Named Interim Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Engagement, Interim Director of CAFE

Lynne McLandsborough has been named interim Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Engagement and interim director of the Center for Agriculture, Food and the Environment (CAFE) where she will oversee UMass Extension and the Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station.

A national decanal search for a permanent director of CAFE will commence in the fall. McLandsborough has conducted research in food safetyand has collaborated with extension personnel in the Food Science and Nutrition departments to applied research and to UMass Extensionprograms in food safety in service of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts constituents.

McLandsborough is an experienced administrator who has completed the HERS Leadership Institute, served as the head of the Department of Food Science since 2020 and co-chairs the Food Science Industry Advisory Board.