March 27, 2001

2001 C-FAR leadership in place

URBANA-- The 2001 Illinois Council on Food and Agricultural Research (C-FAR) Board of Directors elected officers at their first meeting of the year on March 13th in Urbana. The new Board of Directors includes: Jack Erisman - Chairman (Pana), David Downs - Vice Chair & Research Chair (Allerton), Fred Bradshaw - Secretary/Treasurer (Griggsville), Carol Keiser - Membership Chair (Champaign), Constance Locher Bussard - Legislative Chair (Springfield), Alan Puzey - Research Vice Chair (Fairmount), and Terry Wolf - Past Chair (Homer). Board members Bradshaw, Bussard and Downs were re-elected at the C-FAR annual meeting in February to serve two-year terms. Puzey was newly elected to the Board and will serve a one-year term. Board members Erisman and Keiser are completing the second year of their two-year terms. Wolf serves in an ex officio capacity as past chair.

Leadership of the five C-FAR working groups was elected during the C-FAR annual meeting. Working groups play a key role in determining research directions for C-FAR. Elected working group chairs and vice chairs include:

Expanding Agricultural Markets:
Nels Kasey (Paris) - Chair
Roger Hubele (Enfield) - Vice Chair

Rural Economic Development:
A.J. Harland (Lafayette) - Chair
Kevin Brussell (Casey) - Vice Chair

Agricultural Production Systems:
Brent Bidner (Monticello) - Chair
Don Doehring (Windsor) - Vice Chair

Human Nutrition and Food Safety:
Carol Meyer (Steeleville) - Chair
Karen Little (Pleasant Plains) - Vice Chair

Natural Resources:
Susan Adams (Atlanta) - Chair
Rollie Moore (Oneida) - Vice Chair

"The Board of Directors and Working Group leaders are an impressively dedicated group of individuals. They represent a myriad of professional interests and backgrounds, and at the same time, devote a tremendous level of energy to the C-FAR organization. We are extremely fortunate to have these Illinois leaders helping guide C-FAR," said Kraig Wagenecht, C-FAR's Executive Administrator.

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