Dr. Robert E. Armstrong, Acting Executive Director

USDA, Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercialization Corporation

Dr. Bob Robinson, Administrator

USDA, Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service

Representing the Binational Agricultural Research and Development Center

Dr. Peter Johnson, Director

USDA, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Peoria, Illinois

Dr. J. Grant Brewen, President and CEO

Biotechnology Research Development Corporation (B.R.D.C), Peoria, Illionois

Mr. Nyle Wollenhaupt, Staff Soil Scientist / Agronomist

Ag-Chem Equipment Co., Inc.

Mr. John Martinell, Program Manager for Agricultural Programs

Lockheed Martin Idaho Technologies Company

Mr. Kent Nix, Steering Committee Member

Agricultural Complex for Advanced Research and Extension System (AG-CARES)