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## Board on Agriculture Assembly (BAA)

A unit of the APLU Commission on Food, Environment, and Renewable Resources that promotes agriculture (food, environment, agriculture, natural resources, and international) in state universities and Land-grant colleges.

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#### Policy Board of Directors

                            - Manjit Misra
                            - Dionne Toombs
                            - Drenda Williams

#### Budget and Advocacy Committee

                            - Dionne Toombs
                            - Brent Elrod

#### Committee on Legislation and Policy

                            - Gary Mayo
                            - Drenda Williams

#### Committee on Communications and Marketing

                            - Faith Peppers

#### National Impact Database Reporting

                            - Faith Peppers
                            - Matthew Browning
                            - Alexis Nazario-Negron

#### Academic Committee on Organization and Policy (ACOP)

                            - Venu (Kal) Kalavacharla
                            - Brent Elrod

#### Administrative Heads Section (AHS)

                            - Brent Elrod
                            - Faith Peppers

## Cooperative Extension Section (CES)

A unit of the APLU Commission on Food, Environment and Renewable Resources, BAA, made up of all Cooperative Extension Directors and Administrators.

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#### Extension Committee on Organization and Policy (ECOP)

                            - Brent Elrod
                            - Suzanne Stluka
                            - Faith Peppers
                            - Matthew Browning
                            - Margaret Lawrence

#### Extension Program Committee

                            - Suzanne Stluka

### Program Action Teams

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#### Climate Extension

                            - Eric Norland

#### Workforce Development

                            - Ray Ali
                            - Venu (Kal) Kalavacharla

#### Health Extension

                            - Suzanne Stluka
                            - Sheila Fleischhacker
                            - Edwin Lewis

#### 4-H Positive Youth Development

                            - Manoharan Muthusamy

#### Urban Ag and Food Systems

                            - Jessica Shade

#### Broadband Infrastructure

                            - Sarah Rocker

#### Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

                            - Maurice Smith

#### Food Systems (Food Loss and Waste)

                            - Lydia Kaume

### Cooperative Extension Regional Associations

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#### 1890 Region - Association of Extension Administrators (AEA)

                            - Venu (Kal) Kalavacharla
                            - Peter Motavalli
                            - Manoharan Muthusamy

#### North Central Region - North Central Cooperative Extension Association (NCCEA )

                            - Venu (Kal) Kalavacharla
                            - Peter Thompson

#### Northeast Region - Northeast Extension Directors Association (NEED)

                            - Kevin Kephart
                            - Susan Moser

#### Southern Region – Association of Southern Region Extension Directors (ASRED)

                            - Kevin Kephart
                            - Steve Zeng

#### Western Region – Western Extension Directors Association (WEDA)

                            - Suzanne Stluka
                            - Rachel Melnick

### ECOP Committees

**Extension Committee on Organization and Policy:** a unit of the APLU CFERR BAA that is the representative governing body of the Cooperative Extension Section.

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#### ECOP Budget and Legislative Committee

                            - Gary Mayo
                            - Paula Geiger

## Experiment Station Section (ESS)

A unit of the APLU, CFEER, BAA made up of the Directors of Land-grant Institution’s experiment stations.

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#### agInnovation

                            - Dionne Toombs
                            - Kevin Kephart  (liaison)

### Experiment Station Regional Associations

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#### 1890 Region - Association of Research Directors (ARD)

                            - Venu (Kal) Kalavacharla
                            - Peter Motavalli
                            - Manoharan Muthusamy

#### North Central Region - North Central Regional Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors (NCRA)

                            - Venu (Kal) Kalavacharla
                            - Peter Thompson

#### Northeast Region - Northeastern Regional Association of State Agricultural Experiment Station Directors (NERA)

                            - Kevin Kephart
                            - Susan Moser

#### Southern Region – Southern Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors (SAAESD)

                            - Kevin Kephart
                            - Steve Zeng

#### Western Region – Western Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors (WAAESD)

                            - Suzanne Stluka
                            - Rachel Melnick

### ESCOP Committees

The Experiment Station Committee on Organization and Policy (ESCOP) is a unit of the APLU CFERR, BAA that is the representative governing body of the Experiment Station Section.

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#### ESCOP Budget and Legislative Committee

                            - Gary Mayo
                            - Paula Geiger

#### ESCOP Science and Technology Committee

                            - Kevin Kephart

#### ESCOP National IPM and Crop Protection Subcommittee

                            - Rubella Goswami

#### ESCOP Social Science Committee

                            - Martha Ray Sartor

#### ESCOP Emerging Issues and Future Directions Task Force

                            - Steve Zeng

#### ESCOP Multistate Coordinating Committee

                            - Alexis Nazario-Negron

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#### International Agriculture Section (IAS)

                            - Davida Tengey
                            - Venu (Kal) Kalavacharla

#### Council for Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching (CARET)

                            - Manjit Misra
                            - Dionne Toombs
                            - Drenda Williams

#### Non-Land-grant Agriculture and Renewable Resources Universities (NARRU) 

                            - Peter Motavalli
                            - Michelle Schelske-Santos

#### National Extension and Research Administrative Officer’s Conference (NERAOC)

                            - Matt Faulkner
                            - Faith Peppers

#### LEAD 21 Leadership Development Program

                            - Brent Elrod
                            - Drenda Williams / Doug Rose

#### Food Systems Leadership Institute

                            - Edwin Lewis

#### Board on Health and Human Sciences

                            - Martha Ray Sartor

#### Board on Natural Resources (BNR)

                            - Eric Norland

#### Board on Oceans, Atmosphere, and Climate

                            - Peter Thompson
                            - Rachel Melnick

#### Board on Veterinary Medicine

                            - Kathe Bjork

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