44th Annual Meeting

June 1-3, 2008

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

Speakers and Panelists

Mike McWhorter

Mike McWhorter, as International Training Coordinator, administers Short-Term Non-Academic Training Programs in coordination with academic departments and agencies of The Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture, Texas A&M University System. He coordinates student study abroad activities as well as campus visits for international dignitaries. Dr. McWhorter maintains liaison with international governments, agencies, private sector and commodity groups to develop and coordinate training

opportunities with TAMUS. He facilitates training programs coordinated through USAID, USDA/FAS, United Nations/FAO, World Bank, Asian Development Bank, Inter-American Development Bank and other agencies and foundations. For ten years before assuming his current position in 1996, Dr. McWhorter was an investment consultant. From 1973 to 1986, he was an Extension Entomologist with Texas Cooperative Extension, rising from Area Extension Entomologist to Extension Entomologist-Pest Management Program Leader. In 1977-78, He served as Agricultural Advisor to the Office of Pesticide Programs of the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Dr. McWhorter earned a B.S. (1969) in Agriculture/Entomology at Texas Tech University and M.S. and Ph.D. (1971/73) degrees in Entomology from Iowa State University.