SEC APPOINTS AGRICULTURAL ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS
Sec. Glickman just announced members of the National Agricultural Research,
Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board. Authorized by the 1996
FAIR Act, the board will advise USDA and land-grant colleges and universities
on ag. research, extension, education and economics policy and priorities. It
replaces 3 USDA boards: the Agricultural Science and Technology Review
Board, the Joint Council on Food and Agricultural Sciences, and the National
Agricultural Research and Extension Users Advisory Board.
Advisory Board's first meeting is September 16-18 in Washington, D.C.
Members were selected from nominations from over 600 organizations as
part of a nationwide search that produced over 400 nominees. Terms range
from 1 to- 3 yrs.
Members (and general category; FAIR Act specified membership category
for each of the 30 advisory board members) are:
- Frank Busta, St. Paul, MN, Univ. of Minnesota, (nat'l food science organization)
- Zerle Carpenter, Bryan, TX, Texas A&M Univ., (nat'l food animal science
organization)
Gail Cassell, Birmingham, AL, Univ. of Alabama-Birmingham, (scientific
community not closely associated with ag.)
Mary Clutter, Washington, D.C., National Science Foundation, (research
agency of Federal Gov't other than USDA)
- John Dillard, Leland, MS, self-employed farmer, (nat'l aquaculture association)
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- Dan Dooley, Visalia, CA, self-employed farmer, (plant commodity
producer); Brother Calvin Dooley represents CA 20th District in the US
House of Reps.
- Kirk Ferrell, Arlington, VA, National Pork Producers Council, (nat'l animal
commodity organization)
- Hector Garza, Silver Spring, MD, American Council on Education,
(nat'l organization directly concerned with ag research, education and
extension)
- David Gipp, Mandan, ND, United Tribes Technology College, (1994 Institution)
- Jerry Don Glover, Muleshoe, TX, Texas Corn Producers Board, (nat'l crop
commodity organization)
- Miley Gonzalez, Las Cruces, NM, New Mexico Cooperative Extension Service,
(Hispanic-serving institution)
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- Victor Lechtenberg, W. LaFayette, IN, Purdue Univ., (1862 Land Grant
University)
- Thomas Lyon, Shawano, WI, Cooperative Resources International, (farm coop)
- Sam Minor, Washington, PA, The Springhouse Co., (food retailing and
marketing interest)
- Janice Nixon, Sterling, CO, Colorado State Univ. Cooperative Extension,
(nat'l social science association)
- Russ Notar, Wheaton, MD, National Cooperative Business Association, (internat'l
development/private sector organization)
- Ralph Paige, LaGrange, GA, Federation of Southern Cooperatives, (rural
economic development)
- Skee Rasmussen, Belvidere, SD, self-employed rancher, (food animal commodity p
producer)
- Richard Ross, Ames, IA, Iowa State Univ., (American Colleges of Vet. Medicine)
- Barbara Schneeman, Davis, CA, Univ. of California-Davis, (nat'l nutritional
science society)
- Ann Sorensen, Oregon, IL, American Farmland Trust, (nat'l conservation or
natural resources group)
- Dolores Spikes, Baton Rouge, LA, Southern Univ. and A&M College System,
(1890 Land Grant University)
- Joe Stewart, Battle Creek, MI, Kellogg Co., (food and fiber processor)
- Barbara Stowe, Manhattan, KS, Kansas State Univ., (nat'l consumer interest
group)
- Larry Tombaugh, Cary, NC, North Carolina State Univ., (nat'l forestry group)
- Ann Vidaver, Lincoln, NE, Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln, (nat'l crop, soil,
agronomy, horticulture or weed science society)
- Kaye Wachsmuth, Washington, D.C., Food Safety and Inspection Service,
(USDA agency lacking research capabilities)
- Ronald Warfield, Gibson City, IL, Illinois Farm Bureau, (nat'l farm organization)
- Steven Watts, Colfax, WA, The McGregor Co., (transportation of food
and ag. products)
- Nancy Wellman, Miami, FL, Florida International Univ., (nat'l human health
association)
Items on the advisory board's Sep. 16-18 meeting agenda include review of the
USDA Research, Education, and Economics Draft Strategic Plan; nominations
to a 15-member "Strategic Planning Task Force" created under FAIR Act to
develop a 10-year strategic plan for federally-funded agricultural research
facilities; and consultation on other FAIR Act legislation, including
implementation of the Fund for Rural America competitive grants program.
Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES)
will provide support for the Advisory Board. Executive Director is Deborah
Hanfman, formerly USDA coordinator to the president's National Science and
Technology Council.
** Chair
*** Vice Chair
# Executive Committee. In addition, Catherine Woteki, Acting Under Secretary is
an ex officio member of the Executive Committee.
HENRY (JH) BAHN, Ph.D.
National Program Leader
Rural, Economic, & Social Development
Cooperative State Research, Education, & Extension Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Washington, DC, USA 20250
(202) 720-4387 tel.
(202) 690-2522 fax
hbahn@reeusda.gov e-mail