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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