Washington State University

School of Economic Sciences

Speaker Highlights

John Gardner

WSU Vice President of Economic Development and Extension.  Dr. Gardner will articulate his vision of WSU with regard to economic development and extension

Hosein Shapouri

Office of the Chief Economist at USDA and WSU alum.  Dr. Shapouri is a national leader in Bioenergy research and policy, and will provide his perspective on these issues.

Nick Piggott

Associate Professor at North Carolina State University.  Dr. Piggott is a National Award Winning faculty member in Extension and Research with extensive experience in comodity markets, risk and biofuels.

Des O'Rourke

Emeritie of Washington State University and currently with Belrose.  Dr. O'Rourke is an internationally recognized expert in agricultural marketing and a member of the Governor's Council of Economic Advisors.

Mechel Paggi

Director for the Center for Agricultural Business, California State University, Fresno.   Dr. Paggi has received awards from the American Agricultural Economics Association for quality of communication in public policy education and group extension programming in the area of farm policy.  He will discuss the upcoming farm bill with focus on specialty crops.

 

John Gardner

Hosein Shapouri

 

Nick Piggott

 

Des O'Rourke

mechel paggi

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