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7-17-07
FOUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS CHOSEN TO ADVISE LEOPOLD CENTER IN 2007
AMES, Iowa -- Four new members have been appointed to begin terms on the Leopold
Center for Sustainable Agriculture Advisory Board in 2007. They join 13 other
board members representing several Iowa educational institutions and
agricultural and farming interest groups. Among the new appointees are a two
university department heads, the vice-president of ISU Extension and Outreach,
and a state agricultural bureau chief.
Iowa State University filled two vacancies on the advisory board by appointing
Maynard Hogberg, chair of the ISU animal science department, and Jack Payne,
vice-president for ISU Extension and Outreach. Hogberg returned to ISU in 2003
after 18 years as head of the animal science department at Michigan State
University. Payne came to ISU from Utah State University, where he had been vice
president for University Extension and director of the Utah Cooperative
Extension Service. They replaced two long-time advisory board members, College
of Agriculture and Life Sciences dean Wendy Wintersteen and animal science
professor Allen Trenkle.
The University of Northern Iowa chose to appoint the new chair of its geography
department, Patrick Pease, to one of its two seats on the advisory board. Pease
joined the UNI faculty in 2006, coming to UNI from East Carolina University. He
will serve in place of Tom Fogarty, a UNI geography professor who spent a decade
on the board.
Bill Northey, Iowa’s Secretary of Agriculture, announced that the Iowa
Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship has designated Maury Wills,
bureau chief of Agricultural Diversification and Market Development Bureau, as
its representative on the board. Wills replaces Mary Jane Olney, a former IDALS
administrator.
Leopold Center Jerry DeWitt welcomed the new board members, “While we are always
sorry to lose experienced, dedicated board members such as Drs. Wintersteen,
Trenkle, and Fogarty, and Ms. Olney, we also appreciate the renewed energy and
varied perspectives we gain from having new board members. Dr. Payne will
provide us with a unique linkage to ISU Extension, which plays an important role
in fulfilling the Center’s mission. Dr. Hogberg brings to the board expertise in
all of Iowa’s livestock industry, a critical part of a sustainable landscape.
Dr. Pease has done research on wind and soil erosion in North Carolina and other
areas, so we will benefit from his scientific background. Mr. Wills offers both
state government insights and valuable experience as an Iowa farm operator.”
The Leopold Center, marking its 20th anniversary in 2007, was founded by the
Iowa Groundwater Protection Act. Its legislatively mandated goals are to
identify and reduce negative environmental and socio-economic impacts of
agricultural practices, contribute to the development of profitable farming
systems that conserve natural resources, and cooperate with Iowa State
University Extension to inform the public of new findings.
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