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Board of Directors

The eleven-member Board of Directors is composed of four representatives from Extension (three from 1862 institutions and one from an 1890 institution) and four representatives from research (three from 1862 institutions and one from an 1890 institution). One permanent, non land-grant representative is from the Farm Foundation, and two other non land-grand representatives are selected from the private sector. Each board member serves for a term of four years. Current members are as follows:

Extension

Lawrence Carter Board Term: 12/06-11/10 Director of Special Outreach Programs Cooperative Extension Programs Florida A&M University 215 Perry-Paige Agricultural Building S Tallahassee, FL 32307 Phone: (850) 599-3546 Fax: (850) 561-2151 lawrence.carter@famu.edu		Bernadette Hinkle Board Term: 12/08-12/11 Associate Director Finance & Administration University of Arkansas, Little Rock 2301 South University Avenue Little Rock, AR 72203 Phone: (501) 671-2001 Fax: (501) 671-2107 bhinkle@uaex.edu

Dwight Landreneau Chair Board Term: 12/06-11/10 Associate Vice Chancellor and Associate Director Louisiana State University AgCenter P. O. Box 25100 Baton Rouge, LA 70739 Phone: (225) 578-2391 Fax: (225) 578-4225 dlandreneau@agcenter.lsu.edu		Melissa Mixon Board Term: Permanent Interim Executive Director University Extension and Outreach Mississippi State University Box 9601 Mississippi State, MS 39762 Phone: (662) 325-3006 Fax: (662) 325-1215 mixon@dafvm.msstate.edu

Research

Lisa Collins Board Term: 12/05-11/09 Assistant Director Agricultural Experiment Station University of Kentucky S129B Agriculture Science Center North Lexington, KY 40546 Phone: (859) 257-3333 Fax: (859) 257-3393 lisa.collins@uky.edu		Kimberly Holmes Board Term: 12/08-12/11 Associate Director Kentucky State University/Land Grant Program 400 East Main Street, CEB 205, Frankfort, KY 40601 Phone: (502) 597-5647 Fax: (502) 597-5648 kimberly.holmes@kysu.edu

George Hochmuth Board Term: 12/06-11/10 Professor and Associate Dean College of Agriculture and Life Sciences University of Florida P.O. Box 110200 1022 McCarty Hall Gainesville, FL 32611 Phone: (352) 392-1784 hoch@ufl.edu		Melissa Mixon Board Term: Permanent Interim Director Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experimentation Station Mississippi State University P.O. Box 9800 Mississippi State, MS 39762-9740 Phone: (662) 325-3006 Fax: (662) 325-1215 mixon@dafvm.msstate.edu

Non Land-Grant

Ray Daffner Board Term: 05/08 - 11/12 Manager - Asset Based Development initiative Appalachian Regional Commission 1666 Connecticut Ave, NW Washington, DC 20009 Phone: (202) 884-7777 Fax: (202) 884-7682 rdaffner@arc.gov		Sheldon Jones Board Term: Permanent Vice President Farm Foundation 1301 West 22nd Street, Suite 615 Oak Brook, IL 60521-2115 Phone: (630) 571-9393 Fax: (630) 571-9580 sheldon@farmfoundation.org
Susan Jenkins Chair-Elect Board Term: 12/07 - 11/11 Executive Director Cherokee Preservation Foundation P.O. Box 504 Cherokee, NC 28719 (828) 497-5550 Fax: (828) 497-8929 sjenkins@cpfdn.org
Liaisons

Robert Gibbs Regional Economist USDA-ERS 1800 M Street Room 2061 Washington, DC 20036 (202) 694-5423 Fax: (202) 694-5642 rgibbs@ers.usda.gov		Sally Ward Maggard National Program Leader, ECS USDA-CSREES 1400 Independence Avenue SW Mailstop 2215 Washington, DC 20250 (202) 720-0741 Fax: (202) 690-2975 smaggard@csrees.usda.gov