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NCPN- Fruit Trees Committee Members
Chair:
Scott Harper, PhD, Research Representative
Assistant Professor/Director CPCNW
Dept. of Plant Pathology, WA State University
Prosser, WA
Vice-Chair:
INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES
Cliff Beumel
Nursery Producer/President
Agromillora California
Gridley, CA
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Jason Rodgers
Vice President of Farming Operations
Titan Farms
Ridge Spring, SC
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Dale Goldy
Nursery Producer
Gold Crown Nursery LLC
Quincy, WA
Eric Haller
Nursery Producer/Vice President
Adams County Nursery
Aspers, PA
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Reid Robinson
Chief Executive Officer
Sierra Gold Nurseries
Yuba City, CA
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Jeff Cleveringa
Area Orchard Manger
Columbia Fruit Packers
Wenatchee, WA
STATE REGULATORY REPRESENTATIVES
Matthew Howle, PhD
Survey Specialist
Department of Plant Industry
Clemson, SC
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Dipak Poudyal
Plant Pathologist
Oregon Department of Agriculture
Salem, OR
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Randi Jimenez
Senior Environmental Scientist
California Department of Agriculture
Sacramento, CA
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UNIVERSITY REPRESENTATIVES
Elizabeth Cieniewicz, PhD
Research Representative/Professor
Clemson University
Clemson, SC
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Maher Al Rwahnih
Plant Pathologist/Academic Administrator
Foundation Plant Services, UC Davis
Davis, CA
Karen Lewis
Extension
Washington State University
NON-VOTING MEMBERS
Bill Howell
Northwest Nursery Improvement Institute
Topcliffe Farm
Prosser, WA
Oscar P. Hurtado-Gonzales, PhD
Lead Plant Pathologist and Program Manager
United States Department of Agriculture
Beltsville, MD
Sage Thompson
Risk Manager, Entomologist
USDA-APHIS-PPQ-PHP
Riverdale, MD
Michael Martin
Science, Research, and Regulatory Programs Director
AmericanHort Association
Washington, DC
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Lauri Reinhold
Horticulturist
USDA, ARS, National Clonal Germplasm Repository
Corvallis, OR
Mike Willett
Washington Tree Fruit Industry
Yakima, WA
COORDINATOR(S)
Tanner Hunt
Clean Plant Center Northwest
Washington State University-Prosser
Prosser, WA