Current Advisory Board Members

Jackie Ammons
Supplier Partner Account Manager
Livingston & Haven
Term May 2020 – May 2024

Erin Boyette
National Field Manager
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Term May 2022 – May 2025

J. Devin Carroll
Retired Vice President
Custom Controls Unlimited, Inc.
Term May 2023 – May 2026

Larry Coats
Owner
Coats and Bennett
Term May 2020 – May 2024

Jacob Dunn
Precision Farming Specialist
B&S Enterprises, Inc.
Term May 2022 – May 2025

Alysondria Eason, Board Chair
Senior Associate
Hazen and Sawyer
Term May 2020 – May 2024

Randall Etheridge, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
East Carolina University
Term May 2023 – May 2026

Deepak Keshwani, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Term May 2020 – May 2024

Aaron Motsinger
Training Development Specialist
John Deere
Term May 2022 – May 2025

Sydney Seymour, Ph.D.
Founder and President
SeyConTech, LLC
Term May 2022 – May 2025

Sana Siddiqui
Founder
1Eatz
Term May 2023 – May 2026

David Williams
Director, Division of Soil and Water Conservation
NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Term May 2023 – May 2026

 

Former Advisory Board Members

Ed Barnes, Ph.D. – Cotton, Inc.
Jon Hathaway, Ph.D. – University of Tennessee
Wayne Huddleston – Duke Energy
Keith Larick – North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation
Bryan Staley, Ph.D., P.E. – Environmental Research Education Foundation (EREF)
Laura Lord, P.E. – Hazen and Sawyer
Jessica Edmonds – NCDEQ
Kevin Davidson – Agri-Waste Technology
Jared Day – John Deere
Matthew Jones – Hazen and Sawyer
Sue Nokes, Ph.D. – University of Kentucky
Nicole Bridgers – Kymanox
Michael D. Dukes, Ph.D., P.E. – University of Florida
James Hipps, P.E. – Black & Veatch (retired)
Gus Simmons, P.E. – Director of Bioenergy, Cavanaugh & Associates, P.A.
Charles Blum – John Deere Landscapes
 Hil Peel – The Hardwood Store of NC
Kari L. Delahuntly – INC Research
Rebecca Silverstein – Grifols, Inc.
JoAnn Price, P.E., CEM – Naval Facilities Engineering Command
Bharat Vedak – Deere & Company
Cyndi Karoly – Division of Water Quality, NCDENR
Kurt Creamer, Ph.D. – Novozymes North America
James Wang, Ph.D, P.E. – Wang Engineering
Adel Shirmohammadi, Ph.D. – University of Maryland
T. Ray Best II, P.E. – Duke Energy Corporation
Ron Marlowe, Ph.D. – USDA-NRS Eng. Director, VA
Cecilla Redding – Wizard’s Cauldron Organic Foods
Mike Franklin, Ph.D. – Mike Franklin Consulting, NC
Lawson “Mac” Safley, Jr., Ph.D. – Agri-Waste Technology, Inc.
John Authur, P.E .- John Deere Co. Inc.
Michael Creed, P.E. – McKim&Creed
David Peele, Ph.D. – Avoca, Inc.
JD Fish – Bayer CropScience Manager
Swanson Graves – Reddick Equipment Company, Inc.
Don Lee, CPESC -NC Department of Transportation
Stanley A. Brantley, Jr., Ph.D, P.E. – Amadas Group
Roy E. Young, Ph.D. – Penn State University
Marjorie S. Davenport – U.S.G.S.
Beth A. Truscello – MFG Env. Health & Safety
Roger C. Barr, Ph.D. – Duke University
Hal Burns – Jimbo’s Jumbos Peanut Sales
Susan G. Capps, Ph.D. – BENSOL
James A. DeShazer, Ph.D. – Idaho University
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
Jami Nettles, Ph.D. – Weyerhaeuser Company Timberlands
James H. Ruff, Ph.D. – John Deere Product
Larry M. Sykes, Ph.D. – Leaf Department, Philip Morris
Preston Sasser, P.E. – Cotton Incorporated
Donald Pearson – NC DOT