Leadership

Jill O'Donnell
Haggart-Work Director
International Relations; U.S. Foreign Policy; Trade as a Component of U.S. Foreign Policy; Writing
402-472-2119 | jodonnell2@unl.edu
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Cheyenne Gerlach
Assistant Director
International development, Rural Sociology, Seed Policy, Agricultural Intellectual Property
402-472-9274 | cgerlach2@unl.edu
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Edward Balistreri
Duane Acklie Yeutter Institute Chair, College of Business
International Trade, Quantitative Analysis of Policy, Applied Microeconomic Theory, Climate Policy and Trade
402-472-2319 | edward.balistreri@unl.edu
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John Beghin
Mike Yanney Yeutter Institute Chair, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
International Trade, Food Security, Trade and the Environment, Policy Analysis

Matthew Schaefer
Clayton Yeutter Chair, College of Law
International Law and Space, Cyber & Telecommunications Law
402-472-1238 | mschaefer@unl.edu
Full BiographyVisiting Faculty

Christine McDaniel
Non-Resident Fellow
International Trade, Empirical Analysis of Trade Policy, Intellectual Property Rights

Stephen Olson
Visiting Lecturer
International Trade, WTO, US-China Relations, Free Trade Agreements, Sustainable Trade
Full BiographyFaculty Fellows

Nicholas Brozovic
Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics; Director of Policy, Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute
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Agricultural Water Management, Policy Analysis, Entrepreneurship
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Lilyan Fulginiti
Judith and Roy Frederick Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics
expertise
International Agricultural Development, Agricultural Production and Productivity, Policy Analysis, Applied Microeconomics
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Chris Gustafson
Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics
expertise
Health, Food Security, Consumer Behavior, Experimental and Behavioral Economics
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Uchechukwu Jarrett
Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Economics
expertise
International Trade and Finance, Natural resource curse, Economic Development
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Y.S. (Steve) Lee
Visiting Professor of Law, Nebraska Law
expertise
Law and development, international economic law and international trade law.
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Brad Lubben
Extension Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics
expertise
Agricultural, trade, food, and environmental policy, development, analysis, and education
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Fabio Mattos
Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics
expertise
Commodity Marketing, Commodity Risk Management, Price Analysis and Forecasting
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Lia Nogueira-Rodriguez
Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics
expertise
Non-tariff Barriers to Trade, Technology Innovations, Agricultural Policy and Trade
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Wes Peterson
Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics
expertise
International Trade, Agricultural and Natural Resource Policy, Economic Development
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Erkut Sonmez
Associate Professor, Supply Chain Management and Analytics Department
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Supply chain management, Stochastic analysis and optimization, Sustainability, Food waste and agricultural operations
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Advisory Council Members

Edward Alden
Ross Distinguished Visiting Professor, Western Washington University
Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations

Tim Andriesen
Managing Director, Agricultural Sales, Marex

Kelly Brunkhorst
Executive Director, Nebraska Corn Board & Nebraska Corn Growers Association

Andrea Durkin

Veronica A. Haggart
Retired International Trade Lawyer and Former Commissioner, U.S. International Trade Commission

Mark Jensen
President and CEO, Farm Credit Services of America & Frontier Farm Credit

Katrin Kuhlmann
President and Founder, New Markets Lab
Visiting Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center

Kenneth I. Levinson
CEO, Washington International Trade Association and WITA Foundation

Warren H. Maruyama
Partner, Hogan Lovells

Darci Vetter
Head of Global Public Policy, PepsiCo

Cristena Bach Yeutter