National Plant Board

President-Appointed Committees

Japanese Beetle Regulatory Treatment Review Committee

Chair:

Dr. Phillip Lewis
Regulatory Treatments Program Coordinator
USDA APHIS PPQ
Bldg. 1398
Otis ANGB, MA 02542-5008
phone: 508-563-9303 ext. 215
fax: 508-564-4398
email: Phillip.A.Lewis@aphis.usda.gov

Nursery Industry Representative:

Craig Regelbrugge
American Nursery and Landscape Assn.
1250 I Street
Suite 500
Washington, DC 20005
phone: 202-789-2900
fax: 202-789-1893
email: cregelbrugge@anla.org

Category 1 State Representatives:

VACANT

VACANT

Category 2 State Representatives:

Gray Haun
Division of Regulatory Services
Tennessee Dept. of Agriculture
P. O. Box 40627
Melrose Station
Nashville, TN 37204
phone: 615-837-5338
fax: 615-837-5246
email: Walker.Haun@state.tn.us

Julie Van Meter
Bureau of Plant Industry
Nebraska Department of Agriculture
301 Centennial Mall south
PO Box 94756
Lincoln, NE 68509-4756
phone: 402-471-6847
fax: 402-471-6892
email: Julie.vanmeter@nebraska.gov

Category 3 State Representatives:

Mike Bryan
Pesticide and Plant Pest Mgmt.
Michigan Dept. of Agriculture
P. O. Box 30017
Lansing, MI 48909
phone: 517-241-2977
fax: 517-335-4540
email: BryanM@state.mi.us

Carl P. Schulze, Jr.
Division of Plant Industry
New Jersey Dept. of Agriculture
P. O. Box 330
Trenton, NJ 08625-0330
phone: 609-292-5441
fax: 609-292-4710
email: Carl.Schulze@ag.state.nj.us

Research Representatives:

Rich Cowles
Connecticut Ag Experiment Station, Valley Lab.
P.O. Box 248
Windsor, CT 06095
phone: 860-683-4977
fax: 860-683-4987
email: rcowles@caes.state.ct.us

Jason Oliver
Nursery Crop Research Center
Tennesse e State University
472 Cadillac Lane
McMinnville, TN 37110
phone: 931-668-3572
fax: 931-668-3134
email: joliver@tnstate.edu

Dr. Mike Reding
USDA-ARS
Horticultural Insects Research Lab
Ohio Agricultural Research & Development Center
1680 Madison Ave.
Wooster, OH 44691
Phone: 330-263-3629
email: Mike.Reding@ARS.USDA.GOV

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Japanese Beetle Survey Committee

Chair:

Andrea B. Simao
National Program Manager
USDA APHIS PPQ - Emergency and Domestic Programs
4700 River Road, Unit 26
Riverdale, MD 20737
phone: (301) 734-0930
email: Andrea.B.Simao@aphis.usda.gov

Nursery Industry Representative:

Craig Regelbrugge
American Nursery and Landscape Assn.
1250 I Street
Suite 500
Washington, DC 20005
phone: 202-789-2900
fax: 202-789-1893
email: cregelbrugge@anla.org

Central Plant Board Representative:

VACANT

Eastern Plant Board Representative:

Lee Corte-Real
Division of Crop and Pest Services
Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources
251 Causeway Street, Suite 500
Boston, MA 02114-2151
phone: 617-626-1776
fax: 617-626-1850
email: lee.corte-real@state.ma.us

Southern Plant Board Representative:

David Kostroun
Agri-Systems
Texas Dept. of Agriculture
P.O. Box 12847 Capitol Station
Austin, TX 78711
phone: 512-463-0012
fax: 512-463-8225
email: dkostrou@agr.state.tx.us

Western Plant Board Representative:

VACANT

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NPB Stone Fruits Certification Committee

Work completed. Chair: Ruth Welliver, PA

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Imported Fire Ant Committee

Chair:

Jeanetta Cooper, Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food & Forestry

Western Plant Board:

John Caravetta, Arizona Department of Agriculture

Southern Plant Board:

Christel Harden, South Carolina Department of Plant Industry

Central Plant Board:

VACANT

Eastern Plant Board:

Carol Holko, Maryland Department of Agriculture

USDA:

Charles Brown, National Program Leader

Ronald Weeks, Eastern Region Program Leader

Stacey Scott, Western Region Program Leader

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Last Modified: March 16, 2012