Northeast Cover Crops Council Governing Board Members
Representative
Affiliation
Connecticut
James Hyde
USDA NRCS
Delaware
Mark VanGessel*
University of Delaware
Maine
Jason Lilley
University of Maine
Maryland
Dean Hively
USDA ARS
Maryland
Ray Weil
University of Maryland
Maryland
Sarah Hirsh
University of Maryland
Massachusetts
Masoud Hashemi
University of Massachusetts Amherst
New Hampshire
Rich Smith
University of New Hampshire
New Jersey
Bill Bamka
Rutgers
New York
Matt Ryan*
Cornell University
New York
Paul Salon
USDA NRCS (ret.) liaison
Pennsylvania
Mary Barbercheck
Penn State
Pennsylvania
John Wallace*
Penn State
Pennsylvania
Sjoerd Duiker
Penn State
Rhode Island
Rebecca Brown
University of Rhode Island
Vermont
Heather Darby
University of Vermont
West Virginia
Isaac Wolford
USDA NRCS
Agency
Steven Mirsky*^
USDA ARS
Agency
Brandon Smith
USDA NRCS liaison
Agri-business
Tracy Neff
King's Agriseeds
Agri-business
Scott Rushe
Seedway
Agri-business
Jeff Cordulack
Organic Ways & Means
Agri-business
Jen Goff
Johnny's Selected Seeds
Agri-business
Jen Nelson
Resource Smart LLC
Agri-business
Sam Wright
Cavendish Agri-Services
Agri-business
Derek Hines
Pioneer
Farmer (Maryland)
Aaron Cooper
Farmer (New Hampshire)
Dorn Cox
Farmer (New York)
Donn E. Branton*
Farmer (New York)
Dave Votypka
Farmer (New York)
Jay Goldmark
Graduate student
Natalie Lounsbury
University of New Hampshire
Graduate student
Sarah Isbell
Penn State
*Denotes member of the Executive Board
^Chair
NECCC Staff
The NECCC staff person serves as the primary point of contact between the public and the NECCC, oversees daily NECCC operations, and assists with NECCC programming and product development.
Victoria Ackroyd
Post-doc, Mirsky (USDA ARS) and Tully (Univ. of Maryland) labs northeastcovercrops@gmail.com
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Northeast Cover Crops Council Governing Board Members
NECCC Staff
The NECCC staff person serves as the primary point of contact between the public and the NECCC, oversees daily NECCC operations, and assists with NECCC programming and product development.
Victoria Ackroyd
Post-doc, Mirsky (USDA ARS) and Tully (Univ. of Maryland) labs
northeastcovercrops@gmail.com