Officers and Members

Constitution and By-Laws

Executive Board

2025-2026

President: Patrick Conner
1st Vice-President: Mercy Olmstead
2nd Vice-President: Lisa Wasko DeVetter
Past President: Ksenija Gasic
Secretary: David Karp
Treasurer:  Amaya Atucha
Resident Agent:  Wes Autio (Massachusetts)
Editor of The Journal of the American Pomological Society:  Mercy Olmstead 
At Large Members:

• Gina Fernandez (2024-2026)
• Amit Dhingra (2025-2027)
• Margaret Worthington (2025-2028)

Advisory Committee

2023-2026

• Michael Dossett (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, BC)
• Anne Plotto (USDA-ARS, Fort Pierce, FL)
• Edgar Vinson (Auburn University, Auburn, AL)
• Patrick Byers (University of Missouri, Columbia, MO)
• Dan Ward (Rutgers University, Bridgerton, NJ)

2024-2027

• Matthew Clark (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN)
• Essie Fallahi (Emeritus Professor, University of Idaho, Parma, ID)
• Juan Carlos Melgar (Clemson University, Clemson, SC)
• Cameron Peace (Washington State University, Pullman, WA)
• Zilfina Rubio Ames (University of Georgia, Tifton, GA)

2025-2028

• Gaurab Bhattarai (Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR)
• Jimmy Larson (Utah State University, Logan, UT)
• Per McCord (Washington State University, IAREC, Prosser, WA)
• Sherif Sherif (Virginia Tech, Alston Smith AREC, Winchester, VA) 
• Rachel Spaeth (USDA-NCGR, Davis, CA)

Chairs of Standing Committees