Governance

Board of Directors

Officers

President

Sally Flis (2024)

Past President

Anna Dilger (2023)

President-Elect

Alex Thomasson (2025)

Treasurer

Dirk Drost (2023)

Liaisons

Society Liaison

George Patocka (2023)

Trustees Liaison

Gary Thompson (2023)

Company Liaison

Melissa Johnson (2023)

Nonprofit Liaison

Juan Tricarico (2024)

Work Group Liaison: Plant Agriculture and Environmental Issues

Amit Dhingra (2023)

Work Group Liaison: Food Science and Safety

Brandon Neuschafer (2024)

Work Group Liaison: Animal Agriculture and Environmental Issues

Julia Herman (2023)

Executive Vice President & CEO

Chief Executive Officer

Chris Boomsma

Board of Representatives


American Association of Avian Pathologists

Mostafa Ghanem (2026)

American Association of Bovine Practitioners

Christine Navarre (2023)

American Bar Association, Section of Environment, Energy and Natural Resources-Agricultural Management Committee

Keith Matthews (2024)

American Dairy Science Association

Kathryn Proudfoot (2023)

American Farm Bureau Federation

Roger Cryan (2024)

American Meat Science Association

Kaitlyn Compart (2023)

American Meteorological Society, Committee on Agricultural and Forest Meterology

Eduardo Alvares Santos (2024)

American Seed Trade Association

Andy LaVigne (2022)

American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers

Alex Thomasson (2023)

American Society of Agronomy

Sharon Clay (2024)

American Society of Animal Science

Ken Odde (2024)

American Society of Plant Biologists

Amit Dhingra (2023)

American Veterinary Medical Association

Eric Gonder (2024)

Association of Equipment Manufacturers

Anita Sennett (2024)

Aquatic Plant Management Society

Lynn Gettys (2024)

BASF Corporation

Padma Comurri (2023)

Bayer Crop Science

Christian Maus (2023)

Cornell University

Martin Wiedmann (2025)

Corteva Agriscience

Melissa Johnson (2023)

Crop Life America

Manojit Basu (2023)

Crop Science Society of America

PV Vara Prasad (2025)

Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy

Stephanie Masiello Schuette (2024)

Iowa State University

Curtis Youngs (2023)

Minor Use Foundation

Dan Kunkel (2024)

Mississippi State University

Nancy Reichert (2025)

National Cattlemen’s Beef Association

Julia Herman (2023)

National Corn Growers Association/Iowa Corn Promotion Board

David Ertl (2022)

National Milk Producers Federation

Jamie Jonker (2022)

National Pork Board

Brett Kaysen (2024)

National Turkey Federation

Lindy Froebel (2024)

North Central Weed Science Society

John Hinz (2023)

Northeastern Weed Science Society

Anthony Witcher (2024)

Nutrien

Sally Flis (2024)

Penn State University

Blair Siegfried (2024)

Poultry Science Association

Chasity Pender (2026)

Information Studies

Chao Cai (2025)

Rural Sociological Society

Michelle Worosz (2025)

Society for In Vitro Biology

Dwight Tomes (2022)

Society of Range Management

Barry Perryman (2022)

Soil Science Society of America

Charles Rices (2024)

Syngenta Crop Protection

Tony Burd (2023)

Texas A&M University

David Baltensperger (2025)

The Fertilizer Institute

Leanna Leverich Nigon (2025)

The Mosaic Company

Adam Herges (2025)

Tuskegee University, College of Agriculture, Environment, and Nutrition Services

John Jones (2024)

United Soybean Board

Andrew Scott (2025)


American Association of Avian Pathologists

Mostafa Ghanem (2026)

Board of Trustees

Dr. Gary Thompson (Chair) (2023)

Executive Director,
Southern Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors

Christopher Daubert (Vice Chair) (2024)

Vice Chancellor and Dean

Dr. Mohamed Ahmedna (2024)

Dean of the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences

Julie Borlaug (2023)

Vice President of Corporate Communications and Public Relations

Mr. Jamie Eichorn (2022)

Commercial Unit Head, South and East Coast

Dr. Julie Funk (2024)

Dean, College of Veterinary Medicine

Dr. Cathann Kress (2024)

Vice President for Agricultural Administration & Dean

Dr. Nick Place (2024)

Dean and Director

Dr. Mike Strain (2022)

Commissioner of the Louisiana Department of