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Committee on Outreach, Diversity, Inclusion, and Education (CODIE)

The Maize Genetics Committee on Outreach, Diversity, Inclusion, and Education (CODIE) is charged with increasing the equitable representation of people based on race, gender, physical ability, sexual orientation, and other attributes, within the Maize Genetics Cooperative and it's leadership; within the area of Maize Genetics; and within the broader field of STEM education, research, and industry.

 See the full committee charge.

Elected positions:

  • Clinton Whipple (CODIE Chair) - Brigham Young University

  • Sylvia Morais de Sousa Tinoco (CODIE Secretary) - Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation - Embrapa

Committee members:

  • Prameela Awale - University of Missouri-Columbia

  • Hank Bass - Florida State University

  • Natalia de Leon - University of Wisconsin

  • Kate Eastman - Purdue

  • Andrew Egesa - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • John Fowler - Oregon State University

  • Rita Hayford - University of Delaware

  • David Jackson - Cold Spring Harbor Lab

  • Thanduanlung Kamei - University of Delaware

  • Rajdeep Singh Khangura - Purdue University

  • Emma Leary - University of Missouri

  • Hong Li - Bayer Crop Science

  • Penelope Lindsay - Oregon State University

  • Le Liu - University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • Michaela Matthes - University of Bonn

  • Adrienne Moran Lauter - USDA / ARS

  • Michael Scanlon - Cornell University

  • Brandi Sigmon - University of Nebraska-Lincoln

  • Beth Thompson - East Carolina University

  • Ruth Wagner - Bayer

  • Brian Zebosi - Iowa State University