Contact Information

Meeting Logistics

Eric Young
Executive Director
Southern Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors
PO Box 7561
Raleigh, NC 27695
Phone: (919) 513-1746
Email: eric_young@ncsu.edu

Beline Lafayette
Conference Assistant
UF/IFAS Office of Conferences & Institutes (OCI)
PO Box 110750
Gainesville, FL 32611-0750
Phone: (352) 294-3585
Email: bcherichel@ufl.edu

Kristin Zupancic
Conference Coordinator
UF/IFAS Office of Conferences & Institutes (OCI)
PO Box 110750
Gainesville, FL 32611-0750
Phone: (352) 294-3582
Email: kzupancic@ufl.edu


Individual Group Contacts

Academic Programs Section – Southern Region (S-APS)

Wendy Fink
Director
Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resources, APLU
Email: wfink@aplu.org
Phone: 202-478-6021
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Administrative Heads Section – Southern Region (S-AHS)

Eric Young
Executive Director
Email: eric_young@ncsu.edu
Phone: 919-815-4991
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1890 Association of Extension Administrators (AEA)

Albert Essel
Executive Administrator
Email: aeessel@ncat.edu
Phone: 336-965-2270
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Association of 1890 Research Directors (ARD)

Alton Thompson
Executive Director
Email: athompson1@ncat.edu
Phone: 336-285-2955
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Association of Southern Region Extension Directors (ASRED)

Ron Brown
Executive Director
Email: rab2@msstate.edu
Phone: 662-325-0644
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Council for Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching (S-CARET)

Eddie Gouge
Executive Director
Email: egouge@aplu.org
Phone: 202-478-6028
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Southern Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors (SAAESD)

Eric Young
Executive Director
Email: eric_young@ncsu.edu
Phone: 919-815-4991
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Registration Information

Kim Brand 
Registrar
UF/IFAS Office of Conferences & Institutes (OCI)
PO Box 110750
Gainesville, FL 32611-0750
Phone: (352) 392-5930
Email: kimmer72@ufl.edu

2019 Southern Region Mini Land-Grant Meeting Program Book

Program Book

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Advanced registration is now closed but, we will be happy to register you onsite.



The Southern Region of the U.S. has abundant opportunity as well as some enduring challenges in ensuring a safe and profitable food system, community and individual economic vitality and a healthy citizenry. The 2019 Southern Region Mini Land-grant Meeting brings together leaders from seven groups from both 1862 and 1890 Land-grant universities.



The University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) is a federal-state-county partnership dedicated to developing knowledge in agriculture, human and natural resources, and the life sciences, and enhancing and sustaining the quality of human life.

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