The FFAR Board of Directors includes 17 voting members, and five ex-officio members designated by Congress. FFAR’s non-voting ex officio members are the stewards of the Foundation's close partnerships with the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Specifically, these members provide insight into the federal research enterprise and ensure that FFAR’s work complements USDA and NSF research.
Mississippi State University President Mississippi State University President Mark Keenum chairs the FFAR Board of Directors.
Appointed Members
Dr. Doug Buhler
Director, MSU AgBioResearch and Assistant Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies
Dr. Doug Cameron
Managing Director
Dr. Nancy Creamer
Distinguished Professor of Horticulture and Sustainable and Community-Based Food Systems
Dr. Debby Delmer
Professor Emeritus
Dr. Rob Horsch
Past Deputy Director, Agricultural Research and Development
Dr. Mehmood Khan
Vice Chairman and Chief Scientific Officer, Global R&D
Dr. Michael Ladisch
Director of the Laboratory of Renewable Resources Engineering
Dr. Chris Mallett
Retired Corporate Vice President, Research and Development
Dr. Pam Marrone
Founder and CEO
Dr. Terry McElwain
Regents Professor Emeritus, Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health
Dr. Stanley Prusiner
Professor of Neurology and Director of the Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Dr. Yehia "Mo" Saif
Professor Emeritus of the Food Animal Health Research Program of the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
Mr. Bob Stallman
Past President
Dr. Alton Thompson
Executive Director
Ex Officio Board Members
Sonny Perdue
Secretary of Agriculture
Dr. Chavonda Jacobs-Young
Administrator, Agricultural Research Service
Dr. J. Scott Angle
Director
Dr. Joanne Tornow
Assistant Director (Acting) for Biological Sciences
Designee of Dr. France Córdova, Director
