I am currently performing the duties of the USDA-ARS National Program Leader for Genetic Germplasm as a detail. My research responsibility is to improve the management of vegetatively propagated collections in the USDA National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS) using numerous approaches. At the National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation, my team has developed and implemented cryopreservation methods for numerous collections of clonally propagated collections in the NPGS. I'm also the ARS coordinator for the NPGS outreach and education platform GRIN-U.org, where we create and release content relating to the conservation and use of plant genetic resources.