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Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members
Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members
Pages 161-170
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Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education and Economics Advisory Board and as a member of the advisory board of the National Academies' Division on Earth and Life Studies. From 2004 to 2011, as vice provost for engagement, Dr.
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He also manages Del Monte's agricultural research program, including pest management research, new variety trials, and pea, bean, and corn breeding at six Del Monte locations in the West and Midwest. He directs the seed operations, which annually produce 7 million pounds of corn, pea, and bean seed for Del Monte operations.
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Dr. Buccola is a Distinguished Fellow and former president of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, is former editor of the American Journal of Agricultural Economics, and has served on the editorial boards of four other professional journals.
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Prior to joining the Danforth Center, he served as director of the Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing, the Stewart Professor for Gene Research, and Distinguished Professor of Botany and Plant Pathology at Oregon State University.
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Green received his BS and MS degrees in animal science from the Virginia Polytechnic and State University and Colorado State University, respectively. His PhD, with a focus on animal breeding, was completed jointly in 1988 at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and the USDA Meat Animal Research Center.
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Dr. Haggett has published in the areas of reproductive biology and neuroendrocrinology, as well as student learning outcome assessment and undergraduate science education.
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Pardey is professor of science and technology policy in the Department of Applied Economics at the University of Minnesota where he also directs the university's International Science and Technology Practice and Policy Center. Previously he was a senior research fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC, and prior to 1994 at the International Service for National Agricultural Research in The Hague, Netherlands.
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In 1986 she joined the U.S. Department of Agriculture, soon becoming the deputy administrator of the Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service, overseeing the USDA extramural competitive grants program and serving as the agency's chief information officer.
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Zuiches was vice chancellor for the Office of Extension, Engagement and Economic Development at North Carolina State University from 2006 until his retirement in 2011. In this office, he led statewide extension and engagement programs, including the Small Business Technology and Development Center, Industrial Extension Service, Manufacturing Extension Partnership, continuing education, and STEM-related programs.
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