Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee (FRRCC) Membership
EPA appointed new members to the FRRCC in June 2020. Current Members are listed in the table below.
- FRRCC Member Biographies (September 2020)(PDF)(14 pp, 621 K)
- Press Release for Appointment of 2020 FRRCC Membership
- Press Release for Solicitation of 2020 FRRCC Membership, November 7, 2019
- Link to Federal Register Notice for 2020 FRRCC Membership Solicitation Exit
| 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 |
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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 |
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Barry Berg Watershed Coordinator East Dakota Water Development District Brookings, South Dakota |
Gary Mahany Owner Gary Mahany Farms Arkport, New York |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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John R. H. Collison Owner BlackOak Farms Edmond, Oklahoma |
William R. Pracht President/CEO Pracht Farms East Kansas Agri-Energy Garnett, Kansas |
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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 |
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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. Professor of Food Toxicology Department of Nutrition Science Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Alex P. Johns Director of Special Projects Seminole Tribe of Florida Inc. Okeechobee, Florida |
Amy Wolfe President and CEO Emeritus AgSafe Modesto, California |
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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 Rebecca Perrin at FRRCC@epa.gov or 202–564–7719.
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