Kathryn Boor, Ph.D.
Vice Chair, FFAR Board of Directors
Dean and Vice Provost of Graduate Education
Cornell University
Our Board of Directors
Our distinguished board of directors includes voting members as well as ex-officio members designated by Congress. The board of directors guides our strategy and organizational governance. The ex-officio board positions support our close partnerships with the National Science Foundation and the US Department of Agriculture.
Appointed Board Members
Doug Buhler, Ph.D.
Director, MSU AgBioResearch and Assistant Vice President for Research and Innovation,
Michigan State University
Doug Cameron, Ph.D.
Technology Investor and Advisor
Nancy Creamer, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of Sustainable Agriculture and Community-Based Food Systems
North Carolina State University
Deborah Delmer, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
University of California, Davis
Hon. Dan Glickman
Past Chair, FFAR Board of Directors
Executive Director, Congressional Program
Aspen Institute
Mark E. Keenum, Ph.D.
Chair, FFAR Board of Directors
President
Mississippi State University
Michael R. Ladisch, Ph.D.
Secretary, FFAR Board of Directors
Director of the Laboratory of Renewable Resources Engineering; Distinguished Professor
Purdue University
John R. Lumpkin, MD, MPH
President
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation
Chris Mallett, D.Phil.
Treasurer, FFAR Board of Directors
Retired, Corporate Vice President, Research and Development
Cargill, Inc.
Pam Marrone, Ph.D.
Executive Chair and Partner
Primary BioAg Innovations and Global BioAg Linkages
Founder and Director
Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc.
Terry McElwain, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Regents Professor Emeritus, Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health
Washington State University
Ben Noble
Executive Vice President and COORiceland Foods, Inc.
Stanley Prusiner, M.D.
Professor of Neurology and Director of the Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases
University of California, San Francisco
Danita Rodibaugh
Farmer
Rodibaugh & Sons
Mr. Bob Stallman
Past President
American Farm Bureau Federation
Alton Thompson, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Association of 1890 Research Directors
Ex Officio Board Members
Tom Vilsack
Ex-Officio, Secretary of Agriculture
Simon Liu, Ph.D.
Acting Administrator, Agricultural Research Service
US Department of Agriculture
Chavonda Jacobs-Young, Ph.D.
Acting Under Secretary
US Department of Agriculture Research, Education, and Economics Mission
Joanne Tornow, Ph.D.
Ex-OfficioAssistant Director for Biological SciencesDesignee of Dr. Sethuraman Panchanathan, Director
National Science Foundation
Carrie Castille, Ph.D.
Director, US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture