2024-2025 OFFICERS & DIRECTORS
PRESIDENT
Samuel Zapata
Texas A&M University
PRESIDENT-ELECT
Maria Bampasidou
Texas A&M University
600 John Kimbrough Blvd, TAMU 2124
College Station, TX 77843
maria. bampasidou@ag.tamu.edu
PAST-PRESIDENT
Esendugue Greg Fonsah
University of Georgia
SECRETARY
Jonathan Baros
Virginia Tech University
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
TREASURER
Kimberly Morgan
University of Florida
Southwest Florida Research and Extension Center 2685 FL-29
Immokalee, FL 34142
VP COMMUNICATION
Shuoli Zhao
University of Kentucky
VP EDUCATION
Nathan Kemper
University of Arkansas
VP LOGISTICS AND OUTREACH
Rodney Holcomb
Oklahoma State University
143 Food & Agricultural Products Center
Stillwater, OK, 74078
(405) 744-6272
VP MEMBERSHIP
Swagata “Ban” Banerjee
Kentucky State University
VP RESEARCH
Linlin Fan
The Pennsylvania State University
208A Armsby Building
University Park, PA 16802
lpf5158@psu.edu
VP STUDENT PROGRAMS
Hannah Shear
Oklahoma State University
VP INDUSTRY RELATIONS
Martha Montoya
AgTools
VP GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
Logan Moss
National Association of State Departments of Agriculture
VP RICHARDSON-APPLEBAUM FUNDS
Kimberly Morgan
University of Florida
Southwest Florida Research and Extension Center
2685 FL-29
Immokalee, FL 34142
DIRECTORS
Lixia H. Lambert
Oklahoma State University
Jacqueline Nicole Yenerall
University of Tennessee
Obed Quaicoe
North Carolina A&T State University
Courtney Long
Iowa State University
Alexis Villacis
The Ohio State University
Ryan Loy
University of Arkansas
Felipe Peguero
Texas A&M University
EDITOR, JFDR
Brandon McFadden
Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness
University of Arkansas
mcfadden@uark.edu
EDITOR, JFDR
Jada Thompson
Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness
University of Arkansas
jt074@uark.edu