Peter McPherson

Peter McPherson, Chair of the HarvestPlus Program Advisory Committee, is the President of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, the oldest higher education association composed of public research universities, land-grant institutions, and state university systems in the United States. He has previously served as President of Michigan State University, Director of Economic Policy for the Coalition Provisional Authority of Iraq, Deputy Secretary of the US Treasury, Administrator of the US Agency for International Development, and Special Assistant to US President Gerald Ford in the White House.

McPherson is Chair Emeritus of the Board of the International Fertilizer Development Center and founding co-Chair of the Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa. He has formerly chaired the boards of Dow Jones & Company and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation.