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Advisory Board

Mr. Charles Blum
Area Manager
John Deere Landscapes
cblum@johndeerelandscapes.com
term 2013-14

Mr. Larry L. Coats
Partner
Coats and Bennett, PLLC
lcoats@coatsandbennett.com
term 2013-14

Mr. Barry Partlo
President
Agri Supply, Inc.
bpartlo@ncddi.com
term 2013-14

Mr. Paul Sherman, P.E.
Director, Air and Energy Programs
North Carolina Farm bureau Federation
term 2013-14

Dr. Kurt Creamer
Connectivity Manager,
Novozymes North America
KUCR@novozymes.com
term 2013-15

Mr. Larry F. Graham
President and Owner,
Environmental Engineering Services
larrygraham54@gmail.com
term 2013-15

Ms. Cyndi Karoly
Manager, Stormwater and Wetlands Branch
Division of Water Quality, NCDENR
Cyndi.Karoly@ncdenr.gov
term 2013-15

Mr. Bharat Vedak
Vice President, technology Center India and Deliver Customer Value
Deere & Company
VedakBharatS@JohnDeere.com
term 2013-15

Rebecca Silverstein
Process Development Scientist
Grifols, Inc.
rasilver@yahoo.com
term 2014-16

J. Devin Carroll, P.E.
Vice President
Custom Controls Unlimited Inc.|
devin.carroll@ccuinc.com
term 2014-16

Dr. Michael D. Dukes, P.E., C.I.D.
Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
University of Florida,
mddukes@ufl.edu
term 2014-16

Ms. JoAnn Price, P.E., CEM
Supervisory Production Manager
Naval Facilities Engineering Command
term 2014-16

Thank You:

Former Advisory Board Members - terms expired

Dr. James Wang, P.E., - Wang Engineering
Dr. Adel Shirmohammadi -
University of Maryland
T. Ray Best II, P.E. -
Duke Energy Corporation
Dr. Ron Marlowe
- USDA-NRS Eng. Director, VA
Dr. Edward Barns - Cotton Incorporated
Cecilla Redding - Wizard's Cauldron Organic Foods
Dr. Mike Franklin - Mike Franklin Consulting, NC
Dr. Lawson "Mac" Safley, Jr. - Agri-Waste Technology, Inc.
Mr. John Authur, PE - John Deere Co. Inc.
Mr. Michael Creed, PE - McKim&Creed
Dr. David Peele - Avoca, Inc.
Mr. JD Fish - Bayer CropScience Manager
Mr. Swanson Graves - Reddick Equipment Company, Inc.
Mr. Don Lee, CPESC -NC Department of Transportation
Dr. Stanley A. Brantley, Jr. P.E. - Amadas Group
Dr. Roy E. Young - Penn State University
Ms. Marjorie S. Davenport - U.S.G.S.
Ms. Beth A. Truscello - MFG Env. Health & Safety
Dr. Roger C. Barr - Duke University
Hal Burns - Jimbo's Jumbos Peanut Sales
Dr. Susan G. Capps - BENSOL
Dr. James A. DeShazer - Idaho University
Mr. Kim Colson P.E. - Division of Water Quality
Joe Gregory - Progress Energy Service Co.
Chuck Greif - John Deere Turf Grass Works
Kendall Hill - Tull Hill Farms Inc.
Joseph H. Hughes - Weyerhaeuser Co.
James A. Johnson, Jr. - Sea Safari, Ltd
Caroline C. Medlin - Sediment Education Specialist
Dr. Jami Nettles - Weyerhaeuser Company Timberlands
Dr. James H. Ruff - John Deere Product
Dr. Larry M. Sykes - Leaf Department, Philip Morris
Mr. Preston Sasser P.E. - Cotton Incorporated.