The Potato Association of America

Committees 2008-2009

Committee Chair Committee Members

Bylaws

Don Halseth
Cornell University
147E Plant Science Building
Ithaca, NY  14853  USA
Phone: 607-255-5460
Fax: 607-255-0599
E-mail: deh3@cornell.edu
 
Editorial Board John Bamberg, Editor-in-Chief
USDA:ARS 
US Potato Genebank
4312 Highway 42
Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235-9620 USA
Phone: 920-743-5406
Fax: 920-743-1080
E-mail: john.bamberg@ars.usda.gov
Bill Bohl (Prod & Mgmt)
Chuck Brown (Breeding & Genetics)
Enrique Chujoy (Spanish Translator)
Rob Davidson (Plant Protection)
George Fernandez (Stats)
Ed Grafius (Entomology)
Joe Guenthner (Economics)
Larry Kawchuk (Mole Plant Prot)
Steve Love (Cover Editor)
Hassan Mojtahedi (Plant Protection)
Roy Navarre (Physiology)
Rich Novy (Cultivar Descriptive) 
H.W. "Bud" Platt (Special Topics)
David Spooner (Invited Reviews)
Jeff Suttle (Physiology)
George Tai (Stats)
Christian Thill (Breeding & Genetics)
Endowment Fund Mel Henninger
Dept of Plant Science
Rutgers Univ, Foran Hall
59 Dudley Road
Phone: 732-932-9711x120
Fax: 732-932-9441
E-mail: henninger@aesop.rutgers.edu
Bud Platt, Co-Chair
P.O. Box 446
Cornwall, PEI C0A 1H0
CANADA
Phone: 902-566-6839
Fax: 902-566-6821
E-mail: platth@agr.gc.ca
Larry Hiller
Sarah McPartland-Good (UMF)
Creighton Miller
Ed Plissey
Duane Preston
Sam Thornton
Finance Alex Pavlista (Pres '08)
Panhandle Res. & Ext. Ctr.
Univ. of Nebraska
4502 Avenue I
Scottsbluff, NE 69361 USA
Phone: 308-632-1240
Fax: 308-632-1365
E-mail: apavlista@unl.edu
Rob Davidson (Pres '05)
Joe Guenthner (Pres '02)
Larry Hiller (Pres '06)/Treasurer Ex-officio
Sam Thornton (Pres '07)
Frank L. Haynes Graduate Student Research Competition Committee Kathy Haynes, Chair
USDA/ARS: Vegetable Lab
Bldg. 010A, Room 312
10300 Baltimore Avenue
Beltsville, MD 20705 USA
Phone: 301-504-7405
Fax: 301-504-5555
E-mail: kathleen.haynes@ars.usda.gov
Walter De Jong
Mark Pavek
Jeff Miller
Silvia Rondon
Leslie Wanner
Honorary Life Membership Alexander Pavlista [Pres 2008]
Panhandle Res. & Ext. Ctr., Univ of NE
4502 I Avenue
Scottsbluff, NE 69361  USA
Phone: 308-632-1240
Fax: 308-632-1365
E-mail: apavlista@unl.edu
Chuck Brown [Pres-2009]
Bill Campbell [Dir-2009]
Robert Gareau [Dir-2011]
Don Halseth [VP-2008]
Phil Hamm [Dir-2009]
Larry Hiller [Pres-2006]
Leigh Morrow [Dir 2010]
Bret Nedrow [Dir 2011]
Phil Nolte [PE-2007]
Sam Thornton [Pres-2007]
Local Arrangements Committee Loretta Mikitzel
NB Dept of Agriculture & Aquaculture
Potato Development Ctr.
39 Barker Road
Wicklow, NB E7L 3S4
CANADA
Phone: 506-392-5199
Fax: 506-392-5102
E-mail: loretta.mikitzel@gnb.ca
 
