Our Team

AGRICULTURE LAW EDUCATION INITIATIVE PARTNERS

The Agriculture Law Education Initiative (ALEI) is a collaboration of the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law at the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB); the College of Agriculture & Natural Resources at the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP); and the School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. ALEI is an initiative of the University of Maryland: MPowering the State, a strategic alliance between UMB and UMCP created in 2012 to significantly expand research, business development, and student opportunities at both universities.

Executive Committee

• Wendy Powers, Ph.D., Dean, AGNR
• Moses Kairo, Ph.D., Dean, SANS
• Renée McDonald Hutchins, JD, Dean, UMB

Leadership Committee

• Enrique Escobar, Ph.D., Assistant Professor and Interim Associate 1890 Extension Administrator
• Darren Jarboe, Ph.D, Assistant Director and Program Leader, Agriculture Program, UME
• Deborah Eisenberg, JD, Vice Dean, Piper & Marbury Professor of Law and Director, Center for Dispute Resolution (C-DRUM), University of Maryland, Baltimore – Francis King Carey School of Law

Working Group

• Samantha Capaldo, MS., JD.,  Senior Legal Research Associate, DAFRS
• Nicole Cook, JD, LLM, Legal Specialist, DAFRS
• Paul Goeringer, MS. JD, LLM, Extension Legal Specialist, AGNR
• Christin Redding, Coordinator, ALEI
• Megan Todd, JD, Managing Director & Senior Research Associate, UMCSL

AGNR – College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, College Park
DAFRS – Department of Agriculture, Food and Resource Sciences, Eastern Shore
SANS – School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences, Eastern Shore
UMB – University of Maryland, Baltimore
UME – University of Maryland Extension
UMCSL – University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, Baltimore