Faculty and Staff

Faculty & Staff

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Our TEam

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

Cooper House

EVENT MANAGER

Masi Keshavarz

RESEARCH PROJECT MANAGER

Lourival Carmo Monaco Neto

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

Michelle Query

BUSINESS ANALYST

Erin Robinson

MARKETING MANAGER

DeShea Wallace

CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGER

Faculty and Instructors

Jay Akridge

TRUSTEE CHAIR IN TEACHING AND LEARNING EXCELLENCE AND PROFESSOR

Michael Boehlje

PROFESSOR EMERITUS

Brady Brewer

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Courtney Bir

Assistant Professor, Oklahoma State University

Luciano Thomé e Castro

INTERNATIONAL AFFILIATED PROFESSOR

Nathan DeLay

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

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

Valerie Kilders

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

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

Nicole Olynk Widmar

INTERIM HEAD AND PROFESSOR