Membership

Phone/Fax 

Alternate Contact Person

Honorable Fred L. Dailey, Director 
Ohio Department of Agriculture
8995 East Main Street
Reynoldsburg OH 43068-3399

Phone (614) 466-2732
Fax (614) 466-6124 
email: ellis@odant.agri.state.oh.us

Honorable Leon C. Graves, Commissioner
Vermont Dept. of Agriculture, Food & Markets
Drawer 20, 116 State Street
Montpelier VT 05620-2901

Phone (802) 828-2430 
Fax (802) 828-2361 
email: lgraves@agr.state.vt.us

Honorable Joseph Hampton , Director 
Illinois Department of Agriculture
P.O Box 19281 State Fairgrounds
Springfield IL 62794

Phone (217) 782-2172 
Fax (217) 785-4505 
email: jhampton@agr.state.il.us

Mike Williams
Chief Policy Advisor

Honorable Gene Hugoson, Commissioner
Minnesota Department of Agriculture
90 West Plato Boulevard
St. Paul MN 55107

Phone (651) 297-3219 
Fax (651) 297-5522 
email: gene.hugoson@state.mn.us

Perry Aasness, Assistant Commissioner
email: Perry.Aasness@state.mn.us

Honorable Tommy Irvin, Commissioner 
Georgia Department of Agriculture
Capitol Square
204 Agriculture Building
Atlanta GA 30334

Phone  (404) 656-3600 
Fax  (404) 651-8206 
email: tirvin@agr.state.ga.us

Brenda Griffin
Assistant Commissioner
(404) 656-3689
email: bgriffin@agr.state.ga.us

Honorable Roger Johnson, Commissioner 
North Dakota Department of Agriculture
600 East Boulevard
Bismarck ND 58505-0020

Phone (701) 328-2231 
Fax (701) 328-4567 
email: rojohnso@state.nd.us

Jeff Weispfenning, Deputy Commissioner
email: Jweispfe@state.nd.us

Honorable Ralph Peck, Director 
Montana Department of Agriculture
P.O. Box 200201
Helena, MT 59620-0201

Phone (406) 444-3144 
Fax (406) 444-5409
email: agr@state.mt.us

Will Kissinger, Deputy Director
(406) 444-2402
email: wkissinger@state.mt.us

Honorable Nathan Rudgers, Commissioner
New York Dept. of Agriculture & Markets
1 Winners Circle
Albany NY 12235

Phone (518) 457-8876 
Fax (518) 457-3087
email: commnr@nysnet.net

Rick Zimmerman, Dep. Comm. 
Thomas Lindberg, Exec. Asst.

Honorable Robert W. Spear, Commissioner 
Maine Department of Agriculture, Food & Rural Resources
State House Station #28
Deering Building (AMHI)
Augusta ME 04333

Phone (207) 287-3419 
Fax (207) 287-7548 
email: robert.w.spear@state.me.us

Terry Bourgoin, Director, Plant Industries Division; 207-287-7550
email: terry.bourgoin@state.me.us

Committee Chair, Honorable Pat Takasugi, Director 
Idaho Department of Agriculture
2270 Old Penitentiary Rd.
Boise ID 83712

Phone (208) 332-8500
Fax (208) 334-2170 
email: ptakasug@agri.state.id.us

Laura Johnson, Marketing Manager; 208-332-8533
email: Ljohnson@agri.state.id.us

John Chatburn, Special Asst.

Honorable Phillip Ward, Director 
Oregon Department of Agriculture
635 Capitol Street, NE
Salem, OR 97301-2532

Phone (503) 986-4552
Fax (503) 986-4750 
email: pward@oda.state.or.us

Honorable Lowell Mohler, Director
Missouri Department of Agriculture
P.O. Box 630
Jefferson City, Missouri 65102