The Academic Programs Committee on Organization and Policy (ACOP) is the executive committee of the Academic Programs Section. It is made up of the individuals listed below with the exception of the regional chair-elects.
Officers
Chair
Scott Willard
Dean and Director
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Mississippi State University
Chair-Elect
Claus Tittiger
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
College of Agriculture, Biotechnology, and Natural Resources
University of Nevada, Reno
Secretary
Kristen Govoni
Associate Dean of Academic Programs
College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources
University of Connecticut
Past Chair
Anna Ball
Associate Dean for Academic Programs Section
College of Agricultural, Consumer & Environmental Sciences
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Regional Representatives
1890 Institutions’ Representative
De’Etra Young
Associate Dean of Academics and Land-grant Programs
Tennessee State University
North Central Chair
Carmen Bain
Associate Dean
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Iowa State University
North Central Chair-Elect
Vacant
Northeast Regional Chair
Susan Sullivan
Associate Dean for Academics
College of Earth, Life and Health Sciences
University of Maine
Southern Region Chair
De’Etra Young
Associate Dean of Academics and Land-grant Programs
Tennessee State University
Southern Region Chair-Elect
Vacant
Western Region Chair
Don Conner
Associate Dean and Director of Academic Programs
New Mexico State University
Western Region Chair-Elect
Vacant
Additional Representatives
NARRU Representative
Robert Cox
Associate Dean for Academic and Student Programs
College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources
Texas Tech University
Policy Board of Directors Representative
Susan Sumner
Associate Dean, Academic Programs
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Virginia Tech
Policy Board of Directors Alternate Representative
Bryan Garton
Senior Associate Dean, Academic Programs
College of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources
University of Missouri
Budget and Advocacy Committee Representative
Tiffany Heng-Moss
Dean, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Alternate: Scott Willard, Mississippi State University
Committee on Legislation and Policy
Cynda Clary
Associate Dean
Ferguson College of Agriculture
Oklahoma State University
Committee on Communications and Marketing
Dan Moser
Associate Dean for Academic Programs
College of Agriculture
Kansas State University
APS Representative to the BAA Climate Change Initiative
John Stier
Associate Dean, Academic Programs
Herbert College of Agriculture Administration
University of Tennessee
Liaisons
Board on Health and Human Sciences Liaison
Lise Youngblade
Dean, College of Health and Human Sciences
Colorado State University
CARET Liaison
Eric Hinson
CARET
Ex-Officio
Wendy Fink
Executive Director of the BAA Academic Programs Section and
Assistant Vice President of Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resources
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