Meet Our Executive Committee

Dr. Lisa Fultz

Past Chair

Louisiana State University

Lisa specializes in soil microbial ecology, biogeochemistry, and water quality of agricultural system. Her research involves the relationship between cover crops and microbial communities, and microbial community structure and functions in grassland and grazed agroecosystems.

Dr. Carlene Chase

Chair

University of Florida

Carlene’s area of expertise is ecological weed management for organic and sustainable cropping systems. Her research has an emphasis on cover crops and living mulches for enhancing cropping system resilience to weeds, pests, and pathogens; and on crop management practices for improving the sustainability of strawberry and vegetable cropping systems.

Dr. Audrey Gamble

Chair-Elect

Auburn University

Audrey is an Assistant Professor & Extension Specialist in the Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences Department at Auburn University. She specializes in Agronomic Crops; Animal Sciences & Forages and Commercial Horticulture. Audrey was the Chair of the Conference committee and host of the 2019 Southern Cover Crops Conference. Audrey does research in field evaluation of conservation cropping systems/cover crops to improve soil health and sustainability.

Dr. Chris Reberg-Horton

Treasurer

North Carolina State University

Chris has worked extensively with cover crops in both organic and conventional grain production systems with a special emphasis on weed management. He is also the Assistant Director of the Center for Environmental Farming Systems.

Rachel Stout Evans

Secretary

USDA-NRCS

Rachel is a Resource Soil Scientist with USDA-NRCS in Louisiana, with 17 years of field experience in soil survey, ecological site inventory, and soil health in rowcrop agriculture in the Lower Mississippi Valley. She tries to educate farmers, landowners, soil conservationists, and the general public about soil health and how cover crops are a tool to stop erosion and rebuild healthy soils.

Robert Warring

Grower Representative

Virginia

Robert is a row crop producer from the Coastal Plains of Virginia and serves as the Nutrient Management & Cover Crop Subcommittee Chair for the Virginia Agricultural BMP Technical Advisory Committee. The operation has been in continuous no-till production for 25 years and utilizes cover crops for soil health and sustainability. The farm was the second in the state to have a Resource Management Plan, which is the highest level of conservation recognition for Virginia farms and is actively involved in cover crop research with Virginia Tech and the Natural Resource Conservation Service.

Maru Kering

Member-At-Large

Virginia State University