2023 COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATION AND POLICY

VOTING MEMBERS

Chair
Marshall Stewart
Vice Chancellor of Extension and Engagement
University of Missouri

Academic Program Section
Josef M. Broder
Associate Dean for Academic Programs
University of Georgia

Cooperative Extension Section 
A. Richard Bonanno
Associate Dean and Director of Cooperative Extension
North Carolina State University

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

International Agriculture Section
Sundararam Gunnsekaram
Director,  College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
University of Wisconsin-Madison

1890 Research
Vernon L. Jones
Associate Professor
Langston University

1890 Extension
Mark Latimore, Jr.
Extension Administrator and Assistant Vice President, Land-Grant Affairs
Fort Valley State University

1994 Institutions
John L. Phillips
Land-Grant Program Director
American Indian Higher Education Consortium

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

Insular/Territorial Institutions
Lee S. Yudin
Dean and Director
University of Guam

APLU Non-Land-Grant Institutions
Tony L. Brannon
Dean, Huston School of Agriculture
Murray State University

Board on Human Sciences
Laura F. Stephenson
Associate Dean and Director of Extension
University of Kentucky

Section on Forestry Resources
W. Dale Greene
Dean, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
University of Georgia

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

Council for Agricultural Research, Extension and Teaching
Jake Tibbitts
Nevada

NON-VOTING MEMBERS

BAA Budget and Advocacy Committee Liaison
Paul M. Patterson
Dean, College of Agriculture, and Director, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station
Auburn University

BAA Policy Board of Directors Liaison
Mark Latimore, Jr.
Extension Administrator and Assistant Vice President, Land-Grant Affairs
Fort Valley State University

APLU Council on Governmental Affairs Liaison 
John A. Latini
Director of Federal Relations
The Pennsylvania State University

EX OFFICIO MEMBERS

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

Suzette Robinson
Executive Assistant, Vice President, Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources (FANR)
Association of Public and Land-grant Universities

Caroline (Crocoll) Henney
Executive Director Cooperative Extension System, Extension Committee on Organization and Policy (CES-ECOP)
Assistant Vice President, Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources (FANR)
Association of Public and Land-grant Universities

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

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

Florencia Drumwright
Senior Associate, Board on Human Sciences (BoHS),
Council for Agricultural Research, Extension and Teaching (CARET)
The Board on Agriculture Assembly (BAA) Office of Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources (FANR)
Association of Public and Land-grant Universities

C. Randall Nuckolls (Forestry)
Washington Counsel
The University of Georgia

Alton Thompson
Regional Research Director
Association of 1890 Research Directors

Richard C. Rhodes, III
Executive Director
Northeastern Regional Association of State Agricultural Experiment Station Directors

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

Gary A. Thompson
Executive Director
Southern Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors

Bret W. Hess
Executive Director
Western Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors

Albert E. Essel
Executive Director
Association of 1890 Extension Directors

Ali Mitchell Dunigan
Executive Director
Northeast Extension Directors' Association

Robin A. Shepard
Executive Director
North Central Cooperative Extension Association

Ronald A. Brown
Executive Director
Association of Southern Region Extension Directors

Lyla Houglum
Executive Director
Western Extension Directors' Association

Eric Young
Executive Director
Southern Region Administrative Heads Section

Vernie Hubert
Senior Vice President
Cornerstone Government Affairs

Hunt Shipman
Principal and Director
Cornerstone Government Affairs

Jim Richards
Principal and Director
Cornerstone Government Affairs

Maggie Earle
Senior Associate
Cornerstone Government Affairs