NARBA Officers and Board of Directors

 NARBA Officers and Board of Directors

NARBA’s Board of Directors is called the “Executive Council”, and is made up of eight Regional Representatives, two At-large Representatives, and the officers (who may or may not also be Regional Representatives). Executive Council members serve three-year terms and are elected by the membership. Shown are the officers and board for 2020. 

Officers

President – Jim Jedele, Berry Hill Farm, Dexter, MI

Vice President – Tom O’Brien, O’Brien Family Farms, Coats, NC

Treasurer – Ben Butler, Butler’s Orchards, Germantown, MD  

Executive Secretary – Debby Wechsler, Pittsboro, NC 

Regional Representatives

Region 1: (Canada and Europe) 
David Mutz, Berryhaven Farm Ltd, Abbotsford, BC Canada

Region 2 (CT, NH, NY, MA, ME, RI, VT)  
Courtney Weber, Cornell AgriTech, NYSAES, Geneva, NY

Region 3  (DC, DE, MD, NJ, PA, VA, WV)
Ben Butler, Butler’s Orchard, Germantown, MD

Region 4 (IN, KY, MI, OH, WI)