Communications and Marketing Committee (CMC)

The Communications and Marketing Committee (CMC) is a standing committee of APLU’s Board on Agriculture Assembly (BAA) Board of Directors. The CMC oversees and guides the educational effort to increase awareness of the land-grant universities’ agricultural and related programs, Agricultural Experiment Stations, and Cooperative Extension Services.

Voting Members

Chair
James Pritchett (AHS)
Vice President for Engagement and Extension
Colorado State University

Incoming Chair
Katherine Hancock (agInnovation)
Assistant Vice Chancellor Marketing and Communications
Texas A&M AgriLife

Communications Representative, 1890s
Latasha Ford
Research Communications Specialist
College of Agriculture, Family Sciences and Technology
Fort Valley State University

Communications Representative, Southern Region
Frankie Gould
Associate Vice President & Professor
LSU AgCenter
Louisiana State University

Communications Representative, Western Region
Jennifer Alexander
Director, Extension Communications
Oregon State University

Communications Representative, North Central Region
Michelle Enger
Communications Director
College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
University of Missouri

Communications Representative, Northeast Region
Stacey Stearns
Extension Communications Specialist
University of Connecticut

Academic Programs Section
David White
Dean, Herbert College of Agriculture
University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Council on Governmental Affairs
Anne Megaro
Government and Community Relations Director
University of California

Association for Communication Excellence
John Hawley
Director of Communications, MSU Extension
Montana State University

Ex-officio Members

Administrative Heads Section Executive Director
Doug Steele
Vice President, Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resources
Association of Public and Land-grant Universities

Communications and Partnerships Assistant Vice President
Andrea Putman
AVP, Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resources
Association of Public and Land-grant Universities

Executive Vice-Chair
Rick Rhodes
Associate Dean, Research and Outreach
Associate Director, RI Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension
University of Rhode Island

Assistant Executive Vice-Chair
David Leibovitz
Coordinator, Northeastern Regional Association
University of Rhode Island

Cooperative Extension System/ECOP
Bill Hoffman
Executive Director, Cooperative Extension System
Association of Public and Land-grant Universities

Secretary
Kim Scotto
Communications Manager, Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resources
Association of Public and Land-grant Universities

International Agriculture Section
Jagger Harvey
Director of Global Research Initiatives
Clemson University

National Institute of Food and Agriculture Liaison
Faith Peppers
Director of Communications
National Institute of Food and Agriculture

Multistate Research Fund Impacts Program
Sara Delheimer
Program Coordinator/Writer
Multistate Research Fund Impacts Program