19 new members will join 13 reappointed members
By Diego Flammini, Farms.com
March 19, 2015 will mark the start of a new journey for 19 new people as Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the newest members of the National Potato Promotion Board.
They will serve three-year terms representing potato producers as they adhere to the Board’s mission statement of trying to “increase demand for potatoes and potato products through an integrated promotion program, thereby providing US producers with expanding markets for their production”.
The new members are listed below, reappointed members will be italicized.
From Idaho
Alex Tiede, American Falls, Idaho
Jeremy Arnold, Felt, Idaho
Kent Bitter, Shelley, Idaho
Jared Fielding, Shelley, Idaho
Jeff Harper, Mountain Home, Idaho
Dan Moss, DeClo, Idaho
Brian Jones, Rupert, Idaho
Dirk Parkinson, St. Anthony, Idaho
Dewey Crane, King Hill, Idaho
Christopher Wada, Idaho Falls, Idaho
Lynn Wilcox, Rexburg, Idaho
From Washington
Jody Bailie, Mesa, Washington
Douglas Poe, Connell, Washington
Molly Connors, Richland, Washington
Randi R. Hammer, Pasco, Washington
From Minnesota
Jeff Edling, Becker, Minnesota
Gary H. Gray, Clear Lake, Minnesota
Leon J. Hapka, Argyle, Minnesota
From Colorado
Segundo Diaz, Alamosa, Colordao
From Indiana
Kyle Lennard, Howe, Indiana
From New York
Chris Hansen, Bliss, New York
From North Dakota
Jeff VanRay, Pingree, North Dakota
From Rhode Island
Tyler Young, Little Compton, Rhode Island
From Oklahoma
Kyle Slagell, Hydro, Oklahoma
From Virginia
Phillip Hickman, Jr., Horntown, Virginia
From Wisconsin
Heidi Aslum-Randall, Cambria, Wisconsin
Shari Kitchen from Elmira, Michigan, Eric James out of Elizabeth City, North Carolina, Lon Baley from Merrill, Oregon, Laura Huddle from Napoleon, Ohio and Michael Brooks of Elmer, New Jersey account for the remaining reappointed members.
Marilyn Freeman Dolan from Atwater, California received appointment as the public member.
Idaho is the top potato-growing state in the United States, followed by Washington. The U.S. is the fifth largest producer of potatoes in the world.
