Regulatory Plant Pathology Committee

Mission Statement

To promote scientific communication and awareness of regulatory issues; provide a forum for discussions regarding the detection, diagnosis and disease management of pathogens of regulatory interest; foster multi-disciplinary efforts to protect agriculture and natural resources; and to encourage international cooperation of regulatory scientists.

Committee Officers and Members

Chair Carissa N. Marasas USDA APHIS 4700 River Road Unit 133 Riverdale MD 20737 USA Phone: (301) 219-3226 Fax: (301) 734-3225 Email: carissa.marasas@aphis.usda.gov Term: 08/09/2012 - 08/14/2013
Immediate Past Chair Carla S. Thomas Univ of California 1 Shields Ave - Plant Pathology Dept 348 Hutchinson Hall Davis CA 95616 USA Phone: (707) 272-1994 Fax: (530) 754-7998 Email: cthomas@ucdavis.edu Term: 08/09/2012 - 08/14/2013
Vice Chair Gregory Hodges Florida Dept of Agric & Consumer Service Division of Plant Pathology 1911 SW 34th Street Gainesville FL 32608 USA Phone: (352) 372-3505x118 Email: hodgesg@doacs.state.fl.us Term: 08/09/2012 - 08/14/2013
Member Z. Gloria Abad USDA APHIS PPQ CPHST Bldg 580-East, Powder Mill Rd Beltsville MD 20705 USA Phone: (301) 313-9340 Fax: (301) 504-8539 Email: gloria.abad@aphis.usda.gov Term: 08/11/2011 - 08/13/2014
Member Jorge A. Abad USDA APHIS PPQ PGQP Bldg 580 BARC-East Powder Mill Road Beltsville MD 20705 USA Phone: (301) 313-9317 Fax: (301) 504-6124 Email: jorge.a.abad@aphis.usda.gov Website: salesiano59@gmail.com Term: 08/11/2011 - 08/13/2014
Member Pierre Abad UMR INRA CNRS Institut Sophia Agrobiotech BP 167, 400 Route Des Chappes Sophia Antipolis 06903 FRANCE Phone: 33 493 678 943 Fax: 33 493 678 955 Email: pierre.abad@sophia.inra.fr Term: 08/06/2009 - 08/14/2013
Member Francisco M. Assis Filho Agdia, Inc 30380 County Road 6 Elkhart IN 46514 USA Phone: (574) 264-2615 Fax: (574) 206-9360 Email: fassis@agdia.com Term: 08/12/2010 - 08/14/2013
Member Theodore N. Boratynski USDA APHIS PPQ PO Box 37 Brawley CA 92227-0037 USA Phone: (760) 344-1152 Fax: (760) 344-1971 Email: theodore.n.boratynski@usda.gov Website: Theodoreboratynski@yahoo.com Term: 08/11/2011 - 08/13/2014
Member Lawrence G. Brown USDA APHIS Center for Plant Health Sci & Technology 1730 Varsity Dr #300 Raleigh NC 27606 USA Phone: (919) 855-7503 Fax: (919) 855-7595 Email: lgbrown51@gmail.com Website: http://www.aphis.usda.gov/plant_health/cphst/index.shtml Term: 08/11/2011 - 08/13/2014
Member Russ Bulluck USDA APHIS PPQ CPHST Suite 400 1730 Varsity Dr Raleigh NC 27606 USA Phone: (919) 855-7646 Fax: (919) 855-7480 Email: russ.bulluck@aphis.usda.gov Term: 08/09/2012 - 08/05/2015
Member Carla Burkle Univ of Florida 622 NW 17 Street Gainesville FL 32603 USA Phone: (352) 283-3909 Email: burkle@ufl.edu Term: 06/12/2012 - 08/13/2014
Member Chen Mian Cai Inst of Environment & Plant Protection Liufang Road 9, Haikou City Hainan Province Haikou PRC PEOPLES REP OF CHINA Phone: 86 13 907 576 772 Email: mcchen@263.net Term: 08/09/2012 - 08/05/2015
Member Susan D. Cohen Center for Regulatory Research LLC 6788 132nd Street North White Bear Lake MN 55110 USA Phone: (651) 204-0310 Fax: (651) 762-8618 Email: sdcohen@regresearch.com Website: http://www.regresearch.com Term: 08/11/2011 - 08/13/2014
Member Charla R. Hollingsworth USDA APHIS PPQ CPHST Ste 400 1730 Varsity Dr Raleigh NC 27606 USA Phone: (919) 855-7406 Fax: (919) 855-7480 Email: charla.hollingsworth@aphis.usda.gov Term: 08/12/2010 - 08/14/2013
Member Kathleen L. Kosta California Dept of Food & Agric Ste 327 1220 N Street Sacramento CA 95814-5644 USA Phone: (916) 798-8385 Fax: (916) 654-0986 Email: kkosta@cdfa.ca.gov Term: 08/11/2011 - 08/13/2014
Member Kathryn W. Kromroy Minnesota Dept of Agriculture 625 Robert Street North St Paul MN 55155-2538 USA Phone: (651) 201-6343 Fax: (651) 201-6108 Email: kathryn.kromroy@state.mn.us Term: 08/11/2011 - 08/13/2014
Member Robert T. Lartey USDA ARS 1500 N Central Ave Sidney MT 59270 USA Phone: (406) 433-9490 Fax: (406) 433-5038 Email: robert.lartey@ars.usda.gov Website: http://www.ars.usda.gov/pandp/people/people.htm?personid=21285 Term: 08/06/2009 - 08/14/2013
