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.

Interested in learning more about the AgriSafe Board of Directors? Check out these resources:

Board applications are now closed!

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

Headshot of Mary Nissen

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

Shenandoah Medical Center

Brian Hammer headshot.

Brian Hammer, MPA, CDS – Vice Chair

Nationwide Insurance -Agribusiness

Andrew Esposito headshot.

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

U.S. Sugar Corporation

Greg Baker headshot.

Greg Baker, CCA

General Manager for National Pecan LLC

E-licia L. Chaverest headshot.

E’licia L. Chaverest

Assistant Director, Alabama A&M University Small Farms Research Center

Damon Cleaton headshot.

Damon Cleaton, MHA

Ag Producer, Cleaton’s 4E Farms

placeholder image

Michelle Gardner

Jenny Guzman headshot.

Jenny Guzman

Tim Higgins headshot.

Tim Higgins

Farm Credit Services of America

Jayne Krull headshot.

Jayne Krull

Wisconsin Farm Center, Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP)

Paul Monaghan headshot.

Paul Monaghan

Melissa Ploeckelman headshot.

Melissa Ploeckelman

Outreach Specialist, National Children’s Center for Rural Agriculture Health and Safety and the National Farm Medicine Center

Gregory Scott headshot.

Greg Scott MS, RN, PHRN, TNS, Paramedic, CHW, CDP

Carle Health

Amanda Wickman headshot.

Amanda Wickman, MBA

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