Staff & Board
ICIA Staff Members
James Fung, Chief Executive Officer
John Zheng, Ph.D., Chief Science Officer
Laura Donaldson, Seed Lab Director
Matheus Benatti, Ph.D., Genetics Lab Director
Brenton Leach, Genetics Lab Supervisor
Shofiqul Islam, Ph.D., Research Scientist
Susan Overdorf, Organization Culture Manager & Executive Admin
Samantha Pettit, Genetics Lab Protein Specialist
Tom Mager, RST, Seed Lab Supervisor
Ken McCallister, Sample Admin Supervisor
Randy Barger, Facilities Manager
Jayne Wolff, Bookkeeper
ICIA Executive Committee
JIM PARKS President, Corteva Agriscience
MARSHALL MARTIN Vice President, Martin Acres, LLC
GENE KASSMEYER Director at Large, Inari
MARVIN WIEDERHOLD Immed. Past Pres., The Cisco Companies
BERNIE ENGEL Purdue Faculty
ICIA Board of Directors
SAMANTHA BOCK, Advanced Agrilytics
ROGER BUDREAU, Remington Seeds
TROY GINTHER, AgReliant Gentics
BRETT JONES, Ingredion
TROY MCKILLIP, AgVenture McKillip Seeds
TESFAYE MENGISTE, Purdue University
DAN ROWLAND, Greenleaf Genetics/Syngenta Seedcare
JOHN STURGES, Bayer Crop Science
RON TURCO, Purdue Faculty
ROBERT WALLER, Benson Hill
AARON WHALEN, Ag Alumni Seed