Biography

Loren Burns is the program manager for the Agribusiness, Food and Consumer Economics Center in the Department of Agricultural Economics. She is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the center, as well as maintaining account records that include directing authorization and allocation of funds. Burns also works with external and prospective clients to successfully define parameters, transaction terms and limitations surrounding research projects for faculty members.

Prior to joining the department, Burns was a proposal administrator at both the Texas A&M Research Foundation and The Texas A&M University System’s Sponsored Research Services, where she worked with Texas A&M System researchers to provide a smooth transition into proposal and project management. Burns earned her bachelor’s in agribusiness with a minor in agricultural economics from Texas A&M in 2009. In 2023, she was awarded the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Staff Excellence Award.