2017 OFFICERS & DIRECTORS
PRESIDENT
Ramu Govindasamy
Rutgers University
Department of Agriculture, Food and Resource Economics
Phone: (848)-932-9192
Email: Govindasamy@aesop.rutgers.edu
PRESIDENT-ELECT
Kimberly Morgan
Virginia Tech University
314 Hutcheson Hall
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Phone: 540-231-3132
Email: klmorgan@vt.edu
PAST-PRESIDENT
Kynda Curtis
Utah State University
Applied Economics Department
4835 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT 84322-4835
Phone: 435-797-0444
Email: kynda.curtis@usu.edu
SECRETARY-TREASURER
Clinton Neill
322 Hutcheson Hall
250 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Email: cneill@vt.edu
VP COMMUNICATION
Jonathan Baros
North Carolina State University
600 Laureate Way
Kannapolis, NC 28081
Phone: 704-250-5458
Email: jrbaros@ncsu.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 PROGRAMS
Margarita Velandia
The University of Tennessee
314C Morgan Hall
Knoxville, TN 37996-4518
Phone: 865-974-7409
Email: mvelandia@utk.edu
VP RESEARCH
Dawn Thilmany
Colorado State University
B325 Clark Building
Fort Collins, CO 80523
Phone: 970-491-7220
Email: fdrsvpresearch@gmail.com
VP STUDENT PROGRAMS
Lurleen Walters
Email: lurleen.walters@gmail.com
ASSISTANT VP STUDENT PROGRAMS
Elizabeth Canales
Mississippi State University
Phone: 662-325-2516
Email: dec249@msstate.edu
EDITOR, JDFR (Refereed Issues)
Christiane Schroeter
California Polytechnic State University
cschroet@calpoly.edu
Martha Sullins
Colorado State University
Martha.Sullins@colostate.edu
R. Karina Gallardo
Washington State University
Karina_Gallardo@wsu.edu
EDITOR, NEWSLETTER
Lindsey Higgins
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407-0254
Phone: 805-756-5016
Email: lhiggins@calpoly.edu
