2020 BAA Policy Board of Directors

(Expiration of Term follows name)

Chair

Orlando F. McMeans (2021)
Chancellor-Dean
Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center 

Alternate:  Kenneth L. White, Utah State University
 

Chair-elect

Thomas G. Coon (2023)
Vice President, Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
Oklahoma State University

Alternate:  Cathann A. Kress, The Ohio State University
 

Academic Programs Section

Susan S. Sumner (2021)
Associate Dean, Academic Programs
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Alternate:  Bryan L. Garton, University of Missouri, Columbia
 

Cooperative Extension Section

Michelle S. Rodgers (2021)
Associate Dean and Director of Cooperative Extension
University of Delaware

Alternate:  Wendy Powers, University of California

Experiment Station Section

Gary A. Thompson (2020)
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education and Director, Agricultural Experiment Station
The Pennsylvania State University

Alternate:  Deb Hamernik, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
 

International Agriculture Section

John R. Vreyens (2020)
Director, Global Initiatives
University of Minnesota Extension

Alternate:  Amrit N. Bart, University of Georgia

1890 Land-Grant Universities

Carolyn J. Williams (2021)
Associate Administrator, Cooperative Extension
Prairie View A&M University

Alternate:  Vernon L. Jones, Langston University

 

1994 Land-Grant Universities

Charlene E. Carr (2021)
Director of Land-Grant Programs
Institute of American Indian Arts

Alternate:  Stephen R. Yanni, Bay Mills Community College

APLU Non-Land-Grant Universities

William F. Brown (2021)
Dean
College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
Texas Tech University

Alternate:  Karen L. Jones,  Southern Illinois University at Carbondale

Insular/Territorial Institutions

Lee S. Yudin (2020)
Dean and Professor, College of Natural and Applied Sciences
University of the Guam

Alternate: Thomas W. Zimmerman, University of the Virgin Islands
 

APLU (ex officio)

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