[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 215 (Monday, November 8, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68598-68599]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-28147]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Secretary
Notice of Appointment of Members to the National Agricultural
Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board
AGENCY: Research, Education, and Economics, USDA.
ACTION: Appointment of members.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5
U.S.C. App 2, the United States Department of Agriculture announces the
appointments made by the Secretary of Agriculture to 9 member positions
of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and
Economics Advisory Board.
DATES: Appointments by the Secretary of Agriculture are for a 1, 2, or
3-year term, effective October 1, 2010 until September 30, 2013.
ADDRESSES: National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and
Economics Advisory Board; Research Extension, Education, and Economics
Advisory Board Office, Room 3901, South Building, U.S. Department of
Agriculture; STOP 3401; 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC
20250-2255.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: J. Robert Burk, Executive Director,
Research, Education, and Economics Advisory Board Office, Room 3901,
South Building, U.S. Department of Agriculture, STOP: 0321, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-0321. Telephone: 202-
720-3684. Fax: 202-720-6199, or e-mail: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 802 of the Federal Agricultural
Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 authorized the creation of the
National
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Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, Economics Advisory Board.
The Board is composed of 25 members, each representing a specific
category related to agriculture. The Board was first appointed in
September 1996 and at the time one-third of the original members were
appointed for one, two, and three-year term, respectively. Due to the
staggered appointments, the terms for 8 of the 25 members expired
September 2010. One additional member position was vacant. Each member
is appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture to a specific category on
the Board, including farming or ranching, food production and
processing, forestry research, crop and animal science, land-grant
institutions, non-land grant college or university with a historic
commitment to research in the food and agricultural sciences, food
retailing and marketing, rural economic development, and natural
resource and consumer interest groups, among many others. Appointees by
vacancy category of the 8 new members and 1 re-appointed member are as
follows: Category F. ``National Food Animal Science Society,'' Nancy M.
Cox, Director, Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station and Associate
Dean for Research, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (re-
appointment); Category G. ``National Crop, Soil, Agronomy,
Horticulture, or Weed,'' Robert W. Taylor, Dean, School of Agricultural
and Environmental Sciences, Alabama A&M University, Normal, AL;
Category K. ``1862 Land-Grant Colleges and Universities,'' Milo J.
Shult, Vice President for Agriculture, University of Arkansas Division
of Agriculture, Little Rock, AR; Category L. ``1890 Land-Grant Colleges
and Universities, Chandra Reddy, Dean, School of Agriculture and
Consumer Sciences, Tennessee State University; Category P. ``American
Colleges of Veterinary Medicine,'' Cyril R. Clark, Dean, College of
Veterinary Medicine, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, Category
T. ``Rural Economic Development,'' Jeanette T. Ishii, Economic
Development Coordinator, Fresno County Administrative Office, Fresno,
CA; Category U. ``National Consumer Interest Group,'' Rita W. Green,
Family Resource Management Extension Agent, Mississippi State
University, Grenada, MS; Category V. ``National Forestry Group,''
Steven Daley-Laursen, Senior Executive to the President and Professor,
Office of the President, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID; Category W.
``National Conservation or Natural Resource Groups,'' Carrie L.
Castille, Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Louisiana Department of
Agriculture & Forestry, Baton Rouge, LA.
Done at Washington, DC, this 29th day of October 2010.
Catherine Woteki,
Under Secretary, Research, Education, and Economics.
[FR Doc. 2010-28147 Filed 11-5-10; 8:45 am]
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