The NC FCIS Board of Advisors provides a professional and comprehensive set of resources unusual to an agricultural non-profit organization. Because the over-arching goal of NC FCIS is to develop effective sustainable demonstrations that affect rural development and are designed to work on farms, the Advisors need to represent those interests and be in a leadership position to influence adoption of practices for rural sustainable development. The NC FCIS actively uses the skills and backgrounds of the following Advisors to improve its programs and project delivery:

Mr. Donald Belk, AICP
Regional Planner. BRAC RTF

Dr. Leonard Bull
25x25’ Carbon Working Group. Retired NCSU Professor

Mr. Peter Campbell
Biologist. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Mr. James Dougherty
Executive Director. RLUAC

Dr. Sid Gautam
Founder/Director. Methodist University Center for Entrepreneurship

Mr. Jason Hoyle
Appalachian State University Energy Institute

Dr. Larry Keene
President. Fayetteville Technical Community College

Ms. Nomee Landis
Freelance Writer, former Fayetteville Observer reporter

Mr. Jon Parsons, PE
Executive Director. Sustainable Sandhills

Mr. John Ray
Soil Conservationist, USDA. NRCS. (retired)

Mr. Roger Sheats
President. Cape Fear River Assembly, Inc

Dr. Johnny Wynne
Dean NSCU, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences