The study committee is comprised of individuals selected for their expertise in a wide
range of scientific fields and for their diverse professional experiences relevant to the
study task. The committee members and their affiliations as of the report release are:
James L. Oblinger (Chair)
Chancellor
North Carolina State University
John M. Bonner
Executive Vice President
Council for Agricultural Science and Technology
Peter J. Bruns
Vice President for Grants and Special Programs
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Vernon B. Cardwell
Morse-Alumni Distinguished Professor
Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics
University of Minnesota
Karen Gayton Comeau
Past President
Haskell Indian Nations University (retired)
(Kyle) Jane Coulter
Past Deputy Administrator
Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Services (CSREES)
U.S. Department of Agriculture (retired)
Susan J. Crockett
Vice President and Senior Technology Officer, Health and Nutrition
General Mills, Inc.
Theodore M. Crosbie
Vice President of Global Plant Breeding
Monsanto Company
Levon T. Esters
Assistant Professor of Agricultural Education and Studies
Iowa State University
A. Charles Fischer
Past President and Chief Executive Officer
Dow AgroSciences LLC (retired)
Janet A. Guyden
Associate Vice President of Research and Dean of Graduate Studies
Grambling State University
Michael W. Hamm
C.S. Mott Professor of Sustainable Agriculture
Michigan State University
Michael V. Martin
Chancellor
Louisiana State University
Susan Singer
Laurence McKinley Gould Professor of the Natural Sciences
Carleton College
Larry Vanderhoef
Chancellor
University of California, Davis
Patricia Verduin
Vice President, Global Research and Development
Colgate-Palmolive Company
National Research Council Staff:
Adam P. Fagen, Study Director
Robin Schoen, Board Director, BANR
Karen Imhof, Administrative Assistant
Peggy Tsai, Program Officer
