Mike Lacey is Professor Emeritus at University of Georgia, having served UGA for over 30 years, where he also served as the Head of the UGA Poultry Science Department. He served on the Board of Directors for he Poultry Science Association, and served the PSA as president in 2018. He has also held a position on the Board of directors for the US Poultry Foundation, and on the Federation of Animal Science Societies. Lacey was welcomed to the WPF board in 2018, bringing expertise in academia, and poultry extension.