Budget and Advocacy Committee (BAC)

Voting Members

Chair
Mike Boehm
Vice President and Harlan Vice Chancellor of the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources
University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Advocacy Chair
Vacant

Research Programs

agInnovation
Anton Bekkerman
Associate Dean, College of Life Sciences and Agriculture
University of New Hampshire

Steve Lommel
Associate Dean for Research, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
North Carolina State University

1890 Research
Lloyd T. Walker
Dean & Research Director, College of Agricultural, Life and Natural Sciences
Alabama A&M University

1994 Institutions
John L. Phillips
Executive Director, First Americans Land Grant Consortium (FALCON) and AIHEC Representative
American Indian Higher Education Consortium

Ahniwake Rose
Vice President Congressional & Federal Relations
American Indian Higher Education Consortium

Section on Forestry Resources
Linda Nagel
Dean, Quinney College of Natural Resources
Utah State University

Extension Programs

Cooperative Extension Section
Jason Henderson
Vice President for Extension and Outreach, College of Agriculture
Iowa State University

1890 Extension
Mark Latimore, Jr.
Associate Dean for Extension, College of Agriculture, Family Sciences, and Technology
Fort Valley State University

Education Programs

Academic Programs Section
Tiffany Heng-Moss
Dean, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
University of Nebraska-Lincoln

1994 Institutions
John Phillips and Ahniwake Rose – See above.

Global Agriculture Research and Extension Partnerships

International Agriculture Section
Kevin M. Fitzsimmons
Director, International Initiatives College of Agriculture & Life Sciences 
University of Arizona

Additional Members and Adjacent Advocacy Efforts

APLU Non-Land-Grant Institutions
John Greathouse
Associate Professor, School of Agricultural Sciences
Northwest Missouri State University

Insular/Territorial Institutions
Usman Adamu
Dean and Director, Agriculture Programs, Agricultural Experiment Station, Cooperative Extension, and Academic Teaching
University of the Virgin Islands

Council for Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching
Mike Miller
CARET Delegate
Washington State University

Board on Health and Human Sciences
Brenda Lohman
Chair and Professor, Human Development and Family Science
University of Missouri-Columbia

Board on Veterinary Medicine
Carlos Risco
Dean, College of Veterinary Medicine
Oklahoma State University

Non-Voting Members

BAA Committee on Legislation and Policy (CLP) Liaison
Rich Bonanno
Associate Dean, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and Director, NC State Extension
North Carolina State University

BAA Policy Board of Directors (PBD) Liaison
Ernie Minton
Dean, College of Agriculture and Director, K-State Research and Extension
Kansas State University

APLU Council on Governmental Affairs (CGA) Liaison
Susan K. Peterson
Chief of Government Relations
Kansas State University

1890 Research
Alton Thompson  
Executive Director, Association of 1890 Research Directors
North Carolina A&T State University 

1890 Extension
Albert E. Essel  
Executive Director 
Association of Extension Administrators 

Cooperative Extension System and Extension Committee on Organization and Policy (ECOP)
Bill Hoffman
Executive Director, ECOP
Association of Public and Land-grant Universities

agInnovation/Experiment Station Committee on Organization and Policy (ESCOP)
Gary Thompson
Executive Director, Southern Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors
University of Arkansas 

Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges
Kevin Cain  
Legislative Director 
Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges

Lewis-Burke Associates

Bridget Krieger
Principal
Lewis-Burke Associates

Elizabeth Stulberg
Principal 
Lewis-Burke Associates

Bruno Freitas
Principal 
Lewis-Burke Associates

Christina Laridaen
Associate
Lewis-Burke Associates

Hannah Marie Peters-Edwards
Associate
Lewis-Burke Associates

APLU Staff

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

Wendy Fink
Executive Director, Academic Programs Section (APS)
Associate Vice President, Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resources
Association of Public and Land-grant Universities

Flannery Bethel
Senior Associate, Office of Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resources
Association of Public and Land-grant Universities