Dr. Angela L. Siemens, Congressional Science Fellow 1990-1991;
currently with Oscar Mayer Foods Division. Siemens was the first Fellow sponsored
by FASFAS. She received her Ph.D. degree in Food Science and Nutrition from the
University of Missouri, Columbia, a B.S. degree in Animal Science from Purdue
University, and M.S. degree in Animal Science from the University of Missouri.
Siemens served on the minority staff of the House Committee on Agriculture, working
with the Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Subcommittee, the committee that handled
the Farm Animal and Research Facilities Protection Act of 1990--known as the "break-in
bill."
Dr. Patrick J. Donnelly, Congressional Science Fellow 1991-1992.
Donnelly earned his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from West Virginia University in
Reproductive Physiology and his B.S. in Animal Science from the University of
Rhode Island. He spent his fellowship year working on the minority staff of
the Subcommittee of Department Operations, Research, and Foreign Agriculture
(DORFA) of the Committee on Agriculture, U.S. House of Representatives.
Dr. Michael L. Westendorf, Congressional Science Fellow 1992-1993;
currently with the Department of Animal Science at Rutgers University. Westendorf
earned his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Kentucky in Ruminant
Nutrition and the B.S. degree in Animal Science from the University of Idaho.
During his fellowship term, he worked for the majority staff of the Subcommittee
on Department Operations and Nutrition on the Committee on Agriculture, U.S.
House of Representatives. This Subcommittee, chaired by Representative Charles
W. Stenholm (D-TX), had jurisdiction over meat and poultry inspection, pesticides,
consumer nutrition issues, and USDA research oversight.
Dr. John J. Goldberg, Congressional Science Fellow 1994-1995;
currently working with the U.S. House of Representatives. Goldberg received
his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees from the University of Vermont in Animal and Food
Sciences and a B.S. degree from Rutgers University in Animal Science. He worked
in the House on the Agriculture Committee chaired by Representative Pat Roberts
(R-KS).
Dr. Ellen G.M. Bergfeld, Congressional Science Fellow 1996-1997;
currently Executive Director for the American Society of Animal Science (ASAS).
ASAS is a professional association with an international membership base; ASAS
publishes the monthly Journal of Animal Science. She was most strongly involved
with the re-authorization of the Research, Extension, and Education Title of
the 1996 Farm Bill during her fellowship term. Bergfeld was raised on a purebred
Angus farm in Ohio. She received a B.S. degree in Animal Science from The Ohio
State University and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Nebraska,
Lincoln.
Dr. Caleb L. Gilchrist, Congressional Science Fellow 1997-1998.
Gilchrist earned his Ph.D. in Food Science at the Oklahoma State University,
a B.S. degree in Business Management from Eastern Illinois University, an M.B.A.
from the Prairie View A&M University, and the M.S. degree in Food Science
and Technology from Texas A&M University. During his fellowship term, Gilchrist
served on the House Agriculture Committee under the leadership of the Ranking
Minority Member, Congressman Charles W. Stenholm (D-TX). Gilchrist was assigned
to food safety and agriculture research issues on the Agriculture Committee
Dr. Lisa Richards, Congressional Science Fellow 1998-1999.
Richards is currently working in the office of Congressman Gary Condit (D-CA)
in the House of Representatives. Richards received her B.S. degree in Animal
Science and M.S. degree in Ruminant Nutrition from the University of Kentucky
and her Ph.D. degree in Range Nutrition from New Mexico State University. Richards
works with California Agricultural, Environmental, and Water Issues. She also
works with Mr. Condit's assignments on the House Committee on Agriculture, specifically
with the Subcommittees on Risk Management, Specialty Crops, and Research and
on Livestock and Horticulture.
Dr. Jamie S. Jonker, Congressional Science Fellow 1999-2000;
currently a program officer for the National Research Council's Board on Agriculture
and Natural Resources Committee on Animal Nutrition. He received an A.A.S in
Dairy Cattle Production and Management from SUNY Cobleskill, a B.S. and M.S.
in Animal Science from Cornell University, and a Ph.D. in Animal & Avian
Sciences from the University of Maryland. Jonker served on the minority staff
of the House Committee on Agriculture for Ranking Member Representative Charles
W. Stenholm (17th-TX), consulting on biomass research and utilization and water
quality concerns for animal agriculture.
