Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee (FRRCC) Membership List
Committee members currently serve two or three year terms and can be reappointed for a limited time period. Read the press release announcing new members from November 2024.”
Current members are listed below.
Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee (FRRCC) Members
2024-2026
Beth C. Sauerhaft, Ph.D. (Chair)
Vice President of Programs
American Farmland Trust
Chappaqua, New York
Michael Crowder (Vice Chair)
Past President
National Association of Conservation Districts
General Manager/Shareholder
Barker Ranch
Board Member
Benton Conservation District
West Richland, Washington
Brad Bray
Chief Operating Officer
Bray Farms, LLC
Cameron, Missouri
William (Bill) Couser
President/Owner
Couser Cattle Company
Nevada, Iowa
Eddie Crandell, Sr.
Lake County California Supervisor and Board Delegate
Lucerne, California
Megan Dwyer
Director of Conservation and Nutrient Stewardship
Illinois Corn Growers Association
Bloomington, Illinois
Katherine R. English
Partner
English Family Farms
Fort Meyers, Florida
Maria Fernanda Abildgaard
Global Regulatory/Sustainability Manager
AgroFresh
Fairfield, California
Matthew Freund
Owner
Freund's Farm and CowPots LLC
East Canaan, Connecticut
Jamaica Gayle
Senior Director of Sustainability and Environmental Affairs
Plant Based Products Council
Washington, D.C.
David Graybill
Owner
Red Sunset Farm
Executive Committee, State Board of Directors
Pennsylvania Farm Bureau
Mifflintown, Pennsylvania
Russell Hamlin, Ph. D.
President of Farming Operations
Grimmway Farms
Bakersfield, California
James Henderson
President
Richfield Ranch Ag Ventures Inc. LLC
Colorado Farm Bureau
La Jara, Colorado
Joe Ben Herrera
Pesticide Specialist
Yakama Nation Environmental Management
Program
Toppenish, Washington
Janie Simms Hipp
Chief Executive Officer
Native Agriculture Financial Services
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Erik A. Huschitt
CEO/General Manager
Badger State Ethanol
Monroe, Wisconsin
Jennifer James
Owner
H&J Land Company
USA Rice Sustainability Committee
Newport, Arkansas
Sarah Lucas
Deputy Director, Office of Rural Development
Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO)
Marquette, Michigan
Stephen Logan
Owner/Operator
Logan Farms
National Cotton Council / Louisiana Farm Bureau
Gilliam, Louisiana
Mark A. Masters
Executive Director
Georgia Water Planning and Policy Center
Albany State University
Albany, Georgia
William Thomas (Tom) McDonald
Senior Vice President - Environmental Affairs
and Sustainability
Five Rivers Cattle Feeding, LLC
Dalhart, Texas
Michelle Miller
Senior Researcher, Practicing Economic
Anthropologist
Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems, Research Division,
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, Wisconsin
Ty Myer
Production Agriculture Manager
Spokane Conservation District
Spokane, Washington
Clay Pope
Founding Partner, Rancher
CSP, LLC
Loyal, Oklahoma
James Pritchett, Ph. D.
Vice President for Engagement and Extension
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, Colorado
Nithya Rajan, Ph. D.
Associate Professor of Crop Physiology
and Agroecology
Texas A&M University, Department of Soil
and Crop Sciences
College Station, Texas
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
Megan (Weidner) Rock
Vice President of Sustainability and Innovation
Chief Sustainability Officer
CHS, Inc.
Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota
Justin Sherlock
Owner
Justin Sherlock Farms
American Soybean Association
Dazey, North Dakota
Jennifer Simmelink
Farmer/Rancher, Coordinator
KS Soil Health Alliance
Esbon, Kansas
Chantel Simpson, Ph. D.
Assistant Professor of Agriscience Education
North Carolina A&T State University
Greensboro, North Carolina
Raymon Shange, Ph. D.
1890 Extension Administrator
Associate Dean, College of Agriculture,
Environment, and Nutrition Sciences
Tuskegee University
Tuskegee, Alabama
Ryan Smith
Senior Manager, Regenerative Agriculture
Danone North America
Chicago, Illinois
Chris Tanner
Owner/Operator
Tanner Farms
Kansas Association of Wheat Growers
Norton, Kansas
J. Alan Weber
Board of Directors
Biodiesel Coalition of Missouri
Columbia, Missouri
Jeff M. Witte
Secretary of Agriculture
State of New Mexico
Las Cruces, New Mexico
Kathryn L. Zerfuss
Commissioner
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Questions may be directed to the Designated Federal Officer, Venus Welch-White at FRRCC@epa.gov or 202–564–7719.
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