Policy Board of Directors (PBD)

The Policy Board of Directors (PBD) of the Board on Agriculture Assembly (BAA) takes appropriate action on key matters affecting the interests of the member institutions and of the Assembly and is responsible to APLU for the management of Assembly affairs.

• BAA Rules of Operation
• PBD Membership
• Elections

The PBD has three standing committees:

• Budget and Advocacy Committee (BAC)
• Committee on Legislation and Policy (CLP)
• Communications and Marketing Committee (CMC)

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Voting Members

Chair
Ernie Minton
Dean, College of Agriculture
Kansas State University

Alternate: VACANT

Academic Programs Section
Susan S. Sumner
Associate Dean, Academic Programs
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Alternate: Amy Wright, Auburn University

Cooperative Extension Section
Quentin Tyler
Director, MSU Extension
Michigan State University

Alternate: Brent Hales, University of California

agInnovation
Mark McGuire
Director, Idaho Agricultural Experiment Station
University of Idaho

Alternate: Shibu Jose, University of Missouri

International Agriculture Section
Jennifer Kushner
Interim Director, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) Global
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Alternate: J. José Cisneros, North Carolina State University

1890 Land-Grant Universities
Vonda Richardson
Extension Administrator, Cooperative Extension Program
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU)

Alternate: Vernon L. Jones, Langston University

1994 Land-Grant Universities
Stephen R. Yanni
Land Grant Director & Accreditation Liaison Officer
Bay Mills Community College

Alternate: VACANT

APLU Non-Land-Grant Universities
Fanson Kidwaro
Chair, Department of Agriculture
College of Applied Science and Technology
Illinois State University

Alternate: VACANT

Insular/Territorial Institutions
Raúl E. Macchiavelli
Dean and Director
College of Agricultural Sciences
University of Puerto Rico

Alternate: Thomas W. Zimmerman, University of the Virgin Islands

Ex-officio Members

Douglas L. Steele
Vice President for Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resources
Association of Public and Land-grant Universities

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Elections

Pursuant to Article 3, Section 2, Subsection A(3) of the Rules of Operation of the Board on Agriculture Assembly, the Policy Board of Directors shall be elected by members of the Assembly. A slate of two (2) candidates for each open directorship will be nominated by the respective Sections or organizations from their membership and voted upon by the entire Assembly membership. Candidates shall be submitted to the Nominating Committee no later than August 1 of each year. The election shall be held by electronic or mail ballot and shall be completed no later than October 15 of each year.

The alternate for each section to the PBD would be the individual from the section or organization who was not elected to serve.