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
Justin Milcarek, Marketing and Customer Service Manager
Susan Overdorf, Organization Culture Manager & Executive Admin
Logan Cass, Soybean Field Programs & EHS Manager
Zach Sparks, Corn Field Programs
Samantha Pettit, Genetics Lab Protein Specialist                                
Tom Mager, RST, Seed Lab Supervisor
Ken McCallister, Sample Admin Supervisor
Randy Barger, IT Manager
Jayne Wolff, Bookkeeper 

ICIA Executive Committee

MARVIN WIEDERHOLD  President, Tate & Lyle    
JIM PARKS Vice President, Corteva Agriscience
SAMANTHA BOCK Director at Large, Inari 
DAVID PEARL Immed. Past Pres., The Cisco Companies
SHAWN DONKIN Purdue Faculty

ICIA Board of Directors

BEN GREEN, Purple Ribbon Seeds 
BARRY JOHNSON, MBS Genetics, 
DAN ROWLAND, Greenleaf Genetics/Syngenta Seedcare 
JOHN STURGES, Bayer Crop Science 
TROY GINTHER, AgReliant Gentics
AARON WHALEN, Ag Alumni Seed
ROGER BUDREAU, Remington seeds
TROY MCKILLIP, AgVenture McKillip Seeds
CHRIS STAIGER, Purdue Faculty 
RON TURCO, Purdue Faculty