The Keck Center, 500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
June 12, 2025
VIA ZOOM
DAY 1
| 9:00–9:20 | Robin Schoen, Board Director |
| Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources | |
| Steve Yanni, Committee Chair | |
| Bay Mills Community College |
| 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 |
| 10:05–11:00 | Session Moderator: |
| Tony Boccanfusso, Committee member | |
| Panel: | |
| Justine Lindemann, Ph.D. | |
| Assistant Professor in Community Development and Resilience |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 12:45–1:30 | Session Moderator: |
| Steve Yanni, Committee Chair |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 1:30–1:45 | Break |
| 2:30–3:30 | Session Moderator: |
| Michael Rios, Committee member | |
Facilitated breakout session answering the following questions:
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| 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 |
| 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 |
| Elyse Aurbach, Ph.D. | |
| Assistant Provost of University Outreach and Engagement Michigan State University |
| 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 |
| 11:10–12:00 | Session Moderator: |
| Tony Boccanfusso, Committee member | |
| Panel: | |
| Joseph Colletti, Ph.D. | |
| Senior Associate Dean Emeritus Iowa State University |
| Matthew Bishop, Ph.D. | |
| Interim Vice President for Public Service University of Georgia |
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| Saharah Moon Chapotin, Ph.D. | |
| Executive Director | |
| Foundation for Food and Agricultural Research |
| 12:00–12:15 | Steve Yanni, Committee Chair |
| Bay Mills Community College | |
| 12:15 | Adjourn Day 2 |