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Budget and Advocacy Committee

The Budget and Advocacy Committee (BAC) is one of two standing committees of the Board on Agriculture's Policy Board of Directors, and is responsible for the preparation of an annual budget recommendation for those matters relating to agriculture and related areas that are of special concern to the member institutions and for coordinating the presentation of these recommendations to the BAA Policy Board of Directors in a timely fashion. The BAC also will work with the Council for Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching (CARET) and undertake the necessary and appropriate advocacy activities to effectively implement the budget recommendations adopted by the BAA Policy Board of Directors. The BAC communicates these budget recommendations to the APLU Council on Governmental Affairs, federal agencies  (including the U. S. Department of Agriculture and the Office of Management and Budget), U.S. House of Representatives and United States Senate, and other individuals and groups as deemed appropriate by the BAC.

Chair

  Paul Patterson
  Dean, College of Agriculture and Director, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station
  Auburn University


Advocacy Chair 
  Michael J. Boehm
 
Vice President and Harlan Vice Chancellor of the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources
  University of Nebraska System


Academic Programs Section
  Kelly F. Millenbah
  Senior Associate Dean and Director of Academic and Student Affairs, College of Agriculture and    Natural Resources
  Michigan State University

Cooperative Extension Section
  Jon C. Boren
  Associate Dean and Director, Cooperative Extension
  New Mexico State University

agInnovation
 Glenda Humiston
  Vice President, Agriculture and Natural Resources
  University of California Systemwide

International Agriculture Section
  Deanna Behring
  Director of International Programs
  The Pennsylvania State University

1890 Extension
  M. Ray McKinnie
  Interim Dean, College of Agriculture

  Virginia State University

1890 Research
  Dyremple B. Marsh
  Dean, College of Agriculture and Related Sciences
  Delaware State University

1994 Institutions 

  John L. Phillips

  Executive Director, First Americans Land Grant Consortium (FALCON) and AIHEC               Representative
  American Indian Higher Education Consortium

 

  Patrese Atine
  Director of Congressional/Federal Relations
  American Indian Higher Education Consortium

APLU Non-Land-Grant Institutions
  Karen L. Jones
  Department Chair, PSAS, Animal Science, Food, and Nutrition
  Southern Illinois University at Carbondale

Insular/Territorial Institutions
  Usman Adamu
  Dean and Director, Agriculture Programs, Agricultural Experiment Station, Cooperative     Extension, and Academic Teaching 
  University of the Virgin Islands

Council for Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching
  Brian Hardin
 
Alabama

Board on Human Sciences
  Eric J. Porfeli
  Professor and Chair, Department of Human Sciences, College of Education and Human               Ecology
  The Ohio State University

Board on Veterinary Medicine
  Carolyn J. Henry
  Dean and Professor of Oncology, College of Veterinary Medicine
  University of Missouri-Columbia

Section on Forestry Resources
  Linda M. Nagel
  Professor and Department Head, Forest and Rangeland Stewardship, Warner College of Natural Resources
  Colorado State University

NON-VOTING MEMBERS
 

BAA Committee on Legislation and Policy Liaison

  Marshall Stewart
  Vice Chancellor for Extension and Engagement
  University of Missouri

BAA Policy Board of Directors Liaison
  Vacant
 

  Thomas G. Coon
  Vice President, Agricultural Sciences and Natural  Resources
  Oklahoma State University

APLU Council on Governmental Affairs Liaison
  Susan K. Peterson
 
Chief of Government Relations
  Kansas State University

 

NON-VOTING MEMBERS

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

  Eddie G. Gouge
  Senior Associate Director, Federal Relations -- Food and Agricultural Sciences, Executive        Director, Council for Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching (CARET), and                    Executive Director, Board on Human Sciences (BoHS)
  Association of Public and Land-grant Universities

  Caroline E. (Crocoll) Henney
 
Executive Director, Extension and Outreach
  Cooperative Extension/Association of Public and Land-grant Universities

  Wendy Fink
  Associate Director, Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resources
  Association of Public and Land-grant Universities

 

  Caron Gala
  Director, Governmental Affairs, Agriculture and International Development
  Association of Public and Land-grant Universities

  Florencia Drumwright
  Associate, Board on Human Sciences, CARET, and Cooperative Extension/ECOP
  Association of Public and Land-grant Universities

 

  Alton Thompson
  Executive Director
  Association of 1890 Research Directors

  Albert E. Essel
  Executive Director
  Association of Extension Administrators

  Jeff S. Jacobsen
  Executive Director
  North Central Regional Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors 

  Andrew McCabe
  Executive Director
  Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges

  Kevin Cain
  Legislative Director
  Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges

 

Cornerstone Government Affairs
  Hunt Shipman
  Vice President
  Cornerstone Government Affairs

  Jim Richards
  Vice President
  Cornerstone Government Affairs

  Vernie Hubert
  Senior Consultant
  Cornerstone Government Affairs

 

  Will Todd
  Principal
  Cornerstone Government Affairs

  Maggie Earle
  Senior Associate
  Cornerstone Government Affairs

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