Ben Grove is a Ph.D. candidate in Planning, Governance, and Globalization in the School of Public and International Affairs at Virginia Tech. His primary research interest is understanding internationalization of the U.S. Cooperative Extension System. He is an alumnus of the VALOR (Virginia Agriculture Leaders Obtaining Results) program, a fellowship focused on the Commonwealth’s agricultural industry and a current VNRLI (Virginia Natural Resouces Leadership Institute) fellow. Ben previously earned a B.S. in Animal and Poultry Sciences and an M.B.A. from Virginia Tech. He serves as Director of Development for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Virginia Tech. Ben and his wife Lindsay live in Blacksburg and enjoy exploring the New River Valley and surrounding areas with their three sons, Hudson, Finley, and Wells.