2022-2023 OFFICERS & DIRECTORS
PRESIDENT
Margarita Velandia
The University of Tennessee
314C Morgan Hall
Knoxville, TN 37996-4518
Email: mvelandia@utk.edu
PRESIDENT-ELECT
Alba J. Collart
Mississippi State University
P.O. Box 5187, Mississippi State, MS 39762
E-mail: alba.collart@mstate.edu
PAST-PRESIDENT
Kellie Curry Raper
Oklahoma State University
514 Ag Hall
Stillwater, OK 74078
E-mail: kellie.raper@okstate.edu
SECRETARY-TREASURER
Kimberly Morgan
University of Florida
Southwest Florida Research and Extension Center 2685 FL-29
Immokalee, FL 34142
Email: kimorgan@ufl.edu
VP COMMUNICATION
Shuoli Zhao
University of Kentucky
Email: szhao@uky.edu
VP EDUCATION
Andrew Muhammad
The University of Tennessee
309 Morgan Hall
Knoxville, TN 37996-4518
Email: amuhamm4@utk.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
Jacob Manlove
Arkansas State University
Agriculture 214
Jonesboro, AR 72401
Email: jmanlove@astate.edu
VP RESEARCH
Maria Bampasidou
Louisiana State University
234 Martin D. Woodin Hall
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Email: mbampasidou@agcenter.lsu.edu
VP STUDENT PROGRAMS
Ariana Torres
Purdue University
KRAN Room 606
403 W. State St.
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2056
Email: torres2@purdue.edu
VP INDUSTRY RELATIONS
Gary Matteson
Farm Credit Council
50 F St NW Suite 900
Washington, DC 20001
Email: matteson@fccouncil.com
VP GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
Suzanne Thornsbury
USDA ERS
Email: suzanne.thornsbury2@usda.gov
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
DIRECTORS
Pratibha Gupta
Central State University
1400 Brush Row Road
Wilberforce, Ohio 45384
Email: pgupta@centralstate.edu
Arbindra Rimal
Missouri State University
Karls Hall 219
Springfield, MO 65897
Email: arbindrarimal@missouristate.edu
Linlin Fan
The Pennsylvania State University
Email: lpf5158@psu.edu
Swagata “Ban” Banerjee
Kentucky State University
Email: swagata.banerjee@kysu.edu
Obed Quaicoe
North Carolina A&T State University
Email: oquaicoe@ncat.edu
EDITOR, JFDR
Ben Campbell
University of Georgia
208 Conner Hall
47 Cedar Street
Athens, GA 30602
Email: bencamp@uga.edu
EDITOR, JFDR
Richard J. Volpe
College of Agriculture, Food, and Environmental Sciences
California Polytechnic State University
1 Grand Avenue
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
Email: rvolpe@calpoly.edu
EDITOR, JDFR
Carlos O. Trejo-Pech
The University of Tennessee
308D Morgan Hall
Knoxville, TN 37996
Email: ctrejope@utk.edu