Advisory Committee

Purpose:  The advisory committee is made up of stakeholders directly related to various segments of the agriculture ‘landscape’.  The committee is tasked with providing feedback and insight to the degree program to ensure students are receiving relevant (and current) knowledge and skillset development to ensure the greatest opportunity for career readiness and employment.

The advisory committee meets a minimum of twice per academic year.

Paul Anderes (co-chair)	Union County Commissioner (La Grande) panderes@union-county.org https://union-county.org/commissioners/
Bill Antilla	Threemile Canyon Farms (Boardman) bantilla@rdoffutt.com https://www.threemilecanyonfarms.com/
Bill Buhrig	Simplot Food Group (Vale) william.buhrig@simplot.com https://simplotfoods.com/
J.D. Cant	Imbler Charter School (Imbler) jd.cant@imblersd.org https://www.imbler.k12.or.us/
Julian Garcia (co-chair)	Beef Northwest Feeders / Wilson Cattle Co. (North Powder) julian.garcia@beefnw.com https://beefnw.com/
Marco Juarez-Alvarez	Wilbur-Ellis (Portland) Marco.Juarez@wilburellis.com https://www.wilburellisagribusiness.com/
Tina Lyons	Double River Forwarding, LLC (Portland) tina@double-river.com https://www.double-river.com/
Sandy Porter	Treasure Valley Community College (Ontario) sporter@tvcc.cc https://www.tvcc.cc/
Dennis Sheehy	Producer / Livestock Management Consultant; Wallowa County (Enterprise) sheehyicaps@gmail.com
Randi Svaty	R&R Farms / Columbia Bank (Ontario) RSvaty@columbiabank.com https://www.facebook.com/rrseedfarms/ https://www.columbiabank.com/
Theresa Yoshioka	Oregon Department of Agriculture – International Export Markets (Salem) Theresa.YOSHIOKA@oda.oregon.gov https://www.oregon.gov/oda/programs/MarketAccess/