Annual Meeting 2008
44th Annual Meeting
June 1-3, 2008

"Innovative Public-Private Partnerships that Promote
International Agricultural and Rural Development"
Speakers and Panelists

---

Brandon Harness is an undergraduate student at Alcorn State University majoring in Agribusiness Management. His classification in the academic year that concluded in May was junior. He is originally from Baton Rouge Louisiana. He has worked as a work-aid in cooperative extension on the ASU campus since his freshman year. He has career aspirations in rural development and international agriculture. He hopes to work with a USDA agency or other government entity for a career.