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NCPN- Hops Committee Members

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Chair: Megan Twomey 

Washington Hop Commission 

Roy Farms/ADHA 

Moxee, WA

Vice-Chair: Cameron Fox 

At-Large Grower 

Skagit Horticulture 

Mabton, WA

VOTING MEMBERS

Jeff Butsch 

Oregon Hop Commission Representative

4B Farms

Hubbard, OR

David H. Gent 

Public Research Plant Pathologist 

Oregon State University 

Corvallis, OR

 

Scott Varnum

At-Large Grower

John I Haas, Inc.

Yakima, WA

Ryan Christian

Private Breeding Program 

Technical Director

YCRanches

Zillah, WA

Kevin Wielmunster 

Idaho Hop Commission 

Wielmunster Farms

Parma, ID 

Radley Peterson

Brewer

Anheuser-Busch

Bonners Ferry, ID

Jacob Roy

Hop Merchant

John I Haas, Inc.

Yakima, WA

STATE REGULATORY REPRESENTATIVES

Sherry Lagerstam

Environmental Specialist 

WA State Dept. of Ag., Plant Protection, Plant Services 

Yakima, WA

NON-VOTING MEMBERS

Josh Havill 

Subject Matter Expert 

Minnesota Hop Growers Association 

St. Paul, MN

Scott Harper

Research Representative/ Professor of Plant Pathology

Clean Plant Center Northwest Director

Washington State University

Prosser, WA

Jennifer Nicholson

NCPN National Coordinator 

USDA, APHIS, Plant Protection & Quarantine 

Raleigh, NC 

Elizabeth Dorman

NCPN Governing Board Member

National Plant Board - Central

Lauri Reinhold

Horticulturist

USDA, ARS National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Corvallis, OR

Kayla Altendorf

Research Geneticist (Plants)

USDA, ARS Public Hop Breeder

Prosser, WA

COORDINATOR(S)

Tanner Hunt 

NCPN NW Communications Coordinator 

Washington State University 

Prosser, WA 

tanner.white@wsu.edu

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