Advisory Board & Council

A 16-member advisory board helps the PIE Center shape, refine and achieve its mission, vision and goals.

Each member was chosen to represent a specific segment of the center’s stakeholder base.

The advisory board will provide input and strategic oversight of PIE Center activities and allocations, as well as give feedback and evaluations of current and proposed initiatives.

Hear from four PIE Center advisory board members as they discuss the impact the PIE Center is making in the agriculture and natural resources sectors.

Watch: Bo Beaulieu

Watch: Jaime Jerrels

Watch: Greg Strader

Watch: Rosemary Flagler

advisory Board members

Sanjay Shukla

Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Florida

Katelyn Potter

Communications Chief, Suwannee River Water Management District

Mary-Thomas Hart

Deputy Environmental Counsel, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association

Matt Jacobs

Associate Professor, Director
Bob Graham Center for Public Service

Mike Allen

Director,
UF/IFAS Nature Coast Biological Station

Tori Rumenik

Director of Commodity Services & Supply Chain, Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association

Avery LeFils

Industry Relations Manager, Florida Dairy Farmers

Kate Clary

Strategic Communications Manager,
Florida Nursery, Growers & Landscape Association

Rhoel Dinglasan

Professor of Infectious Disease & Immunology, University of Florida

Heidi Radunovich

Associate Professor of Family, Youth & Community Sciences, University of Florida

Lee Ann Fisch

Director of Communications, Florida Forestry Association

Joe Taylor

Executive Director,
Franklin’s Promise Coalition

Jerry Parrish

Economist,
Florida State University

Craig Fugate

Principal, Craig Fugate Consulting

Sarah Carte

General Manager,
Dasher Farms

Vonda Richardson

Extension Director,
Florida A&M University

A 13-member advisory Council identifies current and emerging issues in florida’s agriculture & natural resources sectors.

The PIE Center’s advisory council is comprised of University of Florida researchers and Extension faculty.

advisory Council members

Chad carr

Associate Professor, UF Department of Animal Sciences

Luke flory

Professor and Associate Chair, UF Department of Agronomy

L. Scott Jackson

Sea Grant Agent, UF/IFAS Bay County Extension

Traci Krueger

DVM MPH Program Advisor, UF College of Public Health & Health Professions

John Lai

Assistant Professor, UF Department of Food & Resource Economics

Tim Martin

Professor, UF Department of Forest Resources & Conservation

Anne Mathews

Associate Professor, UF Department of Food Science & Human Nutrition

Lara Milligan

Extension Agent, UF/IFAS Pinellas County Extension

saqib mukhtar

Associate Dean, UF/IFAS Extension

tatiana sanchez-rodriguez

Extension Agent, UF/IFAS Alachua County Extension

karla shelnutt

Associate Professor, UF Department of Family, Youth & Community Sciences

sanjay shukla

Professor,
UF/IFAS Southwest FL Research & Education Center

Danielle Treadwell

Associate Professor, UF Department of Horticultural Sciences