Board of Directors

AgriSafe’s Board includes individuals with diverse work, life, social, and educational backgrounds so that it can make well-rounded decisions that strengthen the mission of AgriSafe.

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Find out more about each of our current Board of Directors Members below:

Amanda Wickman, MBA – Chair

Program Director, SW Ag Center, University of Texas at Tyler Health Science Center

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Mary Kay Nissen, DNP, ARNP, FNP-BC – Vice Chair

Shenandoah Medical Center

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Sebastian Galindo, PhD – Secretary

University of Florida

Tim Higgins – Treasurer

Farm Credit Services of America

Andrew Esposito, B.S., C.E.S.O.

U.S. Sugar Corporation

Ronald Ford

Retired Bank Chairman and CEO, Retired County Commission Chairperson, Retired Founder of a Veterans Non-Profit

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Brian Hammer, MPA, CDS

Nationwide Insurance -Agribusiness

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Wendell G. Miley

Safety Director, Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation

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Kay Miller Temple, MD

Rural Health Information Hub

Shirley W. Liles, MS, Ed, CPSS, CCA, CMHFA

Administrator, North Carolina Department of Adult Corrections

Nicholas Rutledge, MSW, LCSW

Supervisory Social Worker, Biloxi Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Biloxi, MS