Bob Godfrey earned a B.S. in Animal Science & Industry from Kansas State University and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Animal Science (Reproductive Physiology) from Texas A&M University. He conducted postdoctoral studies at the USDA ARS Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center. From 1993-2021, Bob was an Animal Science research faculty member at the University of the Virgin Islands and Assistant/Associate/Director of the Virgin Islands Agricultural Experiment Station. In 2020, he received the Excellence in Leadership award for the Southern Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors. Bob was Secretary-Treasurer and President of the ASAS Southern Section and served on the ASAS National Board of Directors (2020-2023). In 2025, he received the Distinguished Service Award for the ASAS Southern Section. Since 2021, Bob has been Director, Division of Animal Systems at the USDA NIFA Institute of Food Production and Sustainability where he supervises a team of 20 scientific and administrative staff and provides scientific and budgetary oversight for 19 competitive grant programs (more than $27 million in FY 2024) for animal systems.