Michael Engler is currently President & CEO of Cactus Feeders in Amarillo, TX.  He received his B.A. in 1973 and his Ph.D. in Biology in 1978 from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.  He did postgraduate training in the Dept. of Biological Chemistry at Harvard Medical School from 1978 – 1982.  He was an Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical School at Houston from 1982 – 1990, where his research dealt with DNA synthesis mutants of yeast and the Pasteurella haemolytica leukotoxin gene cluster.  From 1991 – 1993, he was Senior Project Manager, Biologicals, Langford, Inc. & Lederie-Praxis Biologicals, subsidiaries of American Cyanamid, working with vaccine research and development projects for cattle, swine and poultry employing conventional, recombinant and vector technologies.  He currently serves on the boards of the  Texas Cattle Feeders Association, Advisory Council of the National Beef Cattle Evaluation Consortium, International Center for Food Industry Excellence (Texas Tech), USDA Advisory Committee on Biotechnology, Texas Life Science Center, Baptist St. Anthony’s Hospital, Harrington Foundation and the Amarillo Area Foundation.