Graduates at Work

Our Auburn Agriculture students are considered some of the best and brightest in their fields. Through the belief of hard work and the skills learned from our outstanding faculty, the alumni below highlight just a small portion of the influential and successful graduates from the College of Agriculture at Auburn University.

Alumni Profiles

Agricultural Communications

Rosa Cantrell

Real Estate Assistant, Berkshire Hathaway HomeService Preferred Real Estate

Kiley Harper-Larsen

Business Development and Technical Sales Manager for PrimusLabs and co-owner of NK Lago Farms, LLC

Katie Jackson

Owner of KLI Communications & Freelance Writer and Editor

Andrew Sims

Communications Director, Birmingham Association of Realtors

Ashley Grant

Web Division Manager and Social Media Director at Ranch House Designs, Inc.

Katlin Mulvaney

Field Marketing Manager

Anna Leigh Peek

Communications specialist at USPOULTRY

Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology

Chastity Stevenson Westry

Senior Director of Sales at Frito Lay/Pepsico, Inc.

Wes Cumbie

Sales and Marketing, Lee Energy Solutions and AlaTrade Foods

Annette Bitto

John Deere Territory Manager

Mike Rowe

President and CEO of Precision Kia of Wesley Chapel; President and CEO of Gulf Coast Turf and Tractor, LLC

Drew Ratterman

Dow AgroScience Workforce Leader

William Hurd

Battalion Operations Officer For The 711th Brigade Support Battalion

Bart Smith

F-16 pilot with 187th fighter wing/100th fighter squadron

Jared Batte

Software Consultant for Quorum Business Solutions

Boles Pegues

President of Keystone Bank

Agriscience Education

Bradley Cox

Area Director, Alabama Farmers Federation

William Benjy Mikel

Chief Business Development Officer- John R. White Co.

Leigh Money

HOMETOWN: Headland, Alabama

Animal Sciences

Garrett Dixon

Farmer

Brett Chambers

Operations Lead for Cargill Beef

Brian Hardin

Director of Governmental and Agricultural Programs for the Alabama Farmers Federation

Jordan Wicks

Meat Center Manager at Virginia Tech University

Brianna Peterson

Agriscience teacher at Daphne High School

Kim Mullenix

Assistant Professor/Extension Specialist of Beef Cattle Production Systems

Calvin Johnson

Dean, College of Veterinary Medicine

Jordan Towns

Assistant Veterinarian

Erin Beasley

Director of Consumer Marketing

Biosystems Engineering

Russell Roberson

Vice President of Quality and Regulatory Affairs, Healthcare Information Technologies and Performance Solutions

Perry L. Oakes

State Conservation Engineer

Mike Soutullo

Chief Engineer, Space Systems, and Program Manager, Multiple User System for Earth Sensing — Teledyne Brown Engineering

Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences

Charles A. Thomas

County Executive Director

Eric Kleypas

Athletic Turfgrass Manager At Auburn University

Kim Pope

Pesticide Safety Education Coordinator, LSU Ag Center

Margaret Trione

Student P2, Harrison School of Pharmacy

Brandy Waldrep

Food Safety and QA Coordinator

Melvin Carter

Food Engineering Services Team Leader

Clint Wetzel

Senior Food Scientist

Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences

Valentin Abe

CEO and Founder, Caribbean Harvest

Robert Rode

Lab Manager

Steve Marple

Hatchery Manager

Bryan Word

President/Owner of Blackjack Horticulture, Inc.

Brian Hardin

Director of Governmental and Agricultural Programs for the Alabama Farmers Federation

Bill Barrick

Executive Director of Bellingrath Gardens and Home

Caitlin O’Neal

Gibson Landscape Senior Project Coordinator

Brian Brown

Student Services Coordinator

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Auburn Univ, AL 36849

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Jane Farr

Director, Plant Science Research Center

Kira Chaloupka

Poultry Science

Sarah Stephenson

Director, Animal Welfare - United Egg Producers

Beth Westmoreland

Confections and Snacks Deployer, Nestle USA

Jason Shell

Vice President of Food Safety and Quality Assurance

Randall Ennis

Chief Executive Officer

Amanda Rials

Food Safety Quality Assurance Manager