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Board of Directors
The eleven-member Board of Directors is composed of four representatives from Extension (three from 1862 institutions and one from an 1890 institution) and four representatives from research (three from 1862 institutions and one from an 1890 institution). One permanent, non land-grant representative is from the Farm Foundation, and two other non land-grand representatives are selected from the private sector. Each board member serves for a term of four years. Current members are as follows:
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Lawrence Carter
Board Term: 12/06 - 11/10
Cooperative Extension Programs
Florida A&M University
215 Perry-Paige Agricultural Building S
Tallahassee, FL 32307
(850) 599-3546 Fax: (850) 561-2151
lawrence.carter@famu.edu |
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Melissa Mixon
Board Term: Permanent
Interim Executive Director
University Extension and Outreach
Box 9601
Mississippi State, MS 39762
(662) 325-3036 Fax: (662) 325-8407
mixon@dafvm.msstate.edu |
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Dwight Landreneau, Chair-Elect
Board Term:
12/06-11/10
Associate Vice Chancellor and Associate Director
Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service
P. O. Box 25100
Baton Rouge, LA 70895-5100
(225) 578-2391 Fax: (225) 578-4225
dlandreneau@agcenter.lsu.edu |
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Ariel Ramirez
Board Term: 12/04 - 11/08
Associate Dean and Assistant Director
University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Campus
PO Box 9031
Mayaguez, PR 00681-9031
(787) 833-2665 Fax: (787) 265-4130
arielramirez@uprm.edu |
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Carter Catlin, Jr.
Board Term: 12/04 - 11/08
Associate Research Director
Tennessee State University
Nashville, TN 37209-1561
(615) 963-5819 Fax: (615) 963-5532
ccatlin@tnstate.edu
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George Hochmuth
Board Term: 12/06-11/10
Dean for Research
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
P.O. Box 110200 / 1022 McCarty Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611
(352) 392-1784
hoch@ufl.edu |
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Lisa Collins, Chair
Board Term: 12/05 - 11/09
Assistant Director, Research Office
Agricultural Experiment Station
University of Kentucky
S129B Agriculture Science Center North
Lexington, KY 40506
(859) 257-3333 Fax: (859) 257-3393
lisa.collins@uky.edu |
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Melissa Mixon
Board Term: Permanent
Interim VP for Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine
Mississippi State University
PO Box 9800
Mississippi State, MS 39762-9740
(662) 325-3006 Fax: (662) 325-3001
mixon@dafvm.msstate.edu |
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Ray Daffner
Board Term: 05/08 - 11/12
Manager - Asset Based Development initiative
Appalachian Regional Commission
1666 Connecticut Ave, NW
Washington DC 20009
(202) 884-7777 Fax: (202) 884-7682
rdaffner@arc.gov |
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Susan Jenkins
Board Term: 12/07 - 11/11
Executive Director
Cherokee Preservation Foundation
P.O. Box 504
Cherokee, NC 28719
(828) 497-5550 Fax: (828) 497-8929
sjenkins@cherokeepreservationfdn.org |
Steve Halbrook
Board Term: Permanent
Vice President
Farm Foundation
1301 W 22nd Street, Suite 615
Oak Brook, IL 60521-2115
(630) 571-9393 Fax: (630) 571-9580
steve@farmfoundation.org |
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Robert Gibbs
Regional Economist
USDA-ERS
1800 M Street Room 2061
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 694-5423 Fax: (202) 694-5642
rgibbs@ers.usda.gov |
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Sally Ward Maggard
National Program Leader, ECS
USDA-CSREES
1400 Independence Ave.
SW Mailstop 2215
Washington, DC 20250
(202) 720-0741 Fax: (202) 690-2975
smaggard@csrees.usda.gov |
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