Appendix B
Working Group Participants
Working Group 1: Community Colleges, Technical Colleges, and Pre-College
Ellen Bergfeld | American Society of Agronomy; Crop Science Society of America; Soil Science Society of America |
Keely DiTizio | Salem County Technical School, New Jersey |
Lauren Fillebrown | New Jersey FFA |
Tiffany Heng-Moss | University of Nebraska |
Janie Hipp | University of Arkansas (formerly Tribal Relations, U.S. Department of Agriculture) |
Jay Lee | Northeastern Junior College |
Julie McClure | Tri-Societies |
Joyce Parker | National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture |
Brandi Schottel | National Science Foundation |
Jon Simonsen | University of Missouri |
Scott Stump | Vivayic |
Michael Womochil | Colorado Community College System |
Working Group 2: University Programming: Curriculum and Soft Skill Development
Olga Bolden-Tiller | Tuskegee University |
Joe Broder | University of Georgia |
Morgan Dawson | Dow AgroSciences |
Marcos Fernandez | Purdue University |
Bob Flores | California Polytechnic State University; Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Related Sciences |
Ian Maw | Association of Public and Land-grant Universities |
Richard Rateau | The Pennsylvania State University |
Drew Ratterman | Dow AgroSciences |
Tom Rudin | National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine |
Frank Santiago | Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Related Sciences |
Bill Smith | Helena |
Eric Spell | AgCareers.com |
Mark Stewart | Agriculture Future of America |
Jennifer Struck | DuPont Pioneer |
Christine White | National FFA |
Working Group 3: Technology: MOOCs, Online Instruction, Other
Susan Biro | Prince George’s Community College |
Donald Boggs | Kansas State University and AG*IDEA |
Jill Buban | Online Learning Consortium |
Samuel Crowell | Office of the Chief Scientist, U.S. Department of Agriculture |
Becca Harrison | Cornell University |
Jason Hill | University of Minnesota and Coursera |
Chuck House | Grain Elevator Program |
Larry Ragan | The Pennsylvania State University |
Norman Scott | Cornell University |
Kellie Taguchi | Insular College (Guam, Hawaii) |
Jeff Young | The Chronicle of Higher Education |
Working Group 4: Partnerships Between Educational Institutions and Industry/Other Employers
Bob Brackett | Illinois Institute of Technology |
Elizabeth M. Calvey | Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
Charles Czuprynski | Food Research Institute, University of Wisconsin–Madison |
Ronnie Green | University of Nebraska |
Eric Hentges | International Life Sciences Institute North America |
Stewart Leeth | Smithfield |
Jim McKenney | American Association of Community Colleges |
Claire Narrod | Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition |
Terry Niblack | The Ohio State University |
Riley Pagett | National FFA |
Joseph Scimeca | Cargill |
Larry Walker | University of Mississippi |
Ann Yaktine | National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine |
Working Group 5: Co-Curricular Activities: Internships, Experiential Learning
Jay Akridge | Purdue University |
Mareena Bartz | Iowa State University |
Steve Brown | U.S. Department of Education; National FFA |
Cynda Clary | Oklahoma State University |
John Foltz | University of Idaho |
Walter Hill | Tuskegee University |
Tracy Hoover | The Pennsylvania State University |
Chuck Johnson | Vincennes |
Cindy Johnson | Land O’Lakes, Inc. |
Ken Kalscheur | Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture |
Trent McKnight | National Council for Agricultural Education |
Emilio Oyarzabal | Monsanto Company (Bayer Crop Science) |
Robin Schoen | National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine |
Working Group 6: Assessing Talent Supply and Demand
Alicia Calhoun | PMA Foundation |
Rob Denson | Des Moines Area Community College |
Marj Faust | ABS Global |
Wendy Fink | Association of Public and Land-grant Universities |
Will Fisher | Institute of Food Technologists |
Alan Goecker | Purdue University |
Don McClellan | Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture |
Muquarrab Qureshi | National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture |
Susan Sumner | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
Working Group 7: Raising the Profile of FANR Jobs
Dwight Armstrong | FFA |
Norman Barclift | Bayer Crop Science; Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Related Sciences |
Josh Bledsoe | National FFA |
Jane Ellis | National Association of Biology Teachers |
Bill Hook | Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences |
Bethany Johns | American Society of Agronomy; Crop Science Society of America; Soil Science Society of America |
Jan Nyrop | Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences |
Carolyn Olson | Office of the Chief Economist, U.S. Department of Agriculture |
Steve Rhines | Noble Foundation |
Julie Tesch | American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture |
Ted Wells | STEM Connector Food & Ag Council |
Working Group 8: Recruitment and Retention in FANR Jobs
Amanda Blohm | Dow |
Cinnamon Butler | Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Agriculture |
Tomesah Harrison | Bayer Crop Science |
Shayla Jackson | North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University |
Carlos Rodriguez-Franco | U.S. Forest Service |
Ashley Searles | Farm Credit |
Suresh Sureshwaran | National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture |
Quentin Tyler | University of Kentucky; Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Related Sciences |
Fred Vocasek | ServiTech Laboratories |
Ebony Webber | Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Related Sciences |
Maria Elena Zavala | Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science; American Society of Plant Biologists’ Minority Affairs Committee |
Working Group 9: Recruitment and Retention Schemes in the Academic Pipeline
Keith Belli | University of Tennessee, Knoxville |
Adam Cahill | The Ohio State University |
Tiffany Carter | Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Related Sciences |
Rick Cavaletto | California Polytechnic State University |
Caron Gala | Council on Food, Agricultural & Resource Economics |
Robin Habeger | DuPont |
Keegan Kautzky | World Food Prize |
Kara Laney | National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine |
Michael McKibben | University of California, Riverside |
Teresa Mourad | Ecological Society of America |
Chuck Rice | Kansas State University |
Terry Sharik | Michigan Technological University; National Association of University Forest Resource Programs |
R. Elaine Turner | University of Florida |
Working Group 10: Challenges in Addressing an Increasingly Global Workforce
Zeinab Ali | PepsiCo, Inc. |
Bernice Chu | National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine |
Tom Gill | University of Tennessee, Knoxville |
Melissa Harper | Monsanto Company (Bayer Crop Science) |
Ani Katchova | The Ohio State University |
Kevin Marinacci | Febretto Group |
David Orden | International Food Policy Research Institute, World Bank |
Moushumi Paul | Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture |
Crispin Taylor | American Society of Plant Biologists |
Ariela Zycherman | National Science Foundation |