AgBiotech Steering Committee

  • Charles W. Albertson, Senator, North Carolina General Assembly
  • Warwick Arden, DVM, Ph.D., Dean, North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine
  • Daniel G. Baden, Ph.D., Director, Center for Marine Science
  • George Briggs, Executive Director, The North Carolina Arboretum
  • Robert D. Brown, Ph.D., Dean, College of Natural Resources, North Carolina State University
  • William B. Buckner, President & CEO, Bayer CropScience
  • W. Steven Burke, President and CEO, Biofuels Center of North Carolina
  • Mary-Dell Chilton, Ph.D., Founder and Distinguished Scientist, Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc.
  • M. Terry Coffey, Ph.D., President, Murphy-Brown East
  • John Cooper, Managing Member, CompassNC
  • Adam Costanza, President, Institute of Forest Biotechnology
  • James W. Crawford, Representative, North Carolina General Assembly
  • Dan J. Gerlach, President, Golden LEAF Foundation, Inc.
  • Billy Ray Hall, President, North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center, Inc.
  • Charles Hall, CEO, North Carolina Soybean Producers Association
  • James B. Hunt, Jr., Attorney at Law, Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, PLLC
  • Mike Koziel, Ph.D., President & CEO, Athenix
  • Joe Landino, President, Joe Landino Farms
  • Steven Leath, Ph.D, Vice President for Research, University of North Carolina
  • Donald McDowell, Ph.D., Interim Dean, School of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, North Carolina A&T State University
  • Cheryl S. McMurry, Executive Director, Bent Creek Institute
  • Greg McNevin, Ph.D., Senior Business Development Manager, BASF Plant Science, LLC
  • David Peele, Ph.D., President, Avoca, Inc.
  • Milton Prince, President & CEO, Coastal Carolina Gin, LLC
  • Lynne Scott Safrit, President, Castle & Cooke, Inc.
  • Mikki Sager, Resourceful Communities Program Director, The Conservation Fund
  • Robert W. Slocum, Executive Vice President, North Carolina Forestry Association
  • Samuel M. Taylor, President, North Carolina Biosciences Organization
  • E. Norris Tolson, President & CEO, North Carolina Biotechnology Center
  • Steve W. Troxler, Commissioner, North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
  • William Upchurch, Executive Director, Tobacco Trust Fund Commission
  • Eric R. Ward, Ph.D., President, Two Blades Foundation
  • Larry B. Wooten, President, North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation, Inc.
  • Johnny C. Wynne, Ph.D., Dean and Executive Director for Agricultural Programs, North Carolina State University