IAPAL Programs Upcoming Events
Post Graduation: Alumni Engagement for Continued Support
* Invited Presenters:
Julia Latto, Project Manager Scottish Enterprise
Jill Zimmerman, President KARL
Moderated by: Lauren Griffeth
Please find Zoom link in your email
Trips and Tours for Leadership Lovers
Panel Discussion:
Hannah Poush, Program Director at AgForestry Leadership Foundation, Washington
Beth Archer, Executive Director at AgrIInstitute, Indiana
Julie Robinson, Program Director, LEAD AR
Moderated by: Jess Benson
Please find Zoom link in your email
All Things Leadership Development Curriculum
Panel Discussion:
Larry Van De Valk, Executive Director LEAD NY, Cornell
Christy Chiarelli, Director Wedgeworth Leadership Institute, UF
Gabe Ferguson, Leadership Programs Director Rural Ontario Institute, Canada
Moderated by: Lauren Griffeth
Please find Zoom link in your email
Marketing & Recruitment Strategies
Presenters:
Bobby Soileau, Director Ag Leadership Development, LSU
Susan R. Harrison, Executive Director LEAD Maryland Foundation, UM
Moderated by: Jess Benson
Please find the Zoom link in your email
World Cafe: New Year, New Opportunities to Swap & Share!
Moderated by:
Lauren Griffeth, Director AGL, UGA
Jess Benson, Associate Director TCALP, MS State
Please find Zoom link in your email.
Mississippi
Mississippi has plans to visit Washington, DC between November/December 2023
2023 IAPAL Annual Meeting
10.23 Welcome Reception
10.24 Dr. Dave Kohl – Economic Megatrends for 2024+
Todd Van Hoose, Farm Credit Council – national political implications for the Farm Bill and other ag
issues
PJ Haynie, row crop farmer and Chair, National Black Farmers’ Alliance
Tour of the Virginia Governor’s Mansion (First Lady Youngkin will join us at some point today)
Visit with Ag and Forestry VIPs (Governor’s cabinet and agencies, special dignitary)
Sommelier-led wine education session
Dinner; The Honorable Matt Lohr (Virginia Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry, former Director,
NRCS)
10.25 Boat tour of the VA port system; lessons in international trade
Jamestown Colony tour; historical leadership lessons
Industry dinner at State Fairgrounds with sponsors
10.26 IAPAL professional development/work session
IAPAL website roll-out
IAPAL business meeting
IAPAL awards luncheon (should adjourn around 2:00 pm)
