Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee (FRRCC) Membership
EPA appointed new members to the FRRCC in June 2020. Committee members currently serve two or three year terms. Current Members are listed in the table below.
- FRRCC Member Biographies November 2021 (pdf)
- Press Release for Appointment of 2020 FRRCC Membership
- Press Release for Solicitation of 2020 FRRCC Membership, November 7, 2019
- Federal Register Notice for FRRCC Membership
Current FRRCC Members | |
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William Thomas (Tom) McDonald (Committee Chair) Senior Vice President - Environmental Affairs and Sustainability Five Rivers Cattle Feeding, LLC Dalhart, Texas |
Lauren C. Lurkins (Committee Vice Chair) Director of Environmental Policy Illinois Farm Bureau Bloomington, Illinois |
Michael J. Aerts National Chair; Technical Committee Minor Crop Farmer Alliance Director; Science and Regulatory Affairs Florida Fruit and Vegetable Association Maitland, Florida |
Jeanette L. Lombardo Executive Director Farmer Veteran Coalition Founder and Chief Strategic Officer Global Water Innovations, Inc. Davis, California |
Barry Berg Watershed Coordinator East Dakota Water Development District Brookings, South Dakota |
Gary Mahany Owner Gary Mahany Farms Arkport, New York |
Emily M. Broad Leib Clinical Professor of Law Faculty Director, Food Law and Policy Clinic Harvard Law School Cambridge, Massachusetts |
Nicholas McCarthy Senior Vice President of Agronomy Central Valley Ag Cooperative York, Nebraska |
Don Brown CEO Anchor Three Farm, Inc. Colorado Commissioner of Agriculture 2015-2019 Yuma, Colorado |
Jesse McCurry Executive Director Kansas Grain Sorghum Commission Kansas Grain Sorghum Producers Association Colwich, Kansas |
Jamie Burr Director of Sustainability Implementation Tyson Foods, Inc. Springdale, AR |
Jay Ivan Olsen Environmental Program Manager Utah Department of Agriculture and Food Salt Lake City, Utah |
Phillip H. Chavez Director Lower Arkansas Valley Water Conservancy District, Catlin Canal Company, and Lower Arkansas Valley Super Ditch Partner Diamond A Farms and Mohawk Valley Farms Rocky Ford, Colorado |
Christopher L. Pettit Director Office of Agricultural Water Policy Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Tallahassee, Florida |
John R. H. Collison Owner BlackOak Farms Edmond, Oklahoma |
William R. Pracht President/CEO Pracht Farms East Kansas Agri-Energy Garnett, Kansas |
William (Bill) Couser President/Owner Couser Cattle Company Nevada, Iowa |
Graciela I. Ramírez-Toro, Ph.D. Institutional Director Center for Environmental Education, Conservation and Research Inter American University of Puerto Rico San Germán, Puerto Rico |
Michael Crowder President – Elect National Association of Conservation Districts General Manager/Shareholder Barker Ranch Local Supervisor Benton Conservation District West Richland, Washington |
Charles R. Santerre, Ph.D. Department Chair & Professor Food, Nutrition, and Packaging Sciences Clemson University |
Matthew Freund Owner Freund's Farm and CowPots LLC East Canaan, Connecticut |
Beth C. Sauerhaft, Ph.D. Vice President of Programs American Farmland Trust Chappaqua, New York |
Sharon Furches Co-owner Furches Farms Partnership Second Vice President Kentucky Farm Bureau Louisville, Kentucky |
Stacy Wayne Smith Owner S & A Smith Farms New Home, Texas |
Jeffrey Gore, Ph.D. Research Entomologist Delta Research and Extension Center Mississippi State University Stoneville, Mississippi |
Davie Shane Stephens Owner DJ Stephens Farm American Soybean Association Wingo, Kentucky |
David Graybill Owner Red Sunset Farm Executive Committee, State Board of Directors Pennsylvania Farm Bureau Mifflintown, Pennsylvania |
Jeff M. Witte Secretary of Agriculture State of New Mexico Las Cruces, New Mexico |
Alex P. Johns Director of Special Projects Seminole Tribe of Florida Inc. Okeechobee, Florida |
Amy Wolfe President and CEO Emeritus AgSafe Modesto, California |
Jimmy W. Kinder Owner/Operator Kinder Farms District 4 Director, State Board Oklahoma Farm Bureau Walters, Oklahoma |
James E. Zook Executive Director Michigan Corn Growers Association and Corn Marketing Program of Michigan Lansing, Michigan |
Questions may be directed to Venus Welch-White at FRRCC@epa.gov or 202–564–7719.
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