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INTRODUCING ALEXIS MAIN

In her role as the Oklahoma Animal Care Advocate, Alexis Main engages with communities across the state to share the story of Oklahoma’s pig farmers. With pork producers raising swine in all 77 counties, totaling more than 9.35 million head of hogs annually and supporting one out of every 80 jobs, Alexis works to build understanding and trust through education, transparency, and a commitment to animal care.

Alexis serves as an independent consultant and owner of Paradigma Agricultural Innovations and Consulting, LLC., a small business she founded in honor of her late father.

DR. MAIN'S BACKGROUND

Originally from Modesto, California, Alexis was raised on a small farm by her parents, Reed and Roxanna Smith. Her passion for animal agriculture began early and grew through her parents' farm and years of involvement in 4-H and FFA, where she raised swine, beef cattle, meat goats, hair sheep, and rabbits.

HER EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Alexis earned four Associate of Science degrees from Modesto Junior College in Agricultural Business, Agricultural Sales and Services, Animal Science, and Dairy Science. She moved to Oklahoma in 2018 to pursue a Bachelor of Science in Animal Science with a business focus from Oklahoma State University, which she completed in 2020.

In May 2025, Alexis earned her Ph.D. in Animal Science from Oklahoma State University, specializing in animal wellbeing, immunology, and stress physiology. She served as a graduate research assistant under Dr. Janeen Salak-Johnson and as a graduate teaching assistant for both Dr. Salak-Johnson and Dr. Jerry Fitch. Her dissertation examined how maternal traits and intensive genetic selection for production traits influence beef calves’ immune phenotype and stress responsiveness across spring and fall calving seasons.

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