Leadership Board

Our Leadership Board is a team of individuals who are serving together in one or two of their skills, passions and areas of expertise in an environment where all Board Members and the FCA Director can together provide input into strategic ministry planning.

Deacue Fields

Vice President - University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture

Dr. Deacue Fields was appointed to the position of Vice President for Agriculture of the University of Arkansas System on July 1, 2022. As Vice President, he is responsible for leading the University System’s coordinated agriculture program including the Cooperative Extension Service and the Agriculture Experiment Station. With almost 1,200 employees, the Division has faculty and facilities located across the state, including a presence in all 75 counties. The Division has a unique mission of serving the statewide agriculture community in Arkansas. Prior to this role, Dr. Fields served as Dean and Senior Associate Vice President-Academics for the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences and Division of Agriculture at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. He was a faculty member at Auburn University from 2002 to 2018 and served as Professor and Chair of the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology from 2013 to 2018. As an administrator, he has been successful at establishing multidisciplinary collaborations to attract extramural funds, and building relationships with alumni and industry stakeholders. He received his B.S. degree (1993) from Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, his M.S. degree (1995) from University Missouri, Columbia, and a Ph.D. (2002) from Louisiana State University, all in Agricultural Economics. In his spare time, he enjoys traveling with family, sports, fishing, and showing livestock. He is married to Dana Fields, and they have three sons, Caleb (22), Cade (20), and Collin (17).

We cared so much for you that we were pleased to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives, because you had become dear to us.

1 Thessalonians 2:8