Feb 3, 2015USDA names members to USPB
The USDA appointed 19 new members to the U.S. Potato Board (USPB) and reappointed 14 members to the USPB for three-year terms beginning March 1, 2015.
New USPB members are: Segundo Diaz, Alamosa, Colorado; Jeremy Arnold, Felt, Idaho; Kent Bitter, Shelley, Idaho; Jeff Harper, Mountain Home, Idaho; Dan Moss, Declo, Idaho; Dirk Parkinson, St. Anthony, Idaho; Kyle Lennard, Howe, Indiana; Jeff Edling, Becker, Minnesota; Gary H. Gray, Clear Lake, Minnesota; Leon J. Hapka, Argyle, Minnesota; Chris Hansen, Bliss, New York; Jeff VanRay, Pingree, North Dakota; Kyle Slagell, Hydro, Oklahoma; Tyler Young, Little Compton, Rhode Island; E. Phillip Hickman Jr., Horntown, Virginia; Jody Bailie, Mesa Washington; Molly Connors, Richland, Washington; Randi R. Hammer, Pasco, Washington; and Heidi Alsum-Randall, Cambria, Wisconsin.
Reappointed USPB members include: Dewey Crane, King Hill, Idaho; Jared Fielding, Shelley, Idaho; Brian Jones, Rupert, Idaho; Rick Likes, Shelley, Idaho; Alex Tiede, American Falls, Idaho; Chris Wada, Idaho Falls, Idaho; Lynn Wilcox, Rexburg, Idaho; Shari Kitchen, Elmira, Michigan; Eric James, Elizabeth City, North Carolina; Michael Brooks, Elmer, New Jersey; Laura Huddle, Napoleon, Ohio; Lon Baley, Merrill, Oregon; and Douglas Poe, Connell, Washington.
Marilyn Freeman Dolan, Atwater, California, was appointed the public member.
