Advisory Council
The Advisory Council provides a broad vision to guide our Steering Committee and staff. Members represent a wide range of stakeholders, linking the Center to stakeholder needs and priorities for pest management programs. (Learn more: Membership Guidelines). Advisory Council members are also an important avenue for Center outreach to their constituencies and beyond.
| Name |
Affiliation |
State |
| Peter Ashley |
HUD Office of Healthy Homes |
DC |
| Herb Bolton |
USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) |
DC |
| John Butler* |
EPA Region III |
PA |
| Dennis Calvin* |
Director, Cooperative Extension; Penn State |
PA |
| Harold Coble* |
USDA Office of Pest Management Policy (OPMP); NC State Univ. |
NC |
| Tom Coleman* |
Crop Consultant |
DE |
| Sathya Elavarthi |
Delaware State Univ. |
DE |
| Sue Futrell* |
Marketing; Red Tomato |
MA |
| Vernon Grubinger |
Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education (NE-SARE) |
VT |
| Mike Hoffmann* |
Northeastern IPM Center Co-PI;
Northeast Experiment Station Director, Cornell Univ. |
NY |
| George Hudler |
Northeast Plant Diagnostic Network, Cornell Univ. |
NY |
| Glen Koehler |
Univ. of Maine Cooperative Extension |
ME |
| Rob Koethe |
EPA Region I |
MA |
| Ana Legrand* |
NEERA-1004 Current Chair, University of Connecticut |
CT |
| Tracy Leskey |
USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS); Appalachian Fruit Res. Sta. |
WV |
| Edith Lurvey |
IR-4 Program, Cornell Univ. |
NY |
| William McCaffrey |
Spring Rain Farm |
MA |
| Audrey Moore |
EPA Region II |
NJ |
| Eric Ritchie |
McCain Foods USA, Inc. |
ME |
| David Rousseau |
State Lead Agency; NH Dept. of Agriculture, Markets and Food |
NH |
| Jennifer Sass |
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) |
DC |
| David Sheppard |
Grower organization; Jersey Legacy, LLC |
NJ |
| Andrea Szylvian |
EPA Region I, Pesticide Program |
MA |
| Lee Tanner |
US EPA Office of Pesticide Programs |
DC |
| Stephan Tubene |
Univ. of Maryland - Eastern Shore |
MD |
| Joanne Whalen* |
NEERA-1004 Member |
DE |
| *Steering Committee member |
