
Animal Agriculture and Environmental Issues
poultryscience.org
Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies
Chao Cai (2025)
Work Group:
Plant Agriculture and Environmental Issues
lib.purdue.edu
Rural Sociological Society
Michelle Worosz (2025)
Work Group:
Plant Agriculture and Environmental Issues
ruralsociology.org
Society for In Vitro Biology
Dwight Tomes (2022)
Work Group:
Food Science and Safety
sivb.org
Society of Range Management
Barry Perryman (2022)
Work Group:
Plant Agriculture and Environmental Issues>
rangelands.org
Soil Science Society of America
Charles Rices (2024)
Work Group:
Plant Agriculture and Environmental Issues
soils.org
Syngenta Crop Protection
Tony Burd (2023)
Work Group:
Plant Agriculture and Environmental Issues
syngentacropprotection.com
Texas A&M University
David Baltensperger (2025)
Work Group:
Plant Agriculture and Environmental Issues
tamu.edu
The Fertilizer Institute
Leanna Leverich Nigon (2025)
Work Group:
Plant Agriculture and Environmental Issues
tfi.org
The Mosaic Company
Adam Herges (2025)
Work Group:
Plant Agriculture and Environmental Issues
mosaicco.com
Tuskegee University, College of Agriculture, Environment, and Nutrition Services
John Jones (2024)
Work Group:
Plant Agriculture and Environmental Issues
tuskegee.edu.org
United Soybean Board
Andrew Scott (2025)
Work Group:
Plant Agriculture and Environmental Issues
unitedsoybean.org

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