AgrIInstitute Board and Staff Leadership

The AgrIInstitute Board of Directors are industry volunteers who oversee the organization’s policies and resource development to ensure the accomplishment of AgrIInstitute’s mission of preparing leaders to advance agriculture. The  appointees to the AgrIInstitute board represent: Purdue University, College of Agriculture (2 positions),  Indiana 4-H Foundation (1 position), Indiana FFA Foundation (1 position), Indiana Farm Bureau (2 positions),  and the Indiana State Department of Agriculture (2 positions). The remaining seven board positions are filled by volunteers from industry who are elected at the AgrIInstitute’s annual meeting.

Staff

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Beth Archer

Executive Director

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Sarah Browning

Program Assistant

Board Leadership Team

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Meredith Cobb

AgrIInstitute Board Vice Chairperson, PU College of Agriculture Operations Manager

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Todd Greenwood

AgrIInstitute Board Chairman and Treasurer; VP, Strategic Partnerships, Farm Journal Foundation

Board of Directors

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John Baugh

Dir. of Ag Svcs. & Regs., Purdue College of Ag.

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Meredith Cobb

AgrIInstitute Board Vice Chairperson, PU College of Agriculture Operations Manager

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Amir Faghih

Corteva Agrisciences

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Todd Greenwood

AgrIInstitute Board Chairman and Treasurer; VP, Strategic Partnerships, Farm Journal Foundation

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James Hurst

VP, N. K. Hurst

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Bruce Kettler

CEO, Agribusiness Council of Indiana

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Don Lamb

State Director IN State Dept. of Agriculture, VP, Lamb Farms.

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Peggy Naile

AgrIInstitute Board , Retired Attorney

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Chelsea Poe

Exec Dir., Ed. & Engagement, IN Farm Bureau

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Belinda Puetz

Director of Marketing, CountryMark

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Eric Reed

Sr. Vice President, Sr. Relationship Officer, First Bank

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Mark Thornburg

Exec. Dir., Legal Affairs, IN Farm Bureau

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Hannah Vorsilak

Sr. Dir. Marketing Operations & Leadership Dir., ISA/ICMC

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Julia Wickard

State Director, FSA

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