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Advisory Board & Council

advisory board Members help 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 former PIE Center advisory board members as they discuss the impact the PIE Center is making in the agriculture and natural resources sectors.

advisory Board members

Sherry Larkin's headshot

Mike Allen

Director,
UF/IFAS Nature Coast Biological Station

Regina Thomas' headshot

Sarah Carte

General Manager,
Dasher Farms

Brian Chapman's headshot

Christy Chiarelli

Director,
Wedgworth Leadership Institute

Mallory Dimmitt's headshot

Kate Clary

Strategic Communications Manager,
Florida Nursery, Growers & Landscape Association

Sherry Larkin's headshot

Cathleen Conley

Senior Manager of Corporate Communications,
DUDA

Lisa Lundy's headshot

Rhoel Dinglasan

Professor,
UF Department of Infectious Disease & Immunology

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Ryan Duffy

Director of Corporate Communications,
U.S. Sugar

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Matt Jacobs

Director,
Bob Graham Center for Public Service

Lisa Lochridge's headshot

Mary-Thomas Hart

Deputy Environmental Counsel,
National Cattlemen’s Beef Association

Sanjay Shulka's headshot

Mary Ann Hooks

Director of Government Affairs,
UF/IFAS

Brian Chapman's headshot

Avery LeFils

Industry Relations Manager,
Florida Dairy Farmers

Brian Chapman's headshot

LeiAnna Moorhead

Emergency Programs Manager,
Florida State Agricultural Response Team

Katelyn Potter's headshot

Katelyn Potter

Communications Chief,
Suwannee River Water Management District

Silvia Dumitrescu's headshot

Heidi Radunovich

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

Sandra Harris-Thompson's headshot

Vonda Richardson

Extension Director,
Florida A&M University

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Tori Rumenik

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

Savanna Barry's headshot

Marshal Sewell

Founder,
Mind Your Melon

Sanjay Shulka's headshot

Sanjay Shukla

Professor,
UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Katelyn Potter's headshot

Chris Vivian

Associate Vice President of Communications,
UF/IFAS Communications

advisory Council members identify 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

Sanjay Shulka's headshot

Catherine Campbell

Assistant Professor,
UF/IFAS Department of Family, Youth & Community Sciences

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Chad carr

Professor,
UF/IFAS Department of Animal Sciences

Sanjay Shulka's headshot

Matt Cohen

Professor,
UF/IFAS School of Forest, Fisheries & Geomatics Sciences

Katelyn Potter's headshot

Luke flory

Professor and Associate Chair,
UF/IFAS Department of Agronomy

Lisa Lochridge's headshot

L. Scott Jackson

Sea Grant Agent,
UF/IFAS Bay County Extension

Bo Beaulieu's headshot

Traci Krueger

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

Sanjay Shulka's headshot

John Lai

Assistant Professor,
UF/IFAS Department of Food & Resource Economics

Katelyn Potter's headshot

Tim Martin

Professor,
UF/IFAS School of Forest, Fisheries & Geomatics Sciences

Lisa Lochridge's headshot

Anne Mathews

Associate Professor,
UF/IFAS Department of Food Science & Human Nutrition

Katelyn Potter's headshot

tatiana sanchez-rodriguez

Extension Agent, 
UF/IFAS Alachua County Extension

Lisa Lochridge's headshot

karla shelnutt

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

Bo Beaulieu's headshot

sanjay shukla

Professor,
UF/IFAS Southwest FL Research & Education Center

Sanjay Shulka's headshot

Danielle Treadwell

Associate Professor,
UF/IFAS Department of Horticultural Sciences