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Our faculty and instructors are full of agribusiness experts, many of which are tenured professors in the Purdue University Department of Agricultural Economics. Our experts partner with the Center’s staff to design, develop and deliver the best educational opportunities for agribusiness professionals.
Leadership Team

David Downey
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR EMERITUS AND PROFESSOR EMERITUS

Scott Downey
DIRECTOR AND PROFESSOR

Aissa Good
MANAGING DIRECTOR

Taryn Nance
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, SALES AND MARKETING

Allan Gray
PROFESSOR, LAND O'LAKES CHAIR IN FOOD AND AGRIBUSINESS, AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Staff

Masi Keshavarz
RESEARCH PROJECT MANAGER

Lourival Carmo Monaco Neto
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

Michelle Query
BUSINESS ANALYST

Erin Robinson
MARKETING MANAGER

DeShea Wallace
EVENT MANAGER
Faculty and Instructors

Jay Akridge
TRUSTEE CHAIR IN TEACHING AND LEARNING EXCELLENCE AND PROFESSOR

Michael Boehlje
PROFESSOR EMERITUS

Brady Brewer
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Luciano Thomé e Castro
INTERNATIONAL AFFILIATED PROFESSOR

Larry DeBoer
PROFESSOR EMERITUS

Nathan DeLay
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Tom Dukes
DIRECTOR OF QUALITY, COMMUNITY VENTURES IN LIVING

Bruce Erickson
AGRONOMY EDUCATION DISTANCE & OUTREACH DIRECTOR

Marcos Fava Neves
INTERNATIONAL ADJUNCT PROFESSOR, SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO

Justin Funk
INSTRUCTOR

Keith Halperin
VISITING PROFESSOR AND PRINCIPAL, KGH LEADERSHIP (FORMER SENIOR PARTNER AT KORN FERRY)

Pete Hammett
VISITING PROFESSOR; OWNER, HAMMETT CONSULTING

Jaclyn Kropp
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

Larry Lad
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, BUTLER UNIVERSITY

Meilin Ma
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF AG ECONOMICS

Bobby Martens
IOWA INSTITUTE OF COOPERATIVES ENDOWED PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY

James Mintert
DIRECTOR AND PROFESSOR

Carson Reeling
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Nathanael Thompson
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Holly Wang
PROFESSOR

Nicole Olynk Widmar
INTERIM HEAD AND PROFESSOR