The Ag Business Council is pleased to welcome Dr. Chad Higgins as the featured speaker for the 2024 Mizzou Showcase. Dr. Higgins is newly named Vice Chancellor for Extension & Engagement and UM System Chief Engagement Officer.
Chad Higgins
Dean Chris Daubert says "Chad has a critical role in university leadership and has proven himself within the University of Missouri System." Chad will join us to discuss his new role and all they are doing at the University of Missouri to improve agriculture, health, education, and economic development.
University of Missouri President Mun Choi announced in February that Chad Higgins has been named vice chancellor for extension and engagement for MU and chief engagement officer for the UM System, effective March 1, 2024. Chad had previously been serving as interim in this capacity since January 2023.
In this role, Chad will provide leadership for continuing education programs across the state and university-wide engagement in coordination with leaders at all four system universities. He also will play a key role in evolving the land-grant mission of the university to meet Missouri’s 21st-century grand challenges and the changing needs of Missourians.
Chad previously served as associate vice chancellor since 2020 and, in that role, was the academic and operations officer overseeing the day-to-day programmatic and administrative components of the educational programs and initiatives for the Office of Extension and Engagement. He has worked to develop innovative, relevant programming and partnerships to solve Missouri’s grand challenges related to the economy, education and health.
Before coming to the University of Missouri, Chad served as senior director of Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. He also brings extensive teaching, mentoring, curriculum development, evaluation and reporting experience from past roles at Louisiana State University, West Virginia and Idaho State universities and their education, extension and outreach components. He has a doctorate in higher education administration from Louisiana State University.
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