Committees
COMMITTEE DESCRIPTION CHAIR MEMBER(S)
| Constitution & Bylaws | Members Helen Tai Jeff Miller Mark Pavek Kent McCue Rich Novy | |
| Editorial Board | SAMUEL ESSAH Editor-in-Chief | Rodney Cooper (Entomology) Pamela Hutchinson (Cover Editor) Lincoln Zotarelli (Production & Management) Harlene Hatterman-Valent (Production & Management) Gina Greenway (Economics) Dennis Halterman (Plant Protection) Max Feldman (Invited Reviews) Hector Lozoya-Saldana (Spanish Translator Ed) Paul Bethke(Physiology) Aymeric Goyer (Physiology) Kent McCue (Physiology) Roy Navarre (Physiology) Sastry Jayanty (Physiology) Rich Novy (Cultivar Descriptions) Silvia Rondon (Entomology) Sagar Sathuvalli (Breeding & Genetics) Maria Isabel Vales (Breeding & Genetics) Kiwamu Tanaka (Plant Protection) Jonathan Whitworth (Pathology) |
| Endowment Fund / Finance Committee | BRET NEDROW, Chair | Larry Hiller, Immediate Past Treasurer 2021 Mark Pavek-Past President 2021 Kent McCue, Past President 2020 Rich Novy, Past President 2019 Shelley Jansky, PP 2018 Mike Thornton, PP 2017 |
| Board of Directors | HELEN TAI, 2022 President | Jeff Miller-VP Darrin Haagenson-Sec Bret Nedrow-Treasurer Mark J Pavek -PP 2021 Dennis Halterman-Dir 2022 Addie Waxman-Dir 2022 Brian A. Charlton-Dir 2023 Sastry S. Jayanty-Dir 2023 Ryan Barrett-Dir 2024 Tina Brandt – Dir 2024 Angela Richardson- Executive Director |
| Frank L Haynes Graduate Student Research Award Competition | PAUL BETHKE | |
| Honorary Life Membership | MARK J PAVEK | Helen Tai [President 2022] Jeff Miller [VP] Dennis Halterman [Dir 2022] Addie Waxman [Dir 2022] Brian Charlton [ Dir 2023] Sastry Jayanty [Dir 2023] Ryan Barrett [Dir 2024] Tina Brandt [Dir 2024] Kent McCue [PP 2020] Rich Novy [PP 2019] |
| Global Outreach Committee (formally International Relations Committee) | HECTOR LOZOYA-SALDANA | Sam Essah Monica Parker Peter Vander Zaag |
| Local Host Committee [2022] | NINA ZIDACK, Montana State University | |
| Local Host Committee | ASUNTA THOMPSON | Vidyasagar ‘Sagar’ Sathuvalli [Oregon 2024] Ryan Barett [Prince Edward Island 2023] Nina Zidack [Montana 2022] Tracey Shinners-Carnelley/Vikram Bisht [Manitoba-2019] Nora Olsen [ID 2018] Asunta Thompson/Gary Secor [2017] |
| Membership | JEFF MILLER | |
| Nominations | MARK J PAVEK | Kent McCue [P-2020] Rich Novy [P- 2019} Shelley Jansky[P-2018] Mike Thornton [P-2017] |
| Marketing & Outreach [Website/Social Media/Video] | DENNIS HALTERMAN | Helen Tai Jeff Miller Rabeka Hendricks Angela Richardson-PAA Erin Griebe – PAA |
| Potato Variety Handbook | ROB DAVIDSON | Don Halseth Susie Thompson Jeff Bragg |
| Program (Annual meeting) | DARRIN HAAGENSON, PAA Secretary | Nina Zidack (MT 2022 LAC) |
| Site Selection | SUSIE THOMPSON | Vidyasagar ‘Sagar’ Sathuvalli [Oregon 2024] Ryan Barrett [PEI- 2023] Nina Zidack (MT-2022) Tracy Shinners-Carnelley (MB 2019) Nora Olsen (2018) Gary Secor (2017) |
| Symposium | DARRIN HAAGENSON, PAA Secretary | Committee Member(s) Bret Nedrow, Finance Chr & Endowment Fund Larry Hiller, Strategic Advisor Dennis Halterman Breeding & Genetics Symposium, 2021 Tina Brandt: Marketing and Utilization Symposium,2019 Ryan Barrett: LAC 2023 Paul Bethke: 2022 Physiology Symposium |