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Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Public Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Fulfilling the Public Mission of the Land-Grant System: Building Platforms for Collaboration and Impact. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/29092.

Appendix B
Public Meeting Agendas

COMMITTEE ON BUILDING IMPACTFUL COLLABORATIVE PLATFORMS IN THE LAND-GRANT SYSTEM

The Keck Center, 500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
June 12, 2025
VIA ZOOM
DAY 1

WELCOME AND PRESENTATION OF THE CHARGE TO THE COMMITTEE—OPEN

9:00–9:20 Robin Schoen, Board Director
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources
Steve Yanni, Committee Chair
Bay Mills Community College

SESSION 1—OPEN
PAST FOUNDATIONS, FUTURE HORIZONS: TRACING THE HISTORY OF COLLABORATION IN THE PUBLIC MISSION OF LAND-GRANT UNIVERSITIES

9:20–10:05 Keynote Presentation: “Collaborations for Public Purposes: Lessons from Land-Grant History”
Scott Peters, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Global Development Cornell University

SESSION 2—OPEN
RESTORING TRUST: UNDERSTANDING THE PUBLIC VALUE AND RETURN ON INVESTMENT OF COLLABORATIVE ENGAGEMENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION

10:05–11:00 Session Moderator:
Tony Boccanfusso, Committee member
Panel:
Justine Lindemann, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor in Community Development and Resilience
Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Public Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Fulfilling the Public Mission of the Land-Grant System: Building Platforms for Collaboration and Impact. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/29092.
Interim Director, Center for Economic and Community Development, Pennsylvania State University
Sharon Paynter, Ph.D.
Chief Innovation and Engagement Officer
Interim Chief Research Officer, East Carolina University
Jeffrey Lancaster, Ph.D.
Senior Account Manager for Higher Education and Research, NVIDIA
11:00–11:10 Break

SESSION 3—OPEN
THE STAYING POWER AND STICKINESS OF COLLABORATIONS: DEFINING THE FOUNDATIONS OF ENDURING INNOVATION

11:10–12:10 Session Moderator:
Mahmud Farooque, Committee member
Panel:
Byron P. White, Ph.D.
Associate Provost, Urban Research and Community Engagement, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Colleen Fitzgerald, Ph.D.
Vice President for Research and Creative Activity and Professor of English, North Dakota State University
Maria Marshall, Ph.D.
Professor, James and Lois Ackerman Endowed Chair in Agricultural Economics
Director, North Central Regional Center for Rural Development
Director, Purdue Institute for Family Business, Purdue University
Peter C. Ellingson, Ph.D.
Director, R&D, Open Innovation, Procter & Gamble
12:10–12:50 Lunch

SESSION 4—OPEN
SYSTEMS THINKING: THE ROLE OF BOUNDARY SPANNERS AND CULTURAL BROKERS

12:45–1:30 Session Moderator:
Steve Yanni, Committee Chair
Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Public Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Fulfilling the Public Mission of the Land-Grant System: Building Platforms for Collaboration and Impact. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/29092.
Speakers:
Emily Ozer, Ph.D.
Professor of Community Health Sciences, UC Berkeley School of Public Health
UC Berkeley Faculty Liaison to EVCP (Executive VC/Provost) on Public, Scholarship and Engagement
Director, Institute of Human Development (IHD)
Emily Proctor, M.S.W., BASW
Tribal Extension Educator, Government and Community Vitality Institute for Michigan Tribal Nations, Communities and Colleges, Michigan State University Extension
David Weerts, Ph.D.
Associate Vice Provost for Public Engagement
Professor, Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development, University of Minnesota
1:30–1:40 Break

SESSION 5—OPEN
BRIDGING ACCESS AND CO-LEARNING: INSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVES

1:40–2:30 Session Moderator:
Marisol Morales, Ed.D., Executive Director
Carnegie Elective Classifications of Institutions of Higher Learning
Panel:
Adrian Quijada, Ph.D.
Director, Land Grant Office of Sustainability
Tohono O’odham Community College
Acting President of the First American Land Grant Consortium (FALCON)
Kimberley King Jupiter, Ph.D.
Professor, Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership, Policy & Law, Alabama State University
Michael D. Wilcox, Jr., Ph.D.
Assistant Director and Program Leader for Community Development, Purdue Extension
Associate Director, North Central Regional Center for Rural Development (NCRCRD)
Community and Regional Economics Specialist, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University
Senior Associate, Purdue Center for Regional Development
Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Public Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Fulfilling the Public Mission of the Land-Grant System: Building Platforms for Collaboration and Impact. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/29092.
1:30–1:45 Break

