![Meet the staff](https://fas.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/meet-the-staff.jpg)
Meet our staff
For over 75 years, FAS has fostered the voices of world-class experts and early-career researchers alike from a variety of scientific, academic, and professional backgrounds.
meet our Impact Fellows
FAS Support a variety of fellow, residential and adjunct, to further our mission advancing experts, innovators, and early-career talent.
![Laura Edwards-Orr, Senior Agricultural Marketing Specialist Impact Fellow, has worked in support of thriving, equitable, regional food systems over several decades.](https://fas.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/headshot.webp)
Staff Fellow
Laura Edwards-Orr
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Staff Fellow
Lauren Croxton
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Staff Fellow
Lena Shi
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Staff Fellow
Lisa Einstein
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Staff Fellow
Maggie Beiting
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Staff Fellow
Mahmoud Abouelnaga
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Staff Fellow
Maithreyi Gopalan
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![Margaret Smith is an Agricultural Marketing Specialist Impact Fellow with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.](https://fas.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Margaret-Smith.jpg)
Staff Fellow
Margaret Smith
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Staff Fellow
Maria Graziani
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Staff Fellow
Marlie Wilson
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Staff Fellow
Matthew Casper
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Staff Fellow
Maya Duru
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