
Keith Belk
Professor and Holder of the Monfort Endowed Chair
Colorado State University
Keith.Belk@colostate.edu

Mindy Brashears
Former Under Secretary, USDA
Professor, Texas Tech University
mindy.brashears@ttu.edu

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

Don Close
Chief Research and Analytics Officer
Terrain
dclose@terrainag.com

H. Russell Cross
Professor, Texas A&M University
Former FSIS, USDA Administrator
Past ISEF Chairman
hrcross@tamu.edu

Michael Fields
University of Florida
Professor Emeritus
fields@ufl.edu

Jessica Igo-Finck
Sr. Account Manager, Meat Scientist
Merck Animal Health
jessica.finck@merck.com

Randal Garrett
Sr. VP Technical Services
Certified Group
Randal.Garrett@fsns.com

Bucky Gwartney
International Marketing Specialist
USDA Agricultural Marketing Service
Bucky.Gwartney@ams.usda.gov

Nelson Huerta
Texas Tech University
nelson.huerta@ttu.edu

Mohammad Koohmaraie
CEO, Meat Division
IEH
Laboratories + Consulting Group
mk@iehinc.com

Cliff Lamb
Director
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
cliff.lamb@ag.tamu.edu

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

Saul Mercado
International Marketing Consultants
IMC@saulmercado.com

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

Jim Pattillo
Pattillo Group
jpattillo@pattillogrp.com

Kevin Pond
Professor and Dean
West Texas A&M University
kpond@wtamu.edu

Justin Ransom
Sr. Director Sustainable Food Strategy
Tyson Foods
Justin.Ransom@tyson.com

Bo Reagan
ISEF Chairman
JM Dorpers
jreagan3909@gmail.com

Penny Riggs
Associate Professor
Texas A&M University
riggs@tamu.edu

Doug Steele
Vice President
Association of Public & Land Grant Universities
dsteele@aplu.org

Jason Strong
CEO
Meat & Livestock Australia
jstrong@mla.com.au

Berry Summerour, III
Managing Director
ACALA Partners, LLC
berry@acalapartners.com

David K. Waggoner
ISEF Secretary/Treasurer
Waggoner Law Firm, PLLC
DAVIDKWAGGONER@aol.com

Tommy Wheeler
Research Leader
ARS, USDA
tommy.wheeler@usda.gov

Ross Wilson
Texas Cattle Feeders Association, Emeritus
ross@tcfa.org

Rod A. Bowling
Honorary Board Member
AgriFood Solutions, LLC
rodbowling@agrifoodsolintl.com