Meet our team

The Global Food Systems team is as multidisciplinary as the initiative. Team members are from the Division of Communications and Marketing, College of Agriculture, Kansas State University Institute for Commercialization and K-State Research and Extension.

Steering Committee

Karen Burg April Mason Sue Peterson
Karen Burg
Vice President, Research
Kansas State University
785-532-5110
kjburg@k-state.edu
April Mason
Provost, Sr. Vice President
Kansas State University
785-532-6225
masona@k-state.edu
Sue Peterson
Director, Govt. Relations
Kansas State University
785-532-6221
skp@k-state.edu


Communications

Jeff Morris Jeffery B. Morris
Vice President
Division of Communications and Marketing
785-532-2535
jbmorris@k-state.edu
Kris Boone Kris Boone
Department Head and Professor
Communications and Agricultural Education
785-532-5633
kboone@k-state.edu
Brad Beckman Brad Beckman
Communications Specialist
785-532-1161
bradbeckman@k-state.edu
Lindsey Elliott Lindsey Elliott
Communications and Crisis Management Specialist
785-532-1546
lindseye@k-states.edu
Pat Melgares Pat Melgares
Communications Specialist
785-532-1160
melgares@k-state.edu
Greg Tammen Greg Tammen
Communications Specialist
785-532-4486
gtammen@k-state.edu
Jeff Wichman Jeff Wichman
Communications Specialist
785-532-0993
jwichman@k-state.edu