NAPB Executive Committee
President – Thomas Lübberstedt, Iowa State University,Send Message (515)294-5356 |
Vice-President – J.D. Rossouw, Bayer, Send Message |
Secretary – Neha Kotari, Cotton Incorporated, Send Message |
Past-President – Hannah Senior, PBS International, Send Message |
Treasurer – Don Jones, Cotton Incorporated, Send Message |
Administrative Support
James Williamson, BT Solutions,Send Message |
Sherri Williamson, BT Solutions, Send Message |
PBCC Executive Committee
Chair – Iago Hale, University of New Hampshire, izv2@unh.edu |
Vice-Chair – Jenny Koebernick, Auburn University, jck0041@auburn.edu |
Secretary – Juan David Arbelaez, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, arbelaez@illinois.edu |
Past Chair – Duke Pauli, University of Arizona, dukepauli@arizona.edu, (520) 621-3656 |
PBCC Committee Leadership
Communication: Chair, Mikey Kantar, University of Hawaii, mbkantar@hawaii.edu |
Plant breeding Capacity: Chair, Wayne Smith, Texas A&M University, wayne.smith@ag.tamu.edu |
Germplasm: Co-Chairs, Barb Liedl, West Virginia State University, liedlbe@wvstate.edu, and Duke Pauli, University of Arizona, dukepauli@arizona.edu |
Education: Martin Bohn, University of Illinois, mbohn@illinois.edu |
Advocacy (standing) Send Message
Chair – Yvonne Manning, Washington State University, |
Vice Chair – Dave Bubeck, Corteva, |
Secretary – Zihao Zheng, Syngenta |
Past Chair – Brigit Meints, Oregon State University, |
Membership (standing) Send Message
Chair – Luis Maas, Enza Saden |
Vice Chair – Katy Martin Rainey, Purdue University |
Secretary – Zachary Jones, Corteva, |
Past Chair- Qianni Dong, Bayer, |
Communications (standing) Send Message
Chair – Eloy Corona, SIPA |
Vice Chair – Leah Stirlen. Corteva |
Secretary – Henry Alexander Cordoba, McGill University |
Past Chair – Brian Gardunia, Bayer |
Education (standing) Send Message
Chair – Valerio Hoyos Villegas, McGill University |
Vice Chair – Lance Merrick, Corteva |
Secretary – Clayton Carley, Corteva |
Past Chair – Kevin Falk, Corteva |
Early Career Working Group Send Message
Chair – Samantha McConaughy, Bayer |
Vice chair – Yahya Rauf, TAMU |
Secretary – Qianni Dong, Bayer |
Past Chair – Nikayla Strauss, Bayer |
Graduate Student Working Group Send Message
Chair – Jonathan Concepcion |
Vice Chair – Andrew Herr, Washington State University |
Secretary – Pradeep Kumar, South Dakota State University |
Past Chair – Mala Ganiger, North Dakota State University, |
Borlaug Scholars
Chair - Sarah Potts, Corteva |
Vice Chair - Chandler Levinson, Bayer |
Secretary – Ana Maria Heilman-Morales, North Dacota State University |
Past Chair - Allen Van Deynze, University of California-Davis |
Founding Chair - Donn Cummings, Retired |
George Washington Carver Diversity Scholars Send Message
Chair – Karansher Singh Sandhu, Bayer |
Vice Chair – Jasdeep Singh, University of Florida |
Secretary – Harmeet Singh, University of Missouri |
Past Chair - Gurleen Kaur, Syngenta |
Commercial Plant Breeding Committee (standing)
Chair – Liana Nice, NSIP – Nature Sourced Improved Plants |
Vice-Chair – Chibwe Chungu, NASF |
Secretary – Brian Pfeiffer, Innovative Solutions |
Past Chair - John Gill, Ag Reliant Genetics, |
Awards Send Message
Chair- Jim McFerson, Washington State University (retired) |
Annual Meeting Planning, 2024
JD Rossouw, bayer, jd.rossouw@bayer.com |
Martin Bohn, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, mbohn@illinois.edu |
Annual Meeting Planning, 2025
Mikey Kantar, University of Hawaii, mbkantar@hawaii.edu |
Annual Meeting Planning, 2026
David Baltensperger, TAMU, dbaltensperger@tamu.edu |