Membership Committee
The Membership Committee is charged with managing the membership of the association. This committee is responsible for the annual membership drive, managing the membership list, and keeping the membership communications process up to date. The Membership Committee is made up of a Committee Chair, a Committee Co-Chair, and the five regional representatives (North Central, Northeast, Western, Southern, 1890). Members in good standing may also serve on the Membership Committee. The Association Treasurer serves as an ex-officio member of the Membership Committee. The Membership Committee must work closely with each of the other standing committees to accomplish their work.
The objectives for the Membership Committee includes developing and executing strategies to:
- Recruit new members
- Retain current members
- Welcome new members
- Conduct new member activities at the national meeting
- Have an exhibit at other appropriate conferences
- Recruit members for involvement in presenting webinars, contributing to e-newsletter, and new member profiles.
Membership Committee Co-Chairs
Brad Sewell
Purdue University
cbsewell@purdue.edu
Tearney Woodruff
Texas A&M University
tearney.woodruff@ag.tamu.edu
Committee Members
Adeola Ogunade
West Virginia University
adeola.ogunade@mail.wvu.edu
NE Representative
Brenda Allen
Iowa State University
bsallen@iastate.edu
Lendel Narine
Utah State University
lendel.narine@usu.edu
Western Representative
Craig Rotter
Texas A&M University
craig.rotter@ag.tamu.edu
Latasha Ford
Fort Valley State University
fordl@fvsu.edu
Ken Jones
University of Kentucky
kenrjones@uky.edu
Robin Ertz
Iowa State University
rertz@iastate.edu
Terrence Wolfork
Fort Valley State University
wolforkt@fvsu.edu
Diane Mashburn
Ohio State University
diane.mashburn@gmail.com
Pat Wills
Penn State University
pdw904@psu.edu
Lisa Kaslon
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
lkaslon2@unl.edu
Cynthia Wilson-Willis
Fort Valley State University
willisc01@fvsu.edu
Harper Pettit
Colorado State University
harper.pettit@colostate.edu
Teresa McCoy
Ohio State University
mccoy.860@osu.edu
Matt Benge
University of Florida
mattbenge@ufl.edu
Meredith Weinstein
North Carolina State University
meredith_weinstein@ncsu.edu