NACD 2022 Summer Meeting

Luis A. Cruz-Arroyo is from Mayagüez, PR and graduated from the University of Puerto Rico with a bachelor’s degree in Animal Science. Luis has work in conservation for over a decade covering different field, technical and management position in Alabama and Iowa and more recently... Read More →

Terry Cosby was appointed to serve as chief of the United States Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in May of 2021. In this role, Chief oversees the 3,000 NRCS field offices and their employees across the nation.Cosby began his career with... Read More →

Commissioner Nelson has a B.S. Degree in Accounting from St. Augustine’s University; leadership training certificates from the Henry Toll Fellowship & Eastern Leadership Academy respectively; a certificate in “Driving Government Performance” from the John F. Kennedy School of... Read More →

Raúl E. Macchiavelli is a Professor and the Dean and Director of the College of Agricultural Sciences at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, the land grant university in Puerto Rico. Dr. Macchiavelli has more than 40 years of experience teaching and doing research in applied... Read More →

The Secretary of Agriculture of Puerto Rico was born in the town of Arroyo, Puerto Rico on October 6, 1965. He studied Accounting at the Regional College of Ponce, Puerto Rico and Agricultural Administration at Santa Fe Community College in Gainesville, Florida. He carries agriculture... Read More →

Stafford Crossman is an Extension Assistant Professor and Associate Director of the Cooperative Extension Service at the University of the Virgin Islands School of Agriculture. He began his career at the University of the Virgin Islands as a Research Specialist at the Agricultural... Read More →