Board of Directors & Staff

Board President
Director 
Water Resources Research Center University of Arizona 
350 N. Campbell Avenue
Tucson AZ  85719

TEL: (520) 245-9020
FAX: (520) 792-8518
smegdal@email.arizona.edu

Board Vice President
VP Government Affairs 
Jewish National Fund 
12782 Spring Street 
Garden Grove CA  92845

TEL: (714) 893-6849 
FAX: (714) 893-6849 
joehess@earthlink.net

Director of Policy 
Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute at the University of Nebraska
Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Nebraska Innovation Campus
2021 Transformation Drive, Suite 3220
Lincoln, NE 68583

TEL: (402) 472-5398  
nbrozovic@nebraska.edu

Professor of Range Sciences 
New Mexico State University 
P.O. Box 3003 MSC 3AG 
Las Cruces, NM 88003.8003 

TEL: (575) 646-4342  
acibils@nmsu.edu

Research Professor, Division of Atmospheric Sciences etc.
Desert Research Institute
Division of Atmospheric Sciences  
215 Raggio Parkway  
Reno, NV 89512  

TEL: (775) 674-7061 
Alan.Gertler@dri.edu

Director 
Jordanian Scientists and Technologists Abroad (JoSTA) 
Higher Council for Science & Technology (HCST) 
Amman, Jordan

i.mustafa@ncrd.gov.jo

Professor and Dean, 
Kleberg College of Agriculture, 
Natural Resources and Human Sciences 
1010 N Retama St., 
Support Services Building 
Texas A&M University-Kingsville Kingsville, Texas 78363 

TEL: (361) 593-3712
Shad.Nelson@tamuk.edu

ACES Global Initiatives Coordinator and Professor 
New Mexico State University 
PES, Skeen Hall 
945 College Drive 
Las Cruces, NM 88011 

TEL: (575) 646-2324   
FAX: (575) 646-6041 
shuklamk@nmsu.edu

Professor, Natural Resource Management 
South Dakota State University 
1029 North Campus Drive,  Box 2170 Brookings, SD 57007

TEL: (605) 688-4017 
FAX: (605) 688-6170 
Alexander.smart@Sdstate.edu