Dr Darrell Donahue
Current ICMSF member
Regional Coordinator, Western Region Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education, Montana State, Bozeman, USA
Secretary 2024 – present | Member since 2016 | Consultant 2011 – 2015
Dr. Donahue became the Regional Coordinator of Western SARE on 01 September 2025. SARE is headquartered at Montana State University, where he leads efforts in the Western U.S., including the protectorates, in securing grants to support innovative Sustainable Agriculture practices, increasing the safety of our food supply. Prior Dr Donahue was Professor, Dean and Director of the Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design at West Virginia University, USA from 2020-2025. Other positions include: Professor and Chair of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Michigan State University (2015-2020); Maine Maritime Academy Vice-President-Operations and Research Director (2012-2015).
Darrell began his academic career in 1995 at the University of Maine and was there for 17 years becoming professor of chemical engineering and associate director of the Forest Bioproducts Research Institute and was a research leader with the Maine Water Research Institute. Prior to UMaine he was a process engineer with a private company for nine years between his BS and PhD degrees. Over his career he has applied his statistics, modelling and simulation expertise to food safety issues related to chemical and microbial risk assessment. He was named an American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow in 2007-08 at the Department of Homeland Security focusing on security and health affairs related to the food supply, and consults with the US government on security issues related to risk assessment. He has served on three National Academy of Science (NAS) and international panels addressing food safety. He received his BS, MS and PhD from North Carolina State University. He is an outdoors person; growing up on a farm gave him a unique perspective of understanding and protecting our food supply and he gained an important respect for stewardship of the outdoors.