Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee (FRRCC) Membership

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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.

Current FRRCC Members
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

Current FRRCC Members

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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