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NCPN- Hops Committee Members

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Chair: Megan Twomey 

Washington Hop Commission 

Roy Farms/ADHA 

Moxee, WA

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Vice-Chair: Cameron Fox 

At-Large Grower 

Skagit Horticulture 

Mabton, WA

VOTING MEMBERS

Jeff Butsch 

Oregon Hop Commission Representative

4B Farms

Hubbard, OR

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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

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Kevin Wielmunster 

Idaho Hop Commission 

Wielmunster Farms

Parma, ID 

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Radley Peterson

Brewer

Anheuser-Busch

Bonners Ferry, ID

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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

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Scott Harper

Research Representative/ Professor of Plant Pathology

Clean Plant Center Northwest Director

Washington State University

Prosser, WA

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Jennifer Nicholson

NCPN National Coordinator 

USDA, APHIS, Plant Protection & Quarantine 

Raleigh, NC 

Elizabeth Dorman

NCPN Governing Board Member

National Plant Board - Central

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Lauri Reinhold

Horticulturist

USDA, ARS National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Corvallis, OR

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Kayla Altendorf

Research Geneticist (Plants)

USDA, ARS Public Hop Breeder

Prosser, WA

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COORDINATOR(S)

Tanner Hunt 

NCPN NW Communications Coordinator 

Washington State University 

Prosser, WA 

tanner.white@wsu.edu

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