Department of Agricultural Economics

MAB Placement

Students are grouped by cohort (year of entry). The MAB program is designed for completion within 16-20 months.

2006   2005   2004   2003   2002   2001   2000   1999  

Dr. Eluned Jones serves as Committee Chair for all MAB students, unless otherwise noted.



2006 Cohort
Former Student Job Title Placement Undergrad Degree [Back to Top]
Jennifer Michelle Bialek Meat Plant Team Leader HEB, San Antonio, TX Ag Development  
Katie Dean Boyer NA NA Ag Journalism and Ag Economics  
Heather Lucile Kmak Ag Economist USDA/ERS, Washington DC Ag Economics  
Phillip Andrew Mervish Associate Pricing Analyst HEB, San Antonio, TX Agribusiness  
Jin Su Management Trainee Stoney Point AgriCorp, Inc., Southlake, TX English  
 


2005 Cohort
Former Student Job Title Placement Undergrad Degree [Back to Top]
Ryan Batla Category Manager Republic Beverage, Houston, TX Ag Systems  
John Christopher Blackburn Supply Chain Consultant Lucidity Consulting Group, Dallas, TX Industrial Distribution  
Rebecca Bray Relationship Manager Farm Credit Bank of Texas, Austin, TX Agribusiness  
Jennifer Bruchmiller Analyst The Hartford Co., San Antonio, TX Agribusiness  
Adam Burch Supply Chain Analyst Sysco, Inc., Houston, TX Finance  
John Ebert Analyst Dairy Farmers of America, Grapevine, TX Ag Systems  
Ricardo Garcia Sales Analyst JBS Swift & Company, Greely, CO Economics  
Courtney Green Project Manager of National Accounts Victoria Packaging, Houston, TX Animal Science  
Farhan Hussain Analyst Washington Mutual, San Francisco, CA Agribusiness
Jean-Claude Kayisinga Market Development Masaba Coffee Coop, Rwanda Agronomy
Leonardo Mandelbaum Family business New York, NY & Buenos Aires, Argentina Information Systems  
Rachel Medeiros Sales Management in Training Monsanto Agribusiness  
Damon Miller Field Operations Coordinator Dairy Farmers of America, Grapevine, TX Ag Systems  
Jessica Miller Assistant Relationship Manager Compass Bank Ag Development  
McLain Pool NA Eco-Drip Irrigation, Abernathy, TX Animal Science  
Wenyan Qi NA NA Advertising  
Whitney Simmons Agribusiness Analyst Rockingham Insurance, VA Ag Economics  
Jaclyn Townsend Owner Encore Visions, College Station, TX and Baton Rouge, LA Animal Science  
J. Alejandro Varela NA NA Agribusiness  
Maria Elena Vera-Villagran Analyst Agribusiness Sub-secretariat, Secretariat of Agriculture, Mexico City, Mexico Biology  
 


2004 Cohort
Former Student Job Title Employer, Location [Back to Top]
Katherine Baggerman Belew Marketing Coordinator Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Dallas, TX  
David Barham Management in Training Bunge, Arkansas  
Alexander Blake Marketing Manager Montana Legend, MT  
Charles Brundrett NA NA  
Xiaojia Chen Financial Accountant TAE/TCE, Texas A&M University  
Dustin DeBusk Project Development Food Development Corporation, Houston, TX  
Chih-Wei Feng Financial analyst Clear Channel Worldwide, San Antonio, TX  
Jamie Fosbery Agribusiness Analyst Leadership-in-Training, Swift & Co., Greely, CO
Luis Felipe Gaviria NA Columbia, South America
Travis Halfmann Student TAMU Vet School  
Rong Hu Audit and Financial Analyst Sysco, Inc., Houston, TX  
Sergio Iturrizaga Global Funds Specialist Monsanto, St. Louis, MO  
Jeremy Kartchner Project Development Food Development Corporation, Houston, TX  
Michael Lehrer Global Oilseeds and Biofuels Risk Management ADM, Decatur, IL  
Kathryn McCulloch Analyst Royal Bank of Canada, Atlanta, GA
Pablo Ramirez Management in Training Swift & Company, Greely, CO  
Luke Reynard NA Active Duty, US Military  
Jason Whitfield Analyst Enviromental Consulting Group, College Station, TX
Thomas Wynn Director, Market Development US Rice Producers Association, Houston, TX
 


