Advisory Council
Advisory Council Members, 2025
Name
Board Affiliation Type
Shelley Butler Barlow, Cotton Plains Farm; Former VDACS Chairwoman and VT BOV member.
Producer
Jewel Bronaugh, Interim Dean
College of Agriculture and 1890 Adminstrator
Virginia State University
Trey Davis, President & CEO
Virginia Agribusiness Council
Mario Feruzzi, Dean
Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry
State Government - SAF
Guru Ghosh, Vice President for Outreach and International Affairs
Virginia Tech Outreach and International Affairs
Charles Green, Commissioner
Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Mike Gutter, VCE Director and CALS Associate Dean
Virginia Cooperative Extension (Virginia Tech)
*Kern Houff, Railside Industries
Agribusiness Representative
Brantley Ivey, Class IV
VALOR Alumni Representative (recent)
Vernon Meacham, Assistant Dean of Advancement
VT CALS Advancement
Adam McKenery, Chief Audit Officer
Farm Credit of the Virginias
Tracy Rutherford, Department Head
Department of Agricultural, Leadership, and Community Education, Virginia Tech
Scott Sink, President
Virginia Farm Bureau Federation
*denotes current Chair