The Foundation’s research and education program is guided by its Research and Education Committee. The committee, comprised of dealers and company agronomists, reviews and recommends to the Board of Directors all research and education projects undertaken by the Foundation.

Current membership of the Research and Education Committee includes:

Chairman — Sebastian Braum, Yara North America, Inc., Auburn, CA
Vice Chairman — Tom Fairweather, Tessenderlo Kerley, Inc., Dundee, OR

Brian Banks, NaChurs/Alpine Solutions, Lincoln, NE
Missy Bauer, The Andersons, Coldwater, MI
David Benefield, Frit Industries, Inc., Ozark, AL
Carl Bruice, Wilbur-Ellis, Sacramento, CA
Ariana Cohen, ICL Premium Fertilizers NA, Tenafly, NJ
Don Couvillion, PCS, Moreauville, LA
Tom Doerge, John Deere Worldwide Headquarters, Moline, IL
Bill Easterwood, Yara North America Inc., Tampa, FL
Dean Fairchild, The Mosaic Company, Plymouth, MN
Tom Gerecke, Actagro, LLC, Biola, CA
John Griffin, Crop Production Services, Inc., Flower Mound, TX
Dawn Hamilton, Koch Nitrogen Company, LLC, Wichita, KS
John Hassell, AGROTAIN International, LLC, West Lafayette, IN
David Hernandez, Intrepid Potash, Denver, CO
Roy Hildebrand, Incitec Pivot Ltd., Brisbane, Qld. Austrailia
Vatren Jurin, Brandt Consolidated, Inc., Springfield, IL
Raun Lohry, Nutra-Flo Company, Sioux City, IA
Gabriella Lucchesi, Wesfarmers CSBP Limited, Kwinana, West Australia
Ray McDonald, Can Grow Crop Solutions, Inc., Alvinston, ON, Canada
Robert (Rob) Mikkelsen, IPNI, Merced, CA
Galen Mooso, J. R. Simplot Company, Boise, ID
Larry Murphy, Murphy Agro, Manhattan, KS
Kim Polizotto, PCS Sales, Greenfield, IN
Alan Robinett, TETRA Micronutrients, Ozark, AL
Mike Stewart, International Plant Nutrition Institute, San Antonio, TX
Leon Stites, Tessenderlo Kerley, Inc., Kansas City, MO
Dave Thomas, Helena Chemical Company, Collierville, TN
Paul Tracy, MFA Incorporated, Columbia, MO
Ned Van Buren, Fluid Journal Editor, Greensboro, NC
Kenneth L. Washburn, Jr., Twin State, Inc., Davenport, IA
Nyle Wollenhaupt, AGCO Advanced Technology Solutions, Minnetonka, MN
Herbert L. Woolsey, Woolsey Bros. Farm Supply Inc., Vandalia, IL
Dennis Zabel, Nutra-Flo Company, Daykin, NE