Antonio Mclaren

Vice President for Program Innovation and Implementation

Dr. Antonio McLaren joined the 1890 Universities Foundation as the Vice President for Program Innovation and Implementation. In this role, he assists in the mobilization of resources to facilitate broad-based educational and outreach programs, initiatives, and approaches across the 1890 land-grant institutions to help them respond to new/emerging opportunities and challenges in the 21st century. Prior to this appointment, Dr. McLaren worked for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)/National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) as a National Program Leader between 2015 and 2020. In this role, he provided national leadership, management, and support for NIFA’s 1890 programs portfolio, which was valued at over $180 million in annual federal funds across 6 programs. Previously, between 2011 and 2015, Dr. McLaren worked for USDA’s Office of Advocacy and Outreach as the USDA/1890 Program Liaison at Virginia State University (VSU). In that role, he worked to advance VSU’s 1890 land-grant programs by emphasizing outreach to the university and surrounding community, and recruitment of students to VSU’s College of Agriculture. In 2003 to 2011, Dr. McLaren worked as a USDA/NIFA program specialist – providing support for competitive programs that targeted limited-resource and underserved farmers and producers. In all, he has more than 22 years of federal service – all with USDA. Dr. McLaren was selected as a USDA/1890 National Scholar in 1997. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Business/Economics in 2001, and his Master of Arts degree in Economics and Finance in 2003 – both from Virginia State University. In May 2015, he graduated with a Doctorate degree in Educational Leadership from Virginia Commonwealth University. Dr. McLaren was a recipient of NIFA’s A.J. Dye Diversity Award in 2009, and APLU’s inaugural 1890 Universities Career Exemplar Award in 2015.

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