Lee Ivy

Bio

Dr. Lee Ivy is the Director of the Agricultural Institute and Assistant Director of Academic Programs in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at NC State University. He recently led his team through the creation of the AGI Strategic Plan focused on recruitment, impactful curriculum, professional networking, and economic support. Additionally, he and his team are managing a million-dollar grant from the Golden Leaf Foundation focused on integrating students into meat and poultry processing careers in Tier 1 & Tier 2 counties of North Carolina. 

From 2012-2021, Lee taught in the Department of Horticultural Science at NC State University, where he co-advised the Horticulture Competition Team and co-hosted the National Collegiate Landscape Competition in 2015 and 2022. 

He earned horticultural degrees from Tennessee and NC State and a doctoral degree in agricultural and extension education from NC State. He is a licensed landscape contractor, certified pesticide applicator, and member of the NC Nursery and Landscape Association.

In 2020, Lee co-authored Landscape Design, Installation and Management published by Goodheart-Wilcox. The second edition was released in 2024.