National Plant Board
President-Appointed Committees
- Japanese Beetle Regulatory Treatment Review Committee
- Japanese Beetle Survey Committee
- NPB Stone Fruits Certification Committee
- Imported Fire Ant Committee
Japanese Beetle Regulatory Treatment Review Committee
Chair:
Dr. Phillip Lewis
Regulatory Treatments Program Coordinator
USDA APHIS PPQ
1398 W. Truck Rd
Buzzards Bay, MA 02542
phone: 508-563-0914
fax: 508-563-0903
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:
Robert Hougaard
Division of Plant Industry
Utah Dept. of Agriculture & Food
350 North Redwood Road
Box 146500
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6500
phone: 801-538-7178
email: rhougaard@utah.gov
Nick Condos
Plant Health and Pest Prevention Services Division
California Dept. of Food and Agriculture
1220 N Street, Room 221
Sacramento, CA 95814
phone: 916-654-0317
mobile: 916-834-3161
email: nick.condos@cdfa.ca.gov
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@michgan.gov
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: Richard.Cowles@ct.gov
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
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:
Jeff Vogel KS
Plant Protection and Weed Control Program
Kansas Department of Agriculture
PO Box 19282
Topeka, KS 66619-1282
785-682-2180
Jeff.Vogel@KDA.KS.GOV
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:
Awinash Bhatkar
Coordinator for Biosecurity and Agriculture Resource Management
Texas Dept. of Agriculture
P.O. Box 12847
Austin, TX 78711
phone: 512-463-5025
fax: 888-215-5385
email: awinash.bhatkar@texasagriculture.gov
Western Plant Board Representative:
Dr. Kevin Hoffman
NPB Stone Fruits Certification Committee
Work completed. Chair: Ruth Welliver, PA
Imported Fire Ant Committee
Chair:
Gray Haun, Tennessee 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:
Collin Wamsley, Missouri Department of Agriculture
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
Last Modified: April 15, 2013