{"id":8,"date":"2014-08-04T17:52:39","date_gmt":"2014-08-04T17:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/americanpomologicalsociety.wordpress.com\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2025-08-04T00:44:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T00:44:32","slug":"officers-and-members","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/americanpomological.org\/?page_id=8","title":{"rendered":"Officers and Members"},"content":{"rendered":"

Constitution and By-Laws<\/a><\/h2>\n

Executive Board<\/span><\/h2>\n

2025-2026<\/h3>\n

President:<\/span> Patrick Conner
1st Vice-President:<\/span> Mercy Olmstead
2nd Vice-President:<\/span> Lisa Wasko DeVetter
Past President:<\/u> Ksenija Gasic
Secretary:<\/span> David Karp
Treasurer:<\/span>\u00a0 Amaya Atucha
Resident Agent:<\/span>\u00a0 Wes Autio (Massachusetts)
Editor of The Journal of the American Pomological Society:<\/span>\u00a0 Mercy Olmstead\u00a0
At Large Members:<\/span><\/p>\n

    \n
  • Gina Fernandez (2024-2026)<\/li>\n
  • Amit Dhingra (2025-2027)<\/li>\n
  • Margaret Worthington (2025-2028)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Advisory Committee<\/span><\/h2>\n

    2023-2026<\/span><\/p>\n

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

      2024-2027<\/span><\/p>\n

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

        2025-2028<\/span><\/p>\n

          \n
        • Gaurab Bhattarai (Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR)<\/li>\n
        • Jimmy Larson (Utah State University, Logan, UT)<\/li>\n
        • Per McCord (Washington State University, IAREC, Prosser, WA)<\/li>\n
        • Sherif Sherif (Virginia Tech, Alston Smith AREC, Winchester, VA)\u00a0<\/li>\n
        • Rachel Spaeth (USDA-NCGR, Davis, CA)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Chairs of Standing Committees<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
          Editorial Board<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nMembership<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nNominations<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
          Penny Perkins-Veazie<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nKsenija Gasic<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nKsenija Gasic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
          \u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
          Wilder Medal Awards<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nChad Finn Ambassador Award<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nU.P. Hedrick Award<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
          Brent Black<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nGina Fernandez<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nEssie Fallahi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
          \u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
          Shepard Award<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nRegistration of Fruit and Nut Cultivars<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nWebsite Chair<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
          Kelsey Galimba<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nDavid Karp<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nMercy Olmstead<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n

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          Constitution and By-Laws Executive Board 2025-2026 President: Patrick Conner1st Vice-President: Mercy Olmstead2nd Vice-President: Lisa Wasko DeVetterPast President: Ksenija GasicSecretary: David KarpTreasurer:\u00a0 Amaya AtuchaResident Agent:\u00a0 Wes Autio (Massachusetts)Editor of The Journal of the American Pomological Society:\u00a0 Mercy Olmstead\u00a0At Large Members: Gina Fernandez (2024-2026) Amit Dhingra (2025-2027) Margaret Worthington (2025-2028) Advisory Committee 2023-2026 Michael Dossett (Agriculture and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3471,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullwidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/americanpomological.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/americanpomological.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/americanpomological.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americanpomological.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americanpomological.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/americanpomological.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4571,"href":"https:\/\/americanpomological.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions\/4571"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americanpomological.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/americanpomological.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}