SESSION 6—OPEN
STOP, KEEP, START DOING-BREAK OUT SESSION

2:30–3:30 Session Moderator:
Michael Rios, Committee member
Facilitated breakout session answering the following questions:
  1. What should university collaborations stop doing? 10 min
  2. What should university collaborations keep doing? 10 min
  3. What should university collaborations start doing? 10 min

SUMMARY AND FINAL REMARKS DAY 1—OPEN

3:30–4:00 Steve Yanni, Committee Chair
Bay Mills Community College
4:00 Adjourn Day 1

The Keck Center, 500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
June 13, 2025
VIA ZOOM
DAY 2
WELCOME—OPEN

9:00–9:05 Steve Yanni, Committee Chair
Bay Mills Community College

SESSION 7—OPEN
SCAFFOLDING SUCCESS: INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORTS THAT CREATE SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT COLLABORATIONS

9:05–10:00 Session Moderator:
Michael Rios, Committee member
Speakers:
Andrew Furco, Ph.D.
Professor, Associate Department Chair University of Minnesota
Brent Hales, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President for Research & Extension University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Public Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Fulfilling the Public Mission of the Land-Grant System: Building Platforms for Collaboration and Impact. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/29092.
Elyse Aurbach, Ph.D.
Assistant Provost of University Outreach and Engagement Michigan State University

SESSION 8—OPEN
MEASURING AND COMMUNICATING THE COLLECTIVE IMPACT OF COLLABORATIONS

10:00–11:00 Session Moderator:
Mahmud Farooque, Committee member
Panel:
Lina Dostilio, Ed.D.
Vice Chancellor for External Relations;
Vice-Chair of the Commission on Economic and Community
Engagement for APLU and co-Chair of the national Chief Engagement Officers Forum, University of Pittsburgh
Max Crowley, Ph.D.
Professor of Human Development, Family Studies & Public Policy
Director, Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center Pennsylvania State University
Antonio McLaren, Ed.D.
Vice President for Program Innovation and Implementation 1890 Universities Foundation
Susanna Campbell, Ph.D.
Provost Associate Professor, Department of Foreign Policy and Global Security, School of International Service (SIS), Director of the Research on International Policy Implementation Lab (RIPIL) American University
11:00–11:10 Break

SESSION 9—OPEN
CULTIVATING A CULTURE OF ENGAGEMENT AND COLLABORATION

11:10–12:00 Session Moderator:
Tony Boccanfusso, Committee member
Panel:
Joseph Colletti, Ph.D.
Senior Associate Dean Emeritus Iowa State University
Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Public Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Fulfilling the Public Mission of the Land-Grant System: Building Platforms for Collaboration and Impact. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/29092.
Matthew Bishop, Ph.D.
Interim Vice President for Public Service
University of Georgia
Saharah Moon Chapotin, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Foundation for Food and Agricultural Research

SUMMARY AND FINAL REMARKS DAY 2—OPEN

12:00–12:15 Steve Yanni, Committee Chair
Bay Mills Community College
12:15 Adjourn Day 2
Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Public Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Fulfilling the Public Mission of the Land-Grant System: Building Platforms for Collaboration and Impact. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/29092.
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Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Public Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Fulfilling the Public Mission of the Land-Grant System: Building Platforms for Collaboration and Impact. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/29092.
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Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Public Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Fulfilling the Public Mission of the Land-Grant System: Building Platforms for Collaboration and Impact. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/29092.
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Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Public Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Fulfilling the Public Mission of the Land-Grant System: Building Platforms for Collaboration and Impact. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/29092.
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Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Public Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Fulfilling the Public Mission of the Land-Grant System: Building Platforms for Collaboration and Impact. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/29092.
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Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Public Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Fulfilling the Public Mission of the Land-Grant System: Building Platforms for Collaboration and Impact. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/29092.
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