2021 OFFICERS & DIRECTORS
PRESIDENT
Jonathan Baros
North Carolina State University
Plants for Human Health Institute
600 Laureate Way
Kannapolis, NC 28081
Email: jrbaros@ncsu.edu
PRESIDENT-ELECT
Kellie Curry Raper
Oklahoma State University
514 Ag Hall
Stillwater, OK 74078
E-mail: kellie.raper@okstate.edu
PAST-PRESIDENT
R. Karina Gallardo
Washington State University
Puyallup Research and Extension Center
2606 West Pioneer
Puyallup, WA 98371
Email: Karina_Gallardo@wsu.edu
SECRETARY-TREASURER
Clinton Neill
Cornell University
Center for Veterinary Business and Entrepreneurship
Ithaca, NY 14850
Email: fdrssectreas@gmail.com
VP COMMUNICATION
Zoë Plakias
Ohio State University
323 Ag Admin Building, 2120 Fyffe Rd.
Columbus, OH 43210
Email: plakias.2@osu.edu
VP EDUCATION
Kathy Kelley
Penn State University
6 Tyson Bldg.
University Park, PA 16802
Email: KathyKelley@psu.edu
VP LOGISTICS AND OUTREACH
Ronald L. Rainey
University of Arkansas
2301 S. University Ave
Little Rock, AR 72204
Phone: 501-671-2175
Email: rrainey@uaex.edu
VP MEMBERSHIP
Samuel D. Zapata
Texas AgriLife Extension Service
2401 E. Business 83
Weslaco, TX 78596
Phone: (956) 968-5581
Email: samuel.zapata@ag.tamu.edu
VP RESEARCH
Lurleen Walters
University of Florida
Email: lwalters@ufl.edu
VP STUDENT PROGRAMS
Elizabeth Canales
Mississippi State University
Phone: 662-325-2516
Email: dec249@msstate.edu
VP INDUSTRY RELATIONS
Matthew Salois
Director, Economics Division, American Veterinary Medical Association
1931 North Meacham Road, Suite 100
Schaumburg, IL 60173
Email: MSalois@avma.org
VP RICHARDSON-APPLEBAUM FUNDS
Kimberly Morgan
University of Florida
Southwest Florida Research and Extension Center
2685 FL-29
Immokalee, FL 34142
Email: kimorgan@ufl.edu
DIRECTOR
Ariana Torres
Purdue University
KRAN Room 606
403 W. State St.
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2056
Email: torres2@purdue.edu
DIRECTOR
Maria Bampasidou
Louisiana State University
234 Martin D. Woodin Hall
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Email: mbampasidou@agcenter.lsu.edu
DIRECTOR
Jacob Manlove
Arkansas State University
Agriculture 214
Jonesboro, AR 72401
Email: jmanlove@astate.edu
EDITORS, JDFR (Refereed Issues)
Andrew Muhammad
The University of Tennessee
309 Morgan Hall
Knoxville, TN 37996-4518
Email: amuhamm4@utk.edu
Margarita Velandia
The University of Tennessee
314C Morgan Hall
Knoxville, TN 37996-4518
Phone: 865-974-7409
Email: mvelandia@utk.edu