Beef Innovation Hub Personnel

Beef Innovation faculty members and internal and external advisors represent the spectrum of beef production including natural and human resources within the process, and cross-cutting areas supporting it.

  • The Faculty Advisory Committee is the core team which develops and facilitates activities to fulfill the Vision & Mission of Beef Innovation.
  • The Administrative Advisory Committee provide connections to IANR leadership, relevant departments/schools, and directors of statewide Research, Education, and Extension Centers.
  • The External Advisory Committee provides guidance regarding key regional, statewide, or broader opportunities and issues important to the beef industry.
  • The Faculty Director Committee provides connections to relevant centers and initiatives with missions which overlap the Beef Innovation scope.
  • Leadership: The Faculty Advisory Lead works with two faculty facilitators, administrators in the three mission areas at University of Nebraska-Lincoln (teaching, research, and extension), and two external advisory leaders, one of whom is a leader from the Ag Builders of Nebraska, to convene the Hub Community.
  • The Hub Community is a broad group of experts across the scope of the Hub, who actively participate in Hub conversations and activities.

Beef Innovation Hub Leads

  1. Avatar for Galen Erickson
    Faculty Advisory Committee Team Lead
  2. Avatar for Jerry Volesky
    Faculty Advisory Committee Director
  3. Avatar for Craig Allen
    Faculty Advisory Committee Facilitator
  4. Avatar for Laura Field
    External Advisory Committe Co-Lead
  5. Avatar for Jud Jesske
    External Advisory Committee Co-Chair

Faculty Advisory Committee

  1. Avatar for Alfredo DiCostanzo
    Burt, Colfax, Cuming, Dakota, Dixon, Dodge, Saunders, Stanton, Thurston, & Washington Counties
  2. Avatar for Tonya Haigh
    Rsch Asst Professor
  3. Avatar for Eric Hunt
    Asst Exten Educator
  4. Avatar for Andy Little
    Assoc Professor
  5. Avatar for Dustin Loy
    Director
  6. Avatar for Nic McMillan
    Asst Professor
  7. Avatar for Gwendwr Meredith
    Asst Professor
  8. Avatar for Jessie Morrill
    Asst Professor
  9. Avatar for Jay Parsons
    Farm and Ranch Management Specialist
  10. Avatar for Matt Spangler
    Genetics Specialist
  11. Avatar for Mitchell Stephenson
    Range and Forage Management Specialist
  12. Avatar for Rick Stowell
    Animal Environment Specialist
  13. Avatar for Ruth Woiwode
    Animal Behavior and Well-Being Specialist

Administrative Advisory Committee

Kate BrooksAgricultural Economics
Kelly BrunsNebraska Extension
Nav GhimireNebraska Extension and Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication
Tiffany Heng-MossCollege of Ag Sciences & Natural Resources
Martha MamoAgronomy and Horticulture
Silvana MartiniFood Science & Technology|Food Processing Center
Derek McLeanAgricultural Research Division
Scott McVeySchool of Vet Med & Biomedical Science
Larkin PowellSchool of Natural Resources
Randy SanerNebraska Extension
Charlie StoltenowNebraska Extension
Mark StoneBiological Systems Engineering
Deborah VanOverbekeAnimal Science
John WestraNebraska Extension
Doug ZaleskyNebraska Extension
Tala AwadaAgricultural Research Division

 

External Advisory Committee

Lord AmeyawNebraska Forest Service
Charlie ArnotCenter for Food Integrity, Gladstone, MO
Abram BabcockAdams Land and Cattle
Mark BoggessUS Meat Animal Research Center
Jessica BurkhamBeef Alliance
Mike DruryGreater Omaha Packing Company
Paul DykstraCertified Angus Beef
McKenzie HendricksBroken Bow Animal Hospital
Kevin HennessyB&R Stores, Inc. (Super Saver, Russ' Market, Allen's, Grand Central Apple Market)
Jess HinrichsZoetis
Chris KalkowskiFirst National Bank of Omaha
Shelly KellySandhills Task Force, Broken Bow, NE
Ginger LangemeierFarm Credit Services of America and Frontier Farm Credit, Omaha
Rob MitchellAgricultural Research Service, USDA
Laurel BaduraUSFWS Partners for Fish and Wildlife
Ritch NelsonNatural Resources Conservation Service
Jerry ConnealyConnealy Angus
John MadduxMaddux Cattle
Doug TemmeTemme Family Dairy, Wayne NE
Craig UdenDarr Feedlot, Inc., Agri Steer, Inc. Cozad, NE
Sherry VintonNebraska Department of Agriculture
Warren WhitePrime Pursuits (Walmart) & NE rancher

 

Faculty Directors

Andy BensonNebraska Food for Health
Jennifer ClarkeQuantitative Life Science Initiative and Nebraska Food for Health Center
Peter McCornickDaugherty Global Water for Food
Jay ParsonsCenter for Ag Profitability
Daren RedfearnWater and Integrated Cropping Systems Hub
Liz VanWormerNebraska One Health
David WedinCenter for Grassland Studies