Membership of the Fiscal Year 2022 BAA Budget and Advocacy Committee

VOTING MEMBERS
 

CHAIR
Paul M. Patterson
Dean, College of Agriculture
and Director, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station
Auburn University

Advocacy Chair
Michael J. Boehm
Vice President and Harlan Vice Chancellor of the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources
University of Nebraska System

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

Cooperative Extension Section
Jon C. Boren
Associate Dean and Director, Cooperative Extension
New Mexico State University

Experiment Station Section
Glenda Humiston
Vice President, Agriculture and Natural Resources
University of California Systemwide

International Agriculture Section
Kevin M. Fitzsimmons
Director, International Initiatives
University of Arizona

1890 Extension
M. Ray McKinnie
Interim Dean
College of Agriculture
Virginia 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

Patrese Atine
Director of Congressional/Federal Relations
American Indian Higher Education Consortium

APLU Non-Land-Grant Institutions
Karen L. Jones
Department Chair, PSAS, Animal Science, Food, and Nutrition
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale

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
Brian Hardin
Alabama

Board on Human Sciences
Erik J. Porfeli
Professor and Chair
Department of Human Sciences
College of Education and Human Ecology
The Ohio State University

Board on Veterinary Medicine
Carolyn J. Henry
Dean and Professor of Oncology
College of Veterinary Medicine
University of Missouri-Columbia

Section on Forestry Resources
Linda M. Nagel
Professor and Department Head, Forest and Rangeland Stewardship
Warner College of Natural Resources
Colorado State University\

NON-VOTING MEMBERS
 

BAA Committee on Legislation and Policy Liaison
Marshall Stewart
Vice Chancellor for Extension and Engagement
University of Missouri

BAA Policy Board of Directors Liaison
Vacant

Thomas G. Coon
Vice President, Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
Oklahoma State University

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

NON-VOTING MEMBERS

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

Suzette Robinson
Senior Executive Assistant to Vice President, Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resources 
Association of Public and Land-grant Universities

Flannery Bethel
Senior Associate 
Association of Public and Land-grant Universities

Caroline E. (Crocoll) Henney
Executive Director, Extension and Outreach
Cooperative Extension/Association of Public and Land-grant Universities

Wendy Fink
Executive Director, Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resources and BAA Academic Program Section
Association of Public and Land-grant Universities

Caron Gala
Director, Governmental Affairs, Agriculture and International Development
Association of Public and Land-grant Universities

Alton Thompson
Executive Director
Association of 1890 Research Directors

Albert E. Essel
Executive Director
Association of Extension Administrators

Jeff S. Jacobsen
Executive Director
North Central Regional Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors

Andrew T. McCabe
Executive Director
Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges

Kevin Cain
Legislative Director
Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges

Bridget Krieger
Principal 
Lewis-Burke Associates

Elizabeth Stulberg
Principal 
Lewis-Burke Associates

Sierra Cato
Principal
Lewis-Burke Associates

Christina Laridaen
Associate
Lewis-Burke Associates