Mission
The AAIC is an international, nonprofit educational and scientific organization established to
- Encourage and promote the activities of those involved in the production, processing, development, and commercialization of industrial crops and products derived from industrial crops
- Educate and inform our members and others through national and international meetings and conferences
- Provide the public, industry, and government policy makers with expert scientific, engineering, and business information on developments in the utilization and commercialization of industrial products from agricultural crops.
Board of Directors
President: James V. Anderson (USDA, ARS, SPBRU)
President-Elect: Ana Luisa Fernando (Universidade Nova de Lisboa)
Past President: Dilpreet S. Bajwa (Montana State University)
Secretary: Claire C. Heinitz (USDA, ARS, NALPGRU)
Treasurer: Burton L. Johnson (North Dakota State University)
Web content manager: Von Mark V. Cruz (Bridgestone Americas, Inc.)
Divisions and Chairs
General Crops and Products: Efi Alexopoulou (CRES)
Fiber and Cellulosic Crops: Marisol Berti (North Dakota State University)
Medicinal & Nutraceutical Plants: Diana Jasso de Rodríguez (UAAAN)
Natural Rubber and Resins: Guangyao (Sam) Wang (Bridgestone Americas, Inc.)
Oilseeds: Hussein Abdel-Haleem (USDA-ARS ALARC)
Newsletter Editor
Ana Luisa Fernando
(Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal),
Membership and Conference Registrar
Valerie H. Teetor (University of Arizona)
Program Abstract Editor
Marisol Berti (NDSU)