2003 Cohort
Former Student Job Title Placement [Back to Top]
Zafarbek Ahmedov PhD Texas A&M University  
Cody Brokmeyer Agricultural Statistician NASS/USDA, Denver, CO  
Aviral Chopra Energy Analyst HedgeSolutions, Manchester, NH  
Janna Garrett NA NA
Paige Gill Supply Chain Analyst Sysco, Houston, TX  
Manmeet Kaur Analyst Cargill, India  
Amy Obenhaus NA NA
Bucky Pauling NA NA
Nicole Pitts Analyst/Project Manager AgriLogic, Inc., College Station, TX  
Nicholas Piwonka Administrative Management in Training Cargill, New York  
Tamra Reynolds Assoc. Credit Analyst CoBank, Denver, CO  
Christine Sage NA NA
Amy Smith National Commodity Specialist Safeway, Denver, CO  
Luigi Trotta Central & South America Trader Hoogwegt US, Inc., Libertyville, IL
Betsy Wilhelm Management in Training Archer-Daniels-Midland
Jeanelle Windham Support Staff Poultry Science Dept., TAMU  
Ding Xia Supply Chain Analyst C&S Wholesale Growers, Inc., Northampton, MA  
Xiaolei Yan Corporate Finance Management in Training Swift & Company, Greeley, CO
Yuanyuan Zhu Purchasing Agent BBM, Inc., Ft. Lauderdale, FL
 


2002 Cohort
Former Student Job Title Placement [Back to Top]
Kathleen Bader New Product Development Manager Jardine Foods, New Braunfels, TX
Etienne Bihogo Economist ISAR, Rwanda Institute for Research in Agriculture
Yongxia Cai Pursuing PhD Texas A&M University
Judith Casada NA NA
Jennifer Firkins Asst. Director of Operations JB Knowledge Technologies, College Station, TX
Brian Frosch Logistics Management Case & Sons, Abilene, TX
Rahim Handurdiyev NA Returned to Turkmenistan
Jason Harris 1st Lieutenant U.S. Marine Corps
Lance Hause Teacher Caldwell Junior High School, Caldwell, TX
Amanda Jackson Life & Health Sales Specialist State Farm Insurance, Houston, TX
Grihalakshmi Kakani Pursuing MS Food Science Technology, Texas A&M
Carisa Kimbro Production Analyst Bell Helicopter, Dallas, TX
Hongzhi Li NA NA
Julie Shamblin Investigator USDA - Packers & Stockyards Program, South Dakota
Xiang Wan Supply Chain Analyst Emerson Energy Systems, China
Li Zhang Webdesigner Soil and Crop Sciences, TAMU


