Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee (FRRCC) Membership List
Committee members currently serve two or three year terms and can be reappointed for a limited time period. Read the press release announcing new members from November 2024.”
Current members are listed in the table below.
| FRRCC Chair | FRRCC Vice Chair |
|---|---|
|
Beth C. Sauerhaft, Ph.D. ( Chair) |
Michael Crowder (Vice Chair) |
Brad Bray
Chief Operating Officer
Bray Farms, LLC
Cameron, Missouri
William Thomas (Tom) McDonald
Senior Vice President - Environmental Affairs
and Sustainability
Five Rivers Cattle Feeding, LLC
Dalhart, Texas
William (Bill) Couser
President/Owner
Couser Cattle Company
Nevada, Iowa
Michelle Miller
Senior Researcher, Practicing Economic
Anthropologist
Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems, Research Division,
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, Wisconsin
Eddie Crandell, Sr.
Lake County California Supervisor and Board Delegate
Lucerne, California
Production Agriculture Manager
Spokane Conservation District
Spokane, Washington
Megan Dwyer
Director of Conservation and Nutrient Stewardship
Illinois Corn Growers Association
Bloomington, Illinois
Founding Partner, Rancher
CSP, LLC
Loyal, Oklahoma
Katherine R. English
Partner
English Family Farms
Fort Meyers, Florida
James Pritchett, Ph. D.
Vice President for Engagement and Extension
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, Colorado
Maria Fernanda Abildgaard
Global Regulatory/Sustainability Manager
AgroFresh
Fairfield, California
Associate Professor of Crop Physiology
and Agroecology
Texas A&M University, Department of Soil
and Crop Sciences
College Station, Texas
Matthew Freund
Owner
Freund's Farm and CowPots LLC
East Canaan, Connecticut
Institutional Director
Center for Environmental Education, Conservation and Research
Inter American University of Puerto Rico
San Germán, Puerto Rico
Jamaica Gayle
Senior Director of Sustainability and Environmental Affairs
Plant Based Products Council
Washington, D.C.
Vice President of Sustainability and Innovation
Chief Sustainability Officer
CHS, Inc.
Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota
David Graybill
Owner
Red Sunset Farm
Executive Committee, State Board of Directors
Pennsylvania Farm Bureau
Mifflintown, Pennsylvania
Owner
Justin Sherlock Farms
American Soybean Association
Dazey, North Dakota
Russell Hamlin, Ph. D.
President of Farming Operations
Grimmway Farms
Bakersfield, California
Farmer/Rancher, Coordinator
KS Soil Health Alliance
Esbon, Kansas
James Henderson
President
Richfield Ranch Ag Ventures Inc. LLC
Colorado Farm Bureau
La Jara, Colorado
Assistant Professor of Agriscience Education
North Carolina A&T State University
Greensboro, North Carolina
Joe Ben Herrera
Pesticide Specialist
Yakama Nation Environmental Management
Program
Toppenish, Washington
Raymon Shange, Ph. D.
1890 Extension Administrator
Associate Dean, College of Agriculture,
Environment, and Nutrition Sciences
Tuskegee University
Tuskegee, Alabama
Janie Simms Hipp
Chief Executive Officer
Native Agriculture Financial Services
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Senior Manager, Regenerative Agriculture
Danone North America
Chicago, Illinois
Erik A. Huschitt
CEO/General Manager
Badger State Ethanol
Monroe, Wisconsin
Owner/Operator
Tanner Farms
Kansas Association of Wheat Growers
Norton, Kansas
Jennifer James
Owner
H&J Land Company
USA Rice Sustainability Committee
Newport, Arkansas
J. Alan Weber
Board of Directors
Biodiesel Coalition of Missouri
Columbia, Missouri
Sarah Lucas
Deputy Director, Office of Rural Development
Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO)
Marquette, Michigan
Secretary of Agriculture
State of New Mexico
Las Cruces, New Mexico
Stephen Logan
Owner/Operator
Logan Farms
National Cotton Council / Louisiana Farm Bureau
Gilliam, Louisiana
Commissioner
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Mark A. Masters
Executive Director
Georgia Water Planning and Policy Center
Albany State University
Albany, Georgia
Questions may be directed to the Designated Federal Officer, Venus Welch-White at [email protected] or 202–564–7719.
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