Faculty & Staff

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

Allan Gray

PROFESSOR, LAND O’LAKES CHAIR IN FOOD AND AGRIBUSINESS, AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Taryn Nance

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

Staff

Masie Keshavarz

RESEARCH PROJECT MANAGER

Lourival Monaco

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

Michelle Query

BUSINESS ANALYST

Erin Robinson

Marketing Manager

DeShea Wallace

CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP PROJECT MANAGER

Faculty And Instructors

Jay Akridge

TRUSTEE CHAIR IN TEACHING AND LEARNING EXCELLENCE AND PROFESSOR

Michael Boehlje

PROFESSOR EMERITUS

Brady Brewer

Associate Professor, Kansas State University

Courtney Bir

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY

Brian Briggeman

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AND DIRECTOR OF ARTHUR CAPPER COOPERATIVE CENTER, KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY

Nathan DeLay

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY

Bruce Erickson

AGRONOMY EDUCATION DISTANCE & OUTREACH DIRECTOR

Brenna Ellison

PROFESSOR AND UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS COORDINATOR

Marcos Fava Neves

INTERNATIONAL ADJUNCT PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO

Chad Fiechter

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Justin Funk

INSTRUCTOR; MANAGING PARTNER, AGRI STUDIES

Keith Halperin

VISITING PROFESSOR AND PRINCIPAL, KGH LEADERSHIP

Pete Hammett

VISITING PROFESSOR; OWNER, HAMMETT CONSULTING

Valerie Kilders

Assistant Professor

Meilin Ma

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Trey Malone

Boehlje Endowed Chair for Managerial Economics in Agribusiness

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

Luciano Thomé e Castro

INTERNATIONAL AFFILIATED PROFESSOR

Nicole Olynk Widmar

INTERIM DEPARTMENT HEAD AND PROFESSOR

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