Staff

  • Mr. Karl Anderson

    President

  • Mr. Marcus Glassman

    Nonresident Fellow

  • Ms. Jaiden Cain

    Advocacy & Communications Intern

Board of Directors

  • Dr. Barbara Schaal, Board Chair

    The Mary-Dell Chilton Distinguished Professor in the Department of Biology

    Washington University in St. Louis

  • Mr. Thomas Grumbly, Vice Chair

    SoAR Foundation

  • Mr. John McDonnell

    Chairman of the Board (retired)

    McDonnell Douglas Corporation

  • Ms. Rose Barbuto

    Chief Executive Officer

    Crystal Strategies

  • Dr. Roger Beachy

    Professor, Department of Biology

    Washington University in St. Louis

  • Mr. Zippy Duvall

    President

    American Farm Bureau Federation

  • Dr. Robert Easter

    President Emeritus

    University of Illinois

  • Dr. Ronnie Green

    Chancellor, Retired

    University of Nebraska-Lincoln

  • Mr. Bryan Humphreys

    CEO

    National Pork Producers Council (NPPC)

  • Ms. Emily Negrin

    VP of Corporate Affairs

    Inari

  • Dr. Sally Rockey

    Executive Director, Retired

    Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research

  • Mr. Richard Wilkins

    Past President

    American Soybean Association

  • Dr. William Danforth, (1926-2020)

    SoAR Founder

    Chancellor Emeritus

    Washington University in St. Louis

  • Dr. Donald Kennedy (1931-2020)

    SoAR Founder

Science Advisory Committee

  • Dr. Adegbola Adesogan

    Professor, Ruminant Nutrition; Director, Food Systems Institute; Director, Strategic Partnerships, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems

    University of Florida

  • Dr. Robert Cousins

    Eminent Scholar and Boston Family Professor of Nutrition, Director of the Center for Nutritional Sciences, Joint Professor of the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

    University of Florida

  • Dr. Jayson Lusk

    Vice President & Dean, Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources

    Oklahoma State University

  • Dr. Don MacKenzie

    Executive Director, Institute for International Crop Improvement

    Danforth Plant Center

  • Dr. Elliot Meyerowitz

    George W. Beadle Professor of Biology; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

    California Institute of Technology

  • Dr. Muni Muniappan

    Director, Feed the Future Integrated Pest Management Innovation Lab

    Virginia Tech

  • Dr. Charles Rice

    University Distinguished Professor of Soil Microbiology

    Kansas State University

  • Dr. Barbara Schaal, Board Chair

    The Mary-Dell Chilton Distinguished Professor in the Department of Biology

    Washington University in St. Louis

  • Dr. Alison Van Eenennaam

    Professor of Cooperative Extension, Animal Genomics and Biotechnology

    University of California, Davis