
Kathryn Boor, Ph.D.
Dean and Vice Provost of Graduate Education
Cornell University
Vice Chair, FFAR 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.
Dean and Vice Provost of Graduate Education
Cornell University
Vice Chair, FFAR Board of Directors
Director, MSU AgBioResearch and Assistant Vice President for Research and Innovation
Michigan State University
Technology Investor and Advisor
Distinguished Professor of Sustainable Agriculture and Community-Based Food Systems
North Carolina State University
Professor Emeritus
University of California, Davis
Past Chair
Executive Director, Congressional Program
Aspen Institute
Chair
President
Mississippi State University
Director of the Laboratory of Renewable Resources Engineering; Distinguished Professor
Purdue University
President
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation
Treasurer
Retired, Corporate Vice President, Research and Development
Cargill, Inc.
Executive Chair and Partner
Primary BioAg Innovations and Global BioAg Linkages
Founder and Director
Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc.
Regents Professor Emeritus, Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health
Washington State University
Executive Vice President and COORiceland Foods, Inc.
Professor of Neurology and Director of the Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases
University of California, San Francisco
Farmer
Rodibaugh & Sons
Past President
American Farm Bureau Federation
Executive Director
Association of 1890 Research Directors
Ex-OfficioSecretary of Agriculture
US Department Of Agriculture
Administrator, Agricultural Research Service
US Department of Agriculture
Acting DirectorUS Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Ex-OfficioAssistant Director for Biological SciencesDesignee of Dr. Sethuraman Panchanathan, Director
National Science Foundation
Deputy Under Secretary
US Department of Agriculture Research, Education and Economics Mission
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