NAPB Executive Committee
| President – Katy Martin Rainey, Purdue University, Send Message |
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Vice-President – Tom Koch, Beck's Hybrids, Send Message |
| Secretary –Jenny Koebernick, Auburn University, Send Message |
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Past-President – Neha Kothari, USDA-ARS, Send Message |
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Treasurer – Don Jones, Cotton Incorporated, Send Message |
PBCC Executive Committee
| Chair – Marta Pudzianowska, Mississippi State University, Send Message |
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Vice-Chair – Jenna Hershberger, Clemson University, Send Message |
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Secretary – Manoj Sapkota, University of Kentucky, Send Message |
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Past Chair – Juan David Arbelaez, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Send Message |
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 – Anna Rogers, Bayer Crop Science |
| Vice Chair – Addie Thompson, , Michigan State University |
| Secretary – TBD |
| Past Chair – Zihao Zheng, Syngenta |
Membership (standing) Send Message
| Chair – Zachary Jones, Corteva Agriscience |
| Vice Chair – Dhyan Palanichamy, Ingredion |
| Secretary –Suzanne Michelson, Corteva |
| Past Chair- Luis Maas, Enza Saden |
Communications (standing) Send Message
| Chair – Hannah Jeffery, (Send Message) |
| Vice Chair – Sarah Potts, Corteva Agriscience |
| Secretary – TBD |
| Past Chair – Henry Alexander Cordoba, McGill University |
Education (standing) Send Message
| Chair – Clayton Carley, Corteva Agriscience |
| Vice Chair – Sarah Jones, Iowa State University |
| Secretary – TBD |
| Past Chair – Lance Merrick, Corteva Agriscience |
Early Career Working Group Send Message
| Chair – Andy Herr (Send Message) |
| Vice chair – Khushboo Rastogi, Virginia Tech University, (Send Message) |
| Secretary – Edgar Sierra Orozco, Rijk Zwaan USA (Send Message) |
| Past Chair – Qianni Dong, Corteva Agriscience |
Graduate Student Working Group Send Message
| Chair – Pradeep Kumar, Texas Tech University |
| Vice Chair – Lovepreet Singh, University of Minnesota |
| Secretary – TBD |
| Past Chair – Jonathan Concepcion, Michigan State University |
Borlaug Scholars
| Chair – Ana Maria Heilman-Morales, North Dakota State University |
| Vice Chair – Hannah Jeffery, Texas A&M |
| Secretary – TBD |
| Past Chair – Chandler Levinson, Bayer Crop Science |
| Founder – Donn Cummings, Retired |
Commercial Plant Breeding Committee (standing)
| Chair – Brian Pfeiffer, Innovative Solutions |
| Vice-Chair – Ammani Kyanam, Syngenta |
| Secretary – Samantha McConaughy, Bayer crop Science |
| Past Chair - Chibwe Chungu, NASF |
Awards Send Message
| Chair- Jim McFerson, Washington State University (retired) |
Annual Meeting Planning, 2027
| Ana Maria Heilman-Morales, North Dakota State University |