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

Kathryn Boor, Ph.D.

Vice Chair, FFAR Board of Directors
Dean and Vice Provost of Graduate Education
Cornell University

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

Krysta Harden

President and CEO
US Dairy Export Council

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 COO
Riceland 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

Alton Thompson, Ph.D.

Executive Director
Association of 1890 Research Directors

Ex Officio Board Members

Tom Vilsack

Ex-Officio, Secretary of Agriculture

Chavonda Jacobs-Young, Ph.D.

Administrator
US Department of Agriculture-Agriculture Research Service

Joanne Tornow, Ph.D.

Ex-Officio
Assistant Director for Biological Sciences
Designee of Dr. Sethuraman Panchanathan, Director
National Science Foundation

Carrie Castille, Ph.D.

Director, US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture

Shefali Mehta, PhD

Ex-Officio
Deputy Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics
US Department of Agriculture

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