ACOP

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