Committee Members

Dr. Michael J. Blackwell

• Tennessee
• BS Agricultural Sciences; Doctor Veterinary Medicine; Masters Public Health
• Veterinarian/Senior Director Veterinary Policy, Humane Society of the United States
• Committee Representative for Animal Welfare Organizations

Dr. Stephen Crawford

• New Hampshire
• BS Animal Science, University Maryland; DVM University Georgia
• New Hampshire State Veterinarian; Deputy Commissioner of Agriculture; Director Division of Animal Industry
• Committee Representative for State Animal Health Officials for the Eastern States

Dr. S. Peder Cuneo

• Arizona
• BS Animal Science; MS Animal Science; DVM University California at Davis; Diplomat American Board of Veterinary Practitioners
• Extension Specialist and Assistant Director University Animal Care, University of Arizona, College of Agriculture and Life Science, School of Animal and Comparative Biomedical Science
• Special Government Employee as Committee expert in animal nutrition; reproductive toxicology, animal welfare; emergency response, and livestock health

Ms. Glenda S. Davis

• Arizona, New Mexico, Utah (Navajo Nation)
• Bachelor Science in Microbiology, Colorado State; Masters Business Administration, University of Phoenix; Licensed Veterinary Technician
• Arizona, Program Manager Tribal Veterinary Services - Navajo Nation
• Committee Intertribal Representative for Tribal Producers and Tribal Producer Organizations

Dr. Mark J. Engle

• Missouri
• MS Production Animal Medicine, University of Minnesota; DVM,  Iowa State University
• Senior Technical Services Manager Swine Business Unit for Merck Animal Health
• Committee Representative for Swine Producers and Producer Organizations

Dr. David L. Fernandez

• Arkansas
• PhD Animal Science/Physiology University Kentucky; MS Animal Science/Physiology, Montana State University; BS Animal Science, Cornell University
• Sheep Producer and Extension Livestock Specialist
• Committee Representative for Sheep and Goat Producers and Producer Organizations

Mr. Maximiliano A. Fernandez

• Washington
• University of Chile; Orange Coast College
• Cattle and Sheep Producer and Advocate
• Former SACAH member
• CommitteeRepresentative for small producers and producer groups

Dr. John R. Fischer

• Georgia
• BS Fish and Wildlife; Doctor of Veterinary Medicine; PhD Pathology
• Current member of SACAH
• Director and Professor Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia
• Committee Representative of Wildlife Veterinarians

Dr. Daniel L. Grooms

• Michigan
• BS Animal Science, Cornell University; DVM and PhD Veterinary Preventative Medicine, Ohio State University
• Veterinarian and Professor at Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine Michigan State University
• Committee Representative for Veterinarians and Veterinarian Professional Organizations

Dr. Annette B. Jones  

• California
• Bachelor of Arts Economics; Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, University of California-Davis
• State Veterinarian and Director Animal Health and Food Safety Services of the California Department of Food
  and Agriculture
• Committee Representative for State Animal Health Officials for the Western States

Ms. Mary Ann Kniebel

• Kansas
• BS Animal Science, Kansas State University; MS Animal Science, Kansas State University
• Rancher and feedlot nutritionist
• Committee Representative of Cattle Producers and Producer Organizations

Dr. John R. MacMillan 

• Idaho
• BS University of Maryland; MS Michigan State University; PhD University of Washington
• Vice President, Clear Springs Foods
• Committee Representative for Aquaculture Producers and Producer Organizations

Dr. John Mahoney

• Minnesota
• BS Veterinary Medicine and Doctor Veterinary Medicine
• University of Illinois Urbana/Champaign
• Director Veterinary Services, Land O’Lakes, Inc./Purina Animal Nutrition, LLC
• Committee Representative for Veterinarians and Veterinarian Professional Associations
  

Ms. Judith I. McGeary

• Texas
• Bachelor of Science Biology, Stanford University; Juris Doctorate, University of Texas at Austin
• Current member of SACAH
• Producer and Attorney at Law, Partner- Langley & McGeary, PLLC, general practice including appellate and agricultural law and public policy work
• Committee Representative for Small Producers and Producer Organizations

Dr. Willie M. Reed

• Indiana
• BS Animal and Poultry Science; PhD Veterinary Pathology; DVM
• Dean, College of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University; Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Pathology; Diplomate of the American College of Poultry Veterinarians
• Incumbent Committee Representative for Poultry Producers and Producer Organizations and Advocate for
  Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians

Dr. G. Donald Ritter 

• Maryland
• Doctor Veterinary Medicine; Diplomate of American College Poultry Veterinarian (certified)
• Veterinarian Director Health Services for Mountaire Farms, Inc.
• Committee Representative for poultry producers and producer groups

Mr. Charles Rogers

• New Mexico
• Chief Executive Officer for Clovis Livestock Auction
• Committee Representative for Livestock Management and Marketing Organizations

Dr. David R. Smith

• Mississippi
• BS Agriculture, Ohio State University; Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Ohio State University; PhD Ohio State University
• Endowed Professor and Beef Program Leader, Mississippi State University
• Special Government Employee and Committee expert in food animal health and cattle production systems

Dr. Belinda Thompson

• New York
• BS Animal Science College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and DVM College of  Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University
• Cornell University Faculty, Advisor, and Interim Assistant Executive Director, Animal Health Diagnostic Center
• Committee Representative for Veterinarians and Veterinarian Professional Organizations

Dr. Elizabeth Wagstrom

• Iowa
• Masters of Science Veterinary Preventative Medicine, Iowa State University; Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University; Diplomate American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine
• Member of SACAH, Vice Chair (Interim Chair)
• Chief veterinarian for National Pork Producers Council
• Committee Representative for Swine Producers and Producer Organizations