Dr. Edwin C. Price (AgEcon) – Associate Vice Chancellor and Director
Dr. Piya Abeygunawardena (AgEcon) -Associate Director
Dr. Edward Runge (Soil/Crop) – Senior Advisor
Mr. Joseph King (AgLeadership) – Chief of Staff
Ms. Julie Borlaug – External Relations and Chair of Board of Advisors
Ms. Kristen Gibbs – Administrative Secretary
Office of Administration and Finance
Mr. B. Keith Cole – Assistant Director for Administration and Finance
Ms. Francine Sisk – International Business Manager
Ms. Rhonda D’Agostino – Administrative Services Officer
Ms. Lori Olivarez – Business Coordinator
Ms. Stella Garcia – Financial Specialist (Travel)
Ms. Beverly Cook – Financial Specialist (HR)
Ms. Dana Lewis – Business Associate
Ms. Natalie Williams – Business Associate
Office of Foreign Operations
Dr. Linda Cleboski (Ecosystems)- Senior Program Development Coordinator
Ms. Johanna Roman – Program Coordinator for Latin America
Ms. Kate Whitney – Program Coordinator (IAER)
Mr. Mark Smith – Program Coordinator and Horticulture Technical Advisor
Mr. John Riggs – Program Coordinator (PRT Portal and Iraq Advisory Group)
Mr. Eric Brenner – Assistant Program Coordinator (Iraq Scholars)
Ms. Meaghan Kenney – Program Coordinator
Mr. Jerry Kenney – Program Coordinator
Office of Academics and Research
Dr. Bill Payne (Soil/Crop)- Assistant Director for Research
Dr. Mike McWhorter (Entomology) – International Training Coordinator
Ms. Cathryn Clement (AgLeadership) – Academic Coordinator
Dr. Ma’ad Mohammed (Soil/Crop) - Assistant Research Scientist
Dr. Hank Fitzhugh – Senior Animal Health Advisor
Dr. Konrad Eugster – Senior Animal Health Advisor
European Operations
Dr. Timothy Schilling – Assistant Director for Enterprise Partnerships
Dr. Ndambe Nzaramba – Researcher
International Extension
Dr. Roland Smith (AgEcon)
Senior Fellows
Dr. Elsa Murano (Nutrition)- President Emerita and Professor of Nutrition and Food Science
Dr. Belay Begashaw – Earth Institute, Columbia University
Graduate Students
Mr. Shahriar Kabriya (AgEcon)
Mr. Mustafa Sharif (AgEcon)
Ms. Eliza Watson (Ecosystems)
Mr. Yoonsung Sin (AgEcon)
Student Workers
Randa Braune
Lauren D’Agostino
Andrew McNair
Travis Robinson
Vince Partida
Sarah Noak
COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH SUPPORT PROGRAMS
Dr. Bill Payne – Assistant Director for Research
Global Livestock CRSP
Dr. Richard Connor – Ecosystems Science and Management
Peanut CRSP
Dr. Charles Simpson – Lubbock AgriLife Research and Extension Center
International Sorghum and Millet CRSP
Dr. Lloyd Rooney – Soil and Crop Sciences
Dr. Gary Peterson – Lubbock AgriLife Research and Extension Center
Bean and Cowpea CRSP
Dr. Bill Payne – Assistant Director for Research
Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resources Management CRSP
Dr. Edwin Price – Associate Vice Chancellor and Director




