2024-2025 OFFICERS & DIRECTORS
PRESIDENT
Esendugue Greg Fonsah
University of Georgia
PRESIDENT-ELECT
Samuel Zapata
Texas A&M University
PAST-PRESIDENT
Alba J. Collart
Clemson University
Clemson, SC
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
Maria Bampasidou
Texas A&M University
600 John Kimbrough Blvd, TAMU 2124
College Station, TX 77843
maria. bampasidou@ag.tamu.edu
VP STUDENT PROGRAMS
Hannah Shear
Oklahoma State University
VP INDUSTRY RELATIONS
Gary Matteson
Farm Credit Council
50 F St NW Suite 900
Washington, DC 20001
VP GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
Danielle Ufer
USDA ERS
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
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