COMMUNICATIONS & MARKETING COMMITTEE

The Communications and Marketing Committee (CMC) is a standing committee of APLU’s Board on Agriculture Assembly (BAA) Policy Board of Directors. The CMC oversees and guides the educational effort to increase awareness of the land-grant universities’ agricultural and related programs, Agricultural Experiment Stations, and Cooperative Extension Services.

CMC LEADERSHIP


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CHAIR


Shelly Nickols-Richardson (CES)
Associate Dean, College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences & Director, Extension and Outreach
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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INCOMING CHAIR


Leslie Edgar (agInnovation)
Associate Dean for Research & Director of the Agricultural Research Center; College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences
Washington State University

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PAST CHAIR


Nancy Cox (AHS)
Vice President for Land-grant Engagement and Dean
University of Kentucky

MEMBERS


Communications Representative, 1890s

Latasha Ford
Research Communications Specialist
College of Agriculture, Family Sciences and Technology

Fort Valley State University

Communications Representative, Southern Region

Frankie Gould
Associate Vice President & Professor
LSU AgCenter
Louisiana State University

Communications Representative, Western Region

Jennifer Alexander
Director, Extension Communications
Oregon State University

Communications Representative, North Central Region

Michelle Enger
Communications Director
College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
University of Missouri

Communications Representative, Northeast Region

Stacey Stearns
Extension Communications Specialist

University of Connecticut

Academic Programs Section

Dan Moser
Associate Dean, Academic Programs

College of Agriculture
Kansas State University

Council on Governmental Affairs

Anne Megaro
Government and Community Relations Director

University of California

Association for Communication Excellence

Elizabeth Gregory North
Head, Extension Ag Communications

Mississippi State University

Ex-officio

Administrative Heads Section Executive Director

Doug Steele
Vice President, Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resources
Association of Public and Land-grant Universities

Communications and Partnerships Assistant Vice President

Andrea Putman
AVP, Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resources
Association of Public and Land-grant Universities

Executive Vice-Chair

Rick Rhodes
Associate Dean, Research and Outreach

Associate Director, RI Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension
University of Rhode Island

Assistant Executive Vice-Chair

David Leibovitz
Coordinator, Northeastern Regional Association
University of Rhode Island

Cooperative Extension System/ECOP

Bill Hoffman
Executive Director, Cooperative Extension System
Association of Public and Land-grant Universities

Secretary

Kim Scotto
Senior Associate, Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resources
Association of Public and Land-grant Universities

International Agriculture Section

Manoj Shukla
Professor and Director, ACES Global Program and Aggies Go Global
College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
New Mexico State University

National Institute of Food and Agriculture Liaison

Faith Peppers
Director of Communications
National Institute of Food and Agriculture

Multistate Research Fund Impacts Program

Sara Delheimer
Program Coordinator/Writer
Multistate Research Fund Impacts Program