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2023 Foundation Officers and Directors

  • Officers
  • Chairman: Mike Levengood, Perdue Farms
  • Vice Chairman: Jarod Morrison, Farbest Foods
  • Treasurer: Mikell Fries, Claxton Poultry Farms
  • Secretary: Jonathan Cade, Hy-Line International
  • Board Members
  • Bill Griffith, Peco Foods
  • Tommy Bagwell, Bagwell Enterprises
  • Dr. John Glisson, Retired USPOULTRY and retired University of Georgia, College of Veterinary Medicine
  • Jerry Moye, Hendrix Genetics, retired Cobb-Vantress president
  • Dr. Sam Pardue, Retired, University of Georgia, School of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
  • President: John Starkey
  • Staff Liaison
  • Executive Director: Barbara Jenkins
2023 Foundation Research Advisory Committee Members
  • Chairman: Dr. Travis Cigainero, CEVA
  • Vice Chairman: Dr. Bernie Beckman, Hy-line North America
  • Dr. Craig Bacon, Simmons Foods
  • Dr. Kate Barger-Weathers, Cobb-Vantress, Inc.
  • Bill Griffith, Peco Foods
  • David Hurd, Rose Acre Farms Inc.
  • Dr. Rocky Latham, Tyson Foods, Inc.
  • Dr. John McCarty, Boehringer Ingelheim
  • Dr. Petri Papinaho, Jennie-O Turkey Stores Sales, LLC
  • Dr. David Rives, Zoetis
  • Dr. Angie Siemens, Cargill Protein North America
  • Thomas Smith, Prestage Farms of South Carolina
  • Dr. Bruce Stewart-Brown, Perdue Farms Inc.
  • Steven Woodruff, Woodruff & Howe Environmental Engineering
  • Staff Liaison
  • Vice President of Research: Dr. Denise Heard