ISEF Board Members

Portriat of Dr. Keith Belk, professor in the department of Animal Sciences at Colorado State Univeristy, December 23, 2014

Keith Belk

Professor and Holder of the Monfort Endowed Chair
Colorado State University

Keith.Belk@colostate.edu

Mindy Brashears, Deputy Under Sec. for Food Safety, in Washington, DC on January 29, 2019. USDA photo by Preston Keres

Mindy Brashears

Former Under Secretary, USDA
Professor, Texas Tech University

mindy.brashears@ttu.edu

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Barry Carpenter

North American Meat Institute, CEO Emeritus
barrycarpenter@hushmail.com

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Don Close

Chief Research and Analytics Officer
Terrain

dclose@terrainag.com

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H. Russell Cross

Professor, Texas A&M University
Former FSIS, USDA Administrator
Past ISEF Chairman

hrcross@tamu.edu

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Michael Fields

University of Florida
Professor Emeritus

fields@ufl.edu

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Jessica Igo-Finck

Sr. Account Manager, Meat Scientist
Merck Animal Health

jessica.finck@merck.com

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Randal Garrett

Sr. VP Technical Services
Certified Group

Randal.Garrett@fsns.com

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Bucky Gwartney

International Marketing Specialist
USDA Agricultural Marketing Service

Bucky.Gwartney@ams.usda.gov

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Nelson Huerta

Texas Tech University
nelson.huerta@ttu.edu

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Mohammad Koohmaraie

CEO, Meat Division
IEH
Laboratories + Consulting Group

mk@iehinc.com

Dr. Cliff Lamb, Director, Texas A&M AgriLife Research on Friday, Jan 06, 2023 in College Station, Texas. (Sam Craft/Texas A&M AgriLife Marketing and Communications)

Cliff Lamb

Director
Texas A&M AgriLife Research

cliff.lamb@ag.tamu.edu

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Miriam Martin

Director, Animal Health and Welfare
Regulatory and Scientific Affairs, North American Meat Institute
mmartin@meatinstitute.org

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Saul Mercado

International Marketing Consultants
IMC@saulmercado.com

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Paige Parker

U.S. Meat Export Federation
pparker@usmef.org

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Jim Pattillo

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Kevin Pond

Professor and Dean
West Texas A&M University

kpond@wtamu.edu

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Justin Ransom

Sr. Director Sustainable Food Strategy
Tyson Foods

Justin.Ransom@tyson.com

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Bo Reagan

ISEF Chairman
JM Dorpers 

jreagan3909@gmail.com

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Penny Riggs

Associate Professor
Texas A&M University

riggs@tamu.edu

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Doug Steele

Vice President
Association of Public & Land Grant Universities

dsteele@aplu.org

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Jason Strong

CEO
Meat & Livestock Australia

jstrong@mla.com.au

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Berry Summerour, III

Managing Director
ACALA Partners, LLC

berry@acalapartners.com

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David K. Waggoner

ISEF Secretary/Treasurer
Waggoner Law Firm, PLLC

DAVIDKWAGGONER@aol.com

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Tommy Wheeler

Research Leader
ARS, USDA

tommy.wheeler@usda.gov

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Ross Wilson

Texas Cattle Feeders Association, Emeritus
ross@tcfa.org

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Rod A. Bowling

Honorary Board Member
AgriFood Solutions, LLC

rodbowling@agrifoodsolintl.com