Preston LaFerney is Director of International Agricultural Programs at the University of Arkansas. He also serves as University Professor of Agricultural Economics on a joint research/teaching/ extension appointment. His areas of expertise include agricultural marketing, policy, commodity analysis and international trade. 

Dr. La Ferney has served as an agricultural economist/ researcher with the USDA Economic Research Service. He has also held various administrative assignments within the Division of Agriculture at the University of Arkansas — culminating in more than six years as Vice President for Agriculture. He was instrumental in the development and initial operation of GMSS and has worked throughout his career to support global marketing.

Raymond Barclay is resident director of the Global Studies Program and representative in Europe for the Global Marketing Support Services, University of Arkansas, Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences. He is responsible for coordinating and managing international study and research opportunities for students and faculty. These include internships, study abroad programs, collaborative research, visiting professorships, teaching and research exchanges. He also assists GMSS to establish business and government contacts and identify marketing opportunities in the UK and Europe. 

Dr. Barclay has served as a UK-US Fulbright Fellow, reviewed agricultural communications and technology transfer programs in Bolivia, England, Ireland and Scotland and has conducted invited lectures and communications workshops in England, Italy and Romania.

William Millager has experience in business development, trade promotion, marketing and management for small to medium-sized companies in the U.S. and overseas. Currently, he is a consultant within GMSS where he has prepared training materials and researched international trade data for GMSS clients.  Publications include papers, reports, and online tutorials in the areas of business promotion, joint ventures, management and marketing, as well e-commerce.
Before joining GMSS, Mr. Millager worked for 12 years with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, headquartered in Vienna, Austria. His duties with UNIDO included serving as Head, North American Investment Promotion Service with responsibility for attracting U.S. and Canadian investment to developing countries; Investment Promotion Consultant for the African region — working with regional development banks and governments of 30 countries to design industrial investment programs; Senior Field Advisor for the Caribbean region, for Eastern Africa, and for Thailand and Hong Kong.