Local Arrangements Committee Advisory Committee Phillip Nolte
Ext. Seed Potato Specialist
University of Idaho
1776 Science Center Drive
Idaho Falls, ID 83402-1575  USA
Phone: 208-529-8376
Fax: 208-522-2954
E-mail:: pnolte@uidaho.edu
Don Halseth [2008]
Bill Bohl [2007]
David Spooner [2006]
Vern Warkentin [2005]
Lori Wing [AA]
Membership Don Halseth
Cornell University
147E Plant Science Building
Ithaca, NY  14853  USA
Phone: 607-255-5460
Fax: 607-255-0599
E-mail: deh3@cornell.edu
Sustaining:
Alex Pavlista
Panhandle Res. & Ext. Ctr.
Univ. of Nebraska
4502 Avenue I
Scottsbluff, NE 69361 USA
Phone: 308-632-1240
Fax: 308-632-1365
E-mail: apavlista@unl.edu
General:
Mike Thornton
Supr. SW Idaho Res. & Ext. Ctr.
Univ. of Idaho, 
Parma Res. & Ext. Ctr.
29603 University of Idaho
Parma, ID 83660 USA
Phone: 208-722-6701 x211
Fax: 208-722-6708
E-mail: miket@uidaho.edu
Nominations Alex Pavlista (2008)
Panhandle Res. & Ext. Ctr.
Univ. of Nebraska
4502 Avenue I
Scottsbluff, NE 69361 USA
Phone: 308-632-1240
Fax: 308-632-1365
E-mail: apavlista@unl.edu
Sam Thornton (2007)
Larry Hiller (2006)
Rob Davidson (2005)
Greg Porter (2004)
Outreach Committee Phil Nolte, Chair
Ext. Seed Potato Specialist
University of Idaho
1776 Science Center Drive
Idaho Falls, ID 83402-1575  USA
Phone: 208-529-8376
Fax: 208-522-2954
E-mail: pnolte@uidaho.edu
John Bamberg
A. J. Bussan
Larry Hiller
Steve Love (B&G)
Kent McCue (Physiology)
Nora Olsen
Richard Tarn
Lori Wing-PAA
Potato Variety Handbook Rob Davidson
San Luis Valley Res Ctr
Colorado State University
0249 East Road 9 North
Center, CO 81125 USA
Phone: 719-754-3496
Fax: 719-754-2619
E-mail: rddavid@coop.ext.colostate.edu
Susie Thompson
Don Halseth
Program Loretta Mikitzel
Ag Resource Centre
NB Agric & Rural Development
39 Barker Lane
Wicklow, NB E7L 3S4
CANADA
Phone: 506-392-5100
Fax: 506-392-5102
E-mail: loretta.mikitzel@gnb.ca
 
Site Selection Andy Jensen, Chair
Washington State Potato Commission
108 Interlake Road
Moses Lake, WA 98837  USA
Phone: 509-785-8845
Fax: 509-765-4853
E-mail: ajensen@potatoes.com
Web: http://www.potatoes.com
Bill Bohl
Don Halseth
Mel Henninger
Bob Hoopes
Loretta Mikitzel
Jeff Miller
Alex Pavlista
H.W. "Bud" Platt
Sam Thornton
Pete Weingartner
Sustainability
Committee
AJ Bussan
Horticulture Dept., Univ. Wisconsin
1575 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706-1590  USA
Phone: 608-262-3519
Fax
: 608-262-4743
E-mail: ajbussan@wisc.edu
Chad Hutchinson
Steve Johnson
Leigh Morrow
Mike Thornton
Vision Implementation Committee Richard L. Sawyer, Chair
1547 Montana Square
Hidden Lake, Carolina Trace
Sanford, NC 27330 USA
Phone: 919-499-5044
Fax: 919-499-5044
E-mail: rsagri@aol.com

Rob Davidson
Mel Henninger
H. W. "Bud" Platt
Ed Plissey
Greg Porter
Duane Preston
Richard Sawyer
Joe Sieczka
Richard Tarn
Ron Voss

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