2001 Cohort
Former Student Job Title Placement Committee Chair [Back to Top]
Francisco Abello Management Costa Salada S.A., Argentina Eluned Jones  
Ryan Bathrick Coordinator del PFCA Agriculture Development International, Inc., El Salvador Eluned Jones  
Shane Brown Commodity Broker Frontier Risk Management, Houston, TX Kerry K. Litzenberg  
Kyle Caskey Management Trainee Cydcor/Platinum Marketing, Washington DC Eluned Jones  
Devin Cobb Financial Analyst Scooter Store Eluned Jones  
Lindsay Collier Area Manager Aramark Food Services/Houston ISD Victoria Salin  
Kyla Crozier Area Manager Aramark Food Services/Houston ISD Eluned Jones  
David Derry NA NA Eluned Jones  
Leyla Hakimova NA NA Charles R. Hall  
Madhu Jamallamudi Res. Assoc. Ag Econ, Texas A&M Eluned Jones  
Bryan Maxwell Self-employed Bryan, TX David J. Leatham  
Gregory Mayer Management Trainee Sewell Village Cadillac, Dallas, TX David J.Leatham  
Juan Pablo Mendez NA NA David J. Leatham  
Jason Mushinsky NA NA Rodolfo M. Nayga  
Tolulope Olofinbiyi MALD degree in International Affairs Fletcher School, Tufts University David J. Leatham  
Laura Patterson Consulting Economist P & D Finanicals, College Station, TX David J. Leatham  
Guodan Qian NA NA Eluned Jones  
Douglas Richardson Financial Officer Kobe Beef America, Redmond, OR James M. McGrann  
Summer Shaw Procurement Analyst Unified Foodservice Purchasing Cooperative, Dallas, TX David J. Leatham  
Matthew Telg Management Trainee Archer-Daniels-Midland David J. Leatham  
Jacob Tincher Catalog Writer/Researcher Jockey Club H. Alan Love  
Ryan Titzman Logistics & Distribution Aramark/Houston ISD David J. Leatham  
Jay Tjoelker Commercial Real Estate W.F. Smith Company, Austin, TX H. Alan Love  
Kimberly Washer Analyst Accenture, Houston, TX David J. Leatham  


2000 Cohort
Former Student Job Title Placement Committee Chair [Back to Top]
Jason Deyo NA NA Charles R. Hall  
Jaclyn Edwards NA NA Charles R. Hall  
Shauna Halfmann NA NA Oral Capps, Jr.  
Jessica Henchy Project Manager Information Resources, Inc., Dallas, TX Oral Capps, Jr.  
Tak Yan Albert Mak NA Returned to Hong Kong David J. Leatham  
F. Fuller McSadden III NA NA Lonnie L. Jones  
Rebecca Nyman Project Manager Information Resources, Inc., Dallas, TX John P. Nichols  
S. Clifton Parks Policy Analyst AgriLogic, College Station, TX C. Parr Rosson  
J. Marcus Raulston Res. Assoc. Texas Cooperative Extension, Texas A&M Joe L. Outlaw  
Amanda Schwartz NA NA John P. Nichols  
Candace Smith NA NA Charles R. Hall  


1999 Cohort
Former Student Job Title Placement Committee Chair [Back to Top]
Rejoice Abodakpi MS Accounting, Texas A&M Charles R. Hall  
Juan Atkins Financial Analyst Monsanto Victoria Salin  
Denise Batenhorst Credit Associate CoBank, Denver, CO Danny A. Klinefelter  
K. Wayne Bullock II Res. Assoc. Ag Econ, Texas A&M Kerry K. Litzenberg  
Edgard Cuadra Chamorro NA NA Charles R. Hall  
Jose Dibos Corporate Consultant Banco de Credito, Lima, Peru Charles R. Hall  
Dustin Gaskins NA NA Joe L. Outlaw  
Ignacio Gonzalez Leal Management Rancho Guadalupe, Saltillo, Mexico Charles R. Hall  
Jamie Harvey NA NA David Anderson  
Juan Hernandez Galvez NA Hill's Pet Food Company, Kansas City David Anderson  
Sara Jefferson (Maass) Brand Associate Daymon Associates, Inc., San Antonio, TX Oral Capps, Jr.  
Melissa Jupe Extension Assistant Texas Cooperative Extension, College Station, TX Charles R. Hall  
Richard Lugo-Chamorro NA Nicaragua Charles R. Hall  
Philip Maass Produce Specialist Labatt Foods, San Antonio, TX Mark L. Waller  
Joshua Martin NA NA Joe L. Outlaw  
Guenther Ottmers III NA NA Danny A. Klinefelter  
Jorge Federiko Pochat NA Cargill, Topeka, KS James M. McGrann  
Omar Salame NA NA Victoria S. Salin  
Gretchen Denise Schultze NA Sanderson Farms, Mississippi Charles R. Hall  
Jennifer Simpson Res. Assoc. Center for North American Studies, TAMU C. Parr Rosson  
Luke Wyse NA NA Charles R. Hall  
Ryan Zwicke NA NA Kerry K. Litzenberg