DAFVM - Key Persons


Alicia Oliver


Andrew Stevens


Angela Hill


Ashley Patterson


Barnes, James


Bekah, Sparks


Brent Frey


Brittney Oliver


Caleb Alford


Caleb Lemley


Camp, Jason


Carson McTaggart

Job Titles:
  • Business Coordinator

Charles (Taze) Fulford


Christopher A. Boone

Job Titles:
  • Department of Marketing, Quantitative Analysis and Business Law

Cindy Ratcliff


Correa, Sandra

Job Titles:
  • Secretary

Cory Gallo


Courtney Headley


Darrell Banks


David Christiansen


Derris D. Burnett

Job Titles:
  • Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences

Dominique Belcher


Dr. Alicia Olivier


Dr. Amanda Stone - Treasurer

Job Titles:
  • Secretary
  • Treasurer

Dr. Angus Catchot


Dr. Anna Linhoss - Chairman, Treasurer

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Secretary
  • Treasurer
  • Vice Chair

Dr. Ashli Brown

Job Titles:
  • Associate Vice President

Dr. Bindu Nanduri - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Dr. Brandi Karisch - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Dr. Brittany Moore-Henderson


Dr. Dan Reynolds


Dr. Darrell Sparks


Dr. Darrin Dodds


Dr. David Jones

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chair

Dr. David Smith


Dr. Donna Peterson - Treasurer

Job Titles:
  • Secretary
  • Treasurer
  • Vice Chair

Dr. Florencia Meyer - Treasurer

Job Titles:
  • Secretary
  • Treasurer

Dr. Gary Jackson

Job Titles:
  • Associate Vice President

Dr. Ian Munn


Dr. Jack Smith


Dr. Jamie Larson


Dr. Jason Barrett - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Vice Chair

Dr. Julie Parker

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chair

Dr. Keith H. Coble - VP

Job Titles:
  • Vice President
  • Vice President of the Division of Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary
Dr. Keith H. Coble serves as the Vice President of the Division of Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine (DAFVM) at Mississippi State University. The Division is central to MSU's longstanding land-grant mission: research, teaching, and service. DAFVM faculty, staff, and students work to maintain our outstanding national reputation in a wide range of subject areas. Within his profession, Coble has been elected twice as a leader of his professional society, first as a member of the Board of Directors and then as President of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) 2019-2020. In 2020, Coble was honored with the Southern Agricultural Economics Association Lifetime Achievement Award.

Dr. Michael Jaffee - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Dr. Nicholas Frank


Dr. Pratima Acharya Adhikari

Job Titles:
  • Secretary

Dr. Reuben Moore


Dr. Sandra Correa

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chair

Dr. Scott Willard


Dr. Stephanie Ward - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Dr. Steve Bullard


Dr. Teresa Gammill


Dr. Trent Irby


Dr. Wes Burger


Elizabeth Canales

Job Titles:
  • Department of Agricultural Economics

Fred Franca - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Ganesh Kumar

Job Titles:
  • Delta Research and Extension Center

George Popescu


Gholson, Drew


Grala, Robert


Grissett-Hartwick, Gretchen


Hardman, Alisha


J. Daniel Rivera

Job Titles:
  • Coastal Research & Extension Center

Jaffe, Michael


Jan High


Jason Camp


Jay McCurdy


Jeff Wilson


Jessica Rahim

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant II

Joel Paz

Job Titles:
  • Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Joey Bart


John Long


John Willis


Jonas King


Josh Maples

Job Titles:
  • Department of Agricultural Economics

Juan L. Silva

Job Titles:
  • Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Health Promotion

Julie Burt


Kalyn T. Coatney

Job Titles:
  • Department of Agricultural Economics

Kelley Wamsley


Keun Seo


Knight, Tricia


Latara Arterberry


Lee Weiskopf


Lee, Alison

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chair

Lemus, Rocky


Li, Tongyin


Lisa Noffsinger

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant to the Vice President

Lloyd, Debra


Maggie Ballard

Job Titles:
  • Business Manager II

Maples, Will


Mariah Morgan


Mark E. Keenum - President

Job Titles:
  • President

Mary Kathryn Kight

Job Titles:
  • Senior Communications Manager

Matt Griffin


Matthews, Rahel


Melanson, Rebecca


Nanduri, Bindu


Nathan Gregory


Popescu, George


Poudel, Krishna


Raja Reddy


Rebecca Melanson


Rios, Leyla


Simone Hinz


Stephen Meyers


Stone, Amanda


Taya Marquardt Ezell


Tiffney Williams


Tom Allen


Travis W. Hill

Job Titles:
  • Center for Advanced Vehiclular Systems Extension

Tricia Knight


Vance, Carrie


W.L. Giles

Job Titles:
  • Distinguished Professor at the University

Wes Neal


Wes Schilling

Job Titles:
  • Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Health Promotion

Will Davis

Job Titles:
  • Department of Agricultural Economics

Yan, Lifang


Yu, Fei