Jan. 21, 2015
Contact:
Dave Edmark, Division of Agriculture Communications
479-575-6940 / dedmark@uark.edu
McKinney accepted in Food Systems Leadership Institute program
Fast facts:
 McKinney will attend leadership development sessions.
 Individual leadership project will cap program.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Nathan McKinney, assistant director of the University of
Arkansas System Division of Agriculture Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, has
been accepted for participation in the Food Systems Leadership Institute two-year
leadership development program.
The FSLI prepares academic scholars and administrators for upper-level
leadership roles in food system programs so they may assume broader responsibilities
within their organizations. The FSLI is a program of the Association of Public and Landgrant Universities. Its leadership theory curriculum is combined with students’ practical
experience in food systems and higher education.
McKinney will spend his first year in the program attending executive educationstyle learning sessions and working with mentors on a personal development plan. In the
second year he will apply that material to the development and execution of an individual
leadership project.
McKinney’s responsibilities for the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station
include supporting extramural grants and contracts, multidisciplinary efforts, federal
reports and the Arkansas Biosciences Institute.
“I’m confident that my FSLI experience will prove beneficial to the Division of
Agriculture and ultimately, to every Arkansas stakeholder,” said McKinney.
PHOTO (mckinney2015.jpg): Nathan McKinney
The University of Arkansas is an equal opportunity/affirmative action institution.