Staff & Board

ICIA Staff Members

James Fung, Chief Executive Officer
John Zheng, Ph.D., Chief Science Officer 
Susan Overdorf,  Executive Admin & Organization Culture 
Randy Barger, Facilities Manager
Laura Donaldson, Seed Lab Director
Shofiqul Islam, Ph.D., Research Scientist         
Brenton Leach, Genetics Lab Supervisor
Jeff Linn, Field Programs Director
Tom Mager, RST, Seed Lab Supervisor
Ken McCallister, Sample Admin Supervisor
Emily Morrison, Seed Lab Specialist
Eric Pouliot, DNA Platform Specialist
Brooke Stinson, Seed Lab Specialist
Jayne Wolff, Bookkeeper 

ICIA Executive Committee

GENE KASSMEYER  President, Inari 
TBD  Vice President
BRETT JONES,  Director at Large, Ingredion
MARSHALL MARTIN,  Director at Large, Martin Acres LLC
JIM PARKS  Immediate Past President, Corteva Agriscience
BERNIE ENGEL Purdue Faculty

ICIA Board of Directors
SAMANTHA BOCK, Advanced Agrilytics                                                    
ROGER BUDREAU, Remington Seeds 
DAVID DUNK, Hubner Industries
TROY GINTHER, AgReliant Gentics
BRETT JONES, Ingredion         
BRIAN MARLATT, 1st Choice Seeds
TROY MCKILLIP, AgVenture McKillip Seeds
TESFAYE MENGISTE, Purdue University                                                 
RON TURCO, Purdue Faculty   
ROBERT WALLER, Benson Hill 
AARON WHALEN, Ag Alumni Seed
WADE WILEY, Syngenta