Committees

Committees

Advisory Committee

• Steve Beebe – Bean breeder,CIAT, Cali Colombia
• Charlie Brummer – Forage molecular geneticist, Noble Foundation
• Christine Bruhn – Extension Nutritionist, University of California, Davis
• David Sleper – Plant breeder, Author: “Breeding Field Crops”
• Steven Goff – iPlant Collaborative, Project Director
• Scott Jackson – Common bean sequencing project, University of Georgia

Executive Committee

• Phil McClean – Project Director
• Julie Garden-Robinson – Nutrition
• Paul Gepts – Databases
• Mike Grusak – Nutrition
• Jim Kelly – Breeding and education
• Phil Miklas – Genetics and breeding
• Jim Myers – Snap beans
• Juan Osorno – Breeding and education

International Stakeholders

• Kirsten Bett – University of Saskatchewan
• Horacio Guzman – INIFAP, Mexico
• Susan Nchimbi Msolla – Tanzania
• Federico Sanchez – UNAM, Mexico
• Joe Tohme – CIAT, Colombia
• Rajeev Varshney – ICRISAT, India

Industry Stakeholders

• Tom Grebb – US Dry Bean Council
• Ken Kmecik – Seminis Vegetable Seeds
• John Rayapati – ADM