Center Advisory Board
The National Agricultural Law Center’s National Advisory Board plays an integral role in developing the short and long-term research and information priorities for the Center. In particular, the Board helps determine how best the Center can serve the nation’s diverse agricultural community and how best it can fulfill its mission as the nation’s leading source of agricultural and food law research and information.
Advisory Board: Western Issues
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Skye Root, Founder, Root Agricultural Advisory |
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George Soares, Partner, Kahn, Soares, & Conway, LLP |
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Christy Birdsong, Undersecretary, California Department of Food and Agriculture |
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Jeff Witte, Director/Secretary, New Mexico Department of Agriculture |
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Karen Budd-Falen, Senior Partner, Budd-Falen Law Offices L.L.C |
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Ryan Jacobsen, CEO, Fresno County Farm Bureau |
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Joe Hobson, Shareholder, Schwabe, Williamson, & Wyatt |
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Lucas Babycos, Director, Native American Law and Policy Institute at Southern University Law Center, and Partner, Advocate Law Center PA |
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Janie Gatzman (wide background: producer, agricultural appraiser, very active in California Chapter of ASFRMA, among other things) |
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Tom O’Brien, Senior Vice President, Global Human Resources, & General Counsel, Driscoll’s |