Shani Golovay, Greenville, is research manager for the Nutrient Research Education Council working to coordinate research efforts related to nutrient loss in the state of Illinois. She has served in the agricultural industry as a professor at various colleges in Florida, California and Illinois. She has lived and worked in agriculture in Mississippi, Kansas, Florida, Ukraine and in both southern and northern California as well as Illinois. Shani has a bachelor’s degree in agronomy from the University of Illinois, a masters and doctorate degree from Mississippi State University and has worked with corn, cotton, soybeans, wheat, sorghum, vegetables, fruit, olives, almonds and ornamentals.