James O. "Bo" Reagan, PhD

Centennial, Colorado

Dr. Reagan is Executive Vice President of Research, Education and Innovation at the National Cattlemen's Beef Association. He coordinated the development and implementation of the National Beef Instrument Assessment Plan, Customer Satisfaction studies, Microbial Mapping studies, NCBA's Carcass Merit Studies, the Beef Industry's E. coli Summit, as well as the Beef Industry's BSE Summit. He was also instrumental in the development of the Beef Industry Food Safety Council and currently serves as Chairman of that group. He holds his BS, MS and PhD in Animal Science and Meat Science from Texas A&M University.