Member Paul I. Lewis EPA 1200 Pennsylvania Ave Washington DC 20460 USA Phone: (202) 564-6738 Email: lewis.paul@epa.gov Term: 08/12/2010 - 08/14/2013
Member Melanie L. Lewis Ivey Ohio State Univ OARDC - Plant Pathology Dept 1680 Madison Ave Wooster OH 44691 USA Phone: (330) 202-3566 Fax: (330) 263-3841 Email: ivey.14@osu.edu Term: 08/12/2010 - 08/14/2013
Member Clarissa J. Maroon-Lango USDA APHIS PPQ FO Plant Germplasm Quarantine Program Bldg 580 BARC-East Beltsville MD 20705 USA Phone: (301) 313-9314 Fax: (310) 504-6124 Email: clarissa.j.maroon-lango@aphis.usda.gov Term: 08/06/2009 - 08/14/2013
Member Stephen W. Mullis Univ of Georgia 195 Ga Mtn Exp Station Rd Blairsville GA 30512 USA Phone: (706) 745-2655 Email: swmullis@uga.edu Term: 08/12/2010 - 08/14/2013
Member Patricia A. Nolan Dept of Agriculture, Weights & Measures County of San Diego 9325 Hazard Way, Suite 101 San Diego CA 92123 USA Phone: (858) 614-7734 Fax: (760) 724-4098 Email: pat.nolan@sdcounty.ca.gov Term: 08/09/2012 - 08/05/2015
Member Mary E. Palm USDA APHIS PPQ PHP Unit 133 4700 River Road Riverdale MD 20737 USA Phone: (301) 851-2069 Email: mary.palm@aphis.usda.gov Term: 08/09/2012 - 08/05/2015
Member Amin K. Pathan Ministry for Primary Industries Investigation & Diagnostic Centre 14, Sir William Pickering Dr - Burnside Christchurch, Canterbury 8544 NEW ZEALAND Phone: 64 3 943 3221 Email: amin.pathan@mpi.govt.nz Term: 08/12/2010 - 08/14/2013
Member Gary L. Peterson USDA ARS Foreign Disease-Weed Science Res Unit 1301 Ditto Ave Fort Detrick MD 21702-9235 USA Phone: (301) 619-7313 Fax: (301) 619-2880 Email: gary.peterson@ars.usda.gov Website: http://www.ars.usda.gov/pandp/people/people.htm?personid=4399 Term: 08/02/2007 - 08/14/2013
Member Jinya J. Qiu USDA APHIS PPQ Ste 6200 650 Capitol Mall Sacramento CA 95814 USA Phone: (916) 930-5535 Email: jinya.j.qiu@aphis.usda.gov Term: 08/12/2010 - 08/14/2013
Member Shailaja Rabindran USDA APHIS PPQ RPM PPB Unit 133 4700 River Road Riverdale MD 20737-1228 USA Phone: (301) 851-2167 Email: shailaja.rabindran@aphis.usda.gov Term: 08/11/2011 - 08/13/2014
Member S. Anwar Rizvi USDA APHIS PPQ POP 14325 Driftwood Road Bowie MD 20721 USA Phone: (240) 882-8195 Fax: (301) 734-8584 Email: anwar.s.rizvi@aphis.usda.gov Term: 08/12/2010 - 08/14/2013
Member Timothy S. Schubert Florida Dept of Agric & Consumer Svcs Division of Plant Industry PO Box 147100 Gainesville FL 32614-7100 USA Phone: (352) 395-4768 Fax: (352) 395-4612 Email: tim.schubert@freshfromflorida.com Term: 08/11/2011 - 08/13/2014
Member Tina Seeland MN Dept of Agric Laboratory Services Div Plant and Seed Analysis Unit 601 Robert Street N St Paul MN 55155 USA Phone: (651) 201-6404 Email: tina.seeland@state.mn.us Term: 08/12/2010 - 08/14/2013
Member Simon Francis Shamoun Canadian Forest Service Pacific Forestry Center 506 W Burnside Road Victoria BC V8Z 1M5 CANADA Phone: (250) 298-2358 Fax: (250) 363-0775 Email: simon.shamoun@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca Term: 08/09/2012 - 08/05/2015
Member Pauline Spaine USDA, APHIS 4700 River Road Unit 52 Riverdale MD 20737-1232 USA Phone: (301) 851-3908 Email: pauline.c.spaine@aphis.usda.gov Term: 08/09/2012 - 08/05/2015
Member Wendy S. K. Sueno USDA APHIS PPQ Honolulu Plant Inspection Station 300 Rodgers Blvd #58 Honolulu HI 96819 USA Phone: (808) 834-3240 Fax: (808) 861-8500 Email: wendy.s.sueno@aphis.usda.gov Term: 08/11/2011 - 08/13/2014
Member Samantha Thomas, PhD Monsanto Vegetable Seeds 37437 State Highway 16 Woodland CA 95695 USA Phone: (530) 669-6183 Email: samantha.l.thomas@monsanto.com Term: 08/11/2011 - 08/13/2014
Member Jane C. Trolinger Syngenta Flowers PO Box 1349 Gilroy CA 95021 USA Phone: (408) 847-2841 Email: jane.trolinger@syngenta.com Term: 08/12/2010 - 08/14/2013
Member Ruth A. Welliver Pennsylvania Dept of Agric 2301 N Cameron Street Bureau of Plant Industry Harrisburg PA 17110-9408 USA Phone: (717) 772-5222 Fax: (717) 705-6518 Email: rwelliver@pa.gov Term: 08/09/2012 - 08/05/2015
Member Afiniki Zarafi Ahmadu Bello Univ Crop Protection Dept - Faculty of Agric Inst for Agric Res - PMB 1044 Zaria NIGERIA Phone: 234 69 703 931 7676 Email: afinikiz@yahoo.com Term: 08/09/2012 - 08/05/2014