The Project Management Committee (PMC) serves as the board of directors for the IR-4 Project and is made up of regional directors and administrative advisors (AA) from each of IR-4’s regions and USDA-ARS, as well as leadership from the IR-4 Commodity Liaison Committee and representatives from USDA-NIFA. The PMC meets three times a year to develop policies and procedures, set operational budgets within funding limitation, review the status of ongoing programs, and ensure the program’s overall goals are being met.

Jerry J. Baron *
Executive Director – IR-4 Project Headquarters
NC State University
1730 Varsity Drive
Suite 210
Raleigh, NC, 27606
Phone: 919-515-3166
Cell: 908-627-4213
jjbaron@ncsu.edu

Tom Bewick
USDA – National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Beacon Complex 6501 Beacon Drive
Kansas City, MO 64133
Phone: 202-913-3052
tbewick@usda.gov

Douglas Buhler
Administrative Advisor – North Central Region
Michigan State University Agricultural Experiment Station
109 Agriculture Hall
East Lansing, MI, 48824-1039
Phone: 517-355-0123 x 107
buhler@msu.edu

Dr. John Mark Davis
Administrative Advisor – Southern Region
University of Florida/IFAS
Food Agricultural Experiment Station
G040 McCarty Hall D, PO Box 110200
Gainesville, FL, 32611-0200
Phone: 352-392-1784
jmdavis@ufl.edu

Liwei Gu *
Director – Southern Region
University of Florida
Food Science & Human Nutrition
P.O. Box 110370
Gainesville, FL, 32611
Phone: 352-392-1991
lgu@ufl.edu

Matt Hengel *
Director – Western Region
University of California Davis
Department of Environmental Toxicology
4218 Meyer Hall
450 Bioletti Way
Davis, CA, 95616
Phone: 530-752-2402
mjhengel@ucdavis.edu

Marcel Holyoak
Administrative Advisor – Western Region
University of California
College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences
One Shields Ave.
Davis, CA, 95616-8588
Phone:
Cell: 530-867-3391
maholyoak@ucdavis.edu

Dr. Moses T. Kairo
Administrative Advisor – Northeast Region
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences
Suite 3055, Richard A. Hazel Hall
Princess Anne, MD, 21853
Phone: 410-651-6072
mkairo@umes.edu

Steven Lommel (ex officio HQ)
NC State University
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Patterson Hall 201B, Box 7643
Raleigh, NC, 27695
Phone: 919-515-2717
slommel@ncsu.edu

Joseph Munyaneza
Administrative Advisor – USDA-ARS
5601 Sunnyside Ave., GWCC Room 4-2214
Beltsville, MD, 20705-5139
Phone: 301-504-4562
Joseph.Munyaneza@usda.gov

Todd Scholz (CLC Chair) *
USA Dry Pea & Lentil Council
2780 W. Pullman Road
Moscow, ID, 83843-4024
Phone: 208-882-3023
Cell: 208-596-5025
tscholz@usapulses.org

Alvin Simmons *
USDA-ARS
U.S. Vegetable Laboratory
2700 Savannah Highway
Charleston, SC, 29414
Phone: 843-402-5307
alvin.simmons@usda.gov

John C. Wise (PMC Chair) *
Director – North Central Region
Michigan State University
578 Wilson Road, Room 206
East Lansing, MI, 48824
Phone: 517-432-2668
wisejohn@msu.edu

Dr. Simon Zebelo *
Director – Northeastern Region
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Department of Agriculture Food and Resource Sciences
Department of Natural Sciences
1117 Trigg Hall
Princess Anne, MD, 21853
Phone: 410-651-6163
sazebelo@umes.edu
* Voting Member