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SRAC: Board of Directors

The Board of Directors (BOD) is the policy-making body for SRAC. Membership of the Board provides an appropriate balance among representatives from State Agricultural Experiment Stations, Cooperative Extension Services, 1890 Institutions, and the Administrative Heads of Agriculture Section (AHS) of the Board of Agriculture of the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges.

The structure of the Board is as follows:

• Three members of the 1862 Southern Extension Service Directors Association
• Three members of the 1862 Southern Experiment Station Directors Association
• One member of the 1890 Association of Research Administrators
• One member of the 1890 Association of Extension Administrators
• One AHS administrator from the host institution

BOD Members:

Current members of the Board are:

• Scott Willard, Mississippi State University
• Edmund Buckner, Alcorn State University
• Keith Coble, Mississippi State University
• Phil Elzer, Louisiana State University
• Steve Lommel, NC State University
• Steve Martin, Mississippi State University
• Bob Scott, University of Arkansas
• Ashley Stokes, University of Tennessee
• Tara Smith, Louisiana State University

Ex-officio Board members are:

• Chairman, Industry Advisory Council
• Extension Co-chairman, Technical Committee
• Research Co-chairman, Technical Committee
• Director, SRAC

What the BOD Does:

The Board is responsible for (1) overall administration and management of the regional center program; (2) establishment of overall regional aquaculture research and extension goals and allocations of fiscal resources to ensure that the center develops strong programs in both research and extension; (3) establishment of priorities for regional aquaculture research and extension education activities based on inputs from the Technical Committee and Industry Advisory Council and guidance from the National Aquaculture Development Plan; (4) review and approval of annual plans of work and accomplishment reports; and (5) final selection of proposals for funding by SRAC.