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NCPN- Berries Committee Members
Chair:
David Lawson
Agri-Starts Inc.
Apopka, FL
Vice-Chair:
Doug Thomas
Crown Nursery
Red Bluff, CA
INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES
Yongjian Chang
General Manager
North American Plants, INC
Lafayette,Oregon
Ellen Thompson
Global Director of Breeding
Hortifrut North America, Inc.
Watsonville, CA
David Lawson, Chair
Agri-Starts Inc.
Apopka, FL 32712
Michael Seagraves
Global Plant Health
Driscoll’s Strawberry Associates
Watsonville, CA
Doug Thomas, Vice Chair - EC
Crown Nursery
Red Bluff, CA
Jon Umble
Fall Creek Farm and Nursery, Inc.
Lowell, OR
STATE REGULATORY REPRESENTATIVES
Brenda Lanini - EC
Environmental Program Manager
California Department of Food and Agriculture
Sacramento, CA 95814
Dipak Poudyal
Plant Pathologist, Plant Health Program
Oregon Department of Agriculture
Salem, OR
Christie Almeyda - EC
Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
North Carolina State University
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Kim Lewers
Research Geneticist (Plants)
USDA-ARS
Beltsville, MD
Walt Mahaffee
Horticulture Crops Research Unit
Corvallis, OR
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Natalia Peres
Plant Pathologist
University of Florida
Wimauma, FL
James Polashock
Research Plant Pathologist
USDA-ARS
Chatsworth, NJ
Maher Al Rwahnih
Foundation Plant Services
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA
Annemiek C. Schilder, PhD
Director, UCCE Ventura County and Hansen Agricultural Research and Extension Center
Ventura, CA
Ioannis Tzanetakis
Department of Plant Pathology
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR
Tim Miles
Plant Pathologist
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
RESEARCH AND EXTENSION MEMBERS
COORDINATOR(S)