Speakers
Luis Cañas, The Ohio State University
Dr. Luis Cañas is Associate Professor and Extension Specialist in Entomology at Ohio State University. Dr. Canas is nationally and internationally recognized as an expert in the management of insect pests that attack plants in controlled environments, with more than 22 years of experience. His research provides applied solutions to problems caused by thrips, whiteflies and mites among others. He has published 40 research and extension papers. His areas of expertise include insect management using insecticides and biological control agents, biodemography, insect‐plant interactions. Currently Dr. Canas is Co-Chair of the Master of Plant Health Program at Ohio State and Zamorano Alumni President.
More information at: https://entomology.osu.edu/our-people/luis-canas
Jose Cisneros, North Carolina State University
J. José Cisneros has been the Director of International Programs in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) at North Carolina State University (NC State) since 2015; he is also a Professor of Practice of Entrepreneurship in the department of Horticultural Science. He earned an M.B.A. in Marketing and Supply Chain Management, and a MS in Horticulture, both from Michigan State University. Prior to joining NC State, Cisneros was the founder and program director of the Global Agribusiness Program at the University of Missouri, a marketing outreach specialist at Michigan State University, and an entrepreneur for ten years. Cisneros uses an entrepreneurial approach to manage the office of CALS International Programs. Within such approach, he has developed the most comprehensive interactive database of faculty international activities among peer agricultural colleges. He has also founded the CALS Global Academy and he is currently developing a new international development model –CREdO- that seeks to integrate research, education, and outreach in global initiatives with the participation of governments agencies, universities, and research and outreach institutions.
More information at: https://cals.ncsu.edu/horticultural-science/people/jjcisner/
Michael S. Hawn, Smithfield
Michael holds a B.S. in Agriculture from the University of Georgia (1993) and an M.B.A. from the Thunderbird School of Global Management (2007). He has earned the Certificate in International Agriculture from the University of Georgia and the Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) certification from the Human Resources Certification Institute and the Society for Human Resource Management. He is fluent in Spanish. Since August of 2013, Michael has been working as Smithfield Hog Production’s Senior Director of Human Resources with responsibility for Recruiting, Development, and Safety. Before that, in 2007, he began working as the Director of Human Resources for Smithfield’s international businesses with a principle focus on the implementation of best management practices and standardization throughout the international farming operations. Michael joined the Smithfield group of companies through Carroll’s Foods in 1998 as the Human Resource Manager for the Laurinburg Division. As the Murphy Brown business took shape, his responsibilities developed to incorporate the multiplication operations and the Smithfield Premium Genetics business as well as various projects of importance to Murphy Brown as a whole, most notably the establishment of several international recruiting relationships that the company continues to use today in its search for future managers.
Gustavo Lascano, Clemson University
Dr. Lascano was born in Ecuador and grew up in several places in Latin and North America. Dr. Lascano received his B.Sc. in Animal Science from Zamorano University in Honduras. He obtained his M.Sc. and Ph.D. at The Pennsylvania State University with specialization in Ruminant Nutrition. After this Dr. Lascano accepted a position as an Assistant Professor at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo and was the leader in developing the ruminant nutrition laboratory. He is currently an Assistant Professor at Clemson University where he continues this work. Dr. Lascano has taught classes including Principles of Animal Nutrition, Advanced Ruminant Nutrition and Metabolism, Integrative Dairy Cattle Management, and is developing an International Animal Production Management class to be incorporated to the Animal and Veterinary Sciences curriculum at Clemson.