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 in Spring (March), Summer (July) and Fall (October), 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. To register for a PMC Meeting, please send a request to register to: ir-4_project@ncsu.edu.
Upcoming meetings:
Summer 2025 PMC/CLC Meeting | July 8-10
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
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
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
Mary Hausbeck *
Director – North Central Region
Michigan State University
Plant Biology Laboratories
612 Wilson Road
Room 140
East Lansing, MI 48824
Phone: 517-355-4534
hausbec1@msu.edu
Matt Hengel (PMC Chair)*
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
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
Chris Philips
USDA – National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Phone: 216-390-4211
christopher.philips@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
toddscholz@usapulses.org
Alvin Simmons *
USDA-ARS
U.S. Vegetable Laboratory
2700 Savannah Highway
Charleston, SC, 29414
Phone: 843-402-5307
alvin.simmons@usda.gov
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
Project Management Committee members at IR-4 Headquarters for the 2024 fall meeting (not all present).
Pictured: Jerry Baron, Matt Hengel, Todd Scholz, Simon Zebelo, Mary Hausbeck, Liwei Gu and Alvin Simmons.