Dr. Brad Day received his Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee in Microbiology in 1999 where his research focus was biochemical characterization of Nod signal perception in soybean. In 2000, he received a co-sponsored National Science Foundation (U.S.) and Science and Technology Agency (Japan) postdoctoral fellowship. From 2000-2002, he conducted research at the National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences in Tsukuba, Japan, where his research contributed to the early understanding of the molecular-genetic signaling events associated with immune activation following chitin perception in rice. In 2002, he moved to U.C. Berkeley where he was a NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Fellow in the laboratory of Brian Staskawicz. As an NIH-funded postdoc at Berkeley (2002-2006), he expanded his research interests to focus on the molecular-genetic basis of host immunity, using the Arabidopsis-Pseudomonas interaction as a disease model. During this time, his research contributed to establishing what is now commonly referred to as the Guard Hypothesis. In 2006, he accepted a position at Michigan State University as an Assistant Professor. Since 2006, his lab at MSU has worked to define the role of the actin cytoskeleton as a signaling platform for immune signaling in plants, and in this area, his group was the first to identify a link between the function of the actin cytoskeleton and gene-for-gene resistance. In parallel to these studies, research in the Day lab has also published extensively in the area of immune signaling in cucumber, and more recently, has expanded into the area of DNA-nanosensor technology for the detection of pathogens. Dr. Day serves as the Associate Chair for Research in the Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences. In 2017, Dr. Day was promoted to the rank of Professor. He is currently working as a Program Director at National Science Foundation (NSF).

As chief legal counsel, Pete Lemmer provides advice and counsel on legal, regulatory, or legislative matters involving GreenStone Farm Credit Services, and acts as the chief in-house legal advisor for the organization.
Lemmer joined GreenStone in September 2008 and has more than 30 years of experience as an attorney. He has managed all aspects of in-house and outside legal matters and is experienced with federal and state laws and regulations pertaining to the financial services industry, publically held companies and the Farm Credit System.
Lemmer attended the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado, graduated from Villanova University in Pennsylvania, and obtained a Juris Doctorate from Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, Michigan. He is an active member of the Michigan Bar Association, and American Corporate Counsel Association. Lemmer was presented with the Phelps-Martin Award for Community Service for his volunteer work with local youth and refugee groups and, was appointed in 2013 to serve on the Michigan Public Service Commission by Gov. Rick Snyder.

Born in Istanbul in 1974, Emrah Ince graduated from the Industrial Engineering Department of the Naval Academy in 1996. In 1997, he completed the Supply Officer Basic and Specialization (Logistics) at the Karamürsel Training Center. In 2006, he completed his master's degree in History of Turkish Revolution at Atatürk University.
In 2002, Ince graduated from İTÜ-SEM Logistics and Supply Chain Expertise Certificate Program and currently continues his PhD at Yeditepe University, Institute of Social Sciences Technology and Innovation Management Program.
Emrah Ince left the Turkish Navy in 2011 and then worked at Eyfel Çelik İnşaat ve Taahhut Ltd. Şti., as a General Manager at Arcelor Mittal-Rzk Çelik Servis Merkezi A.Ş., as aProduction Manager at Yeditepe Sağlık Hizmetleri A.Ş. and Bactogen Biyoteknolojik Ürünler A.Ş. as Chairman and CEO.
Emrah Ince joined Tekfen Holding Strategy, Business Development and Investments Group as Business Development Manager on March 28, 2016, and was appointed as the General Manager of Tekfen Agricultural Research, Production and Marketing Inc. as of March 30, 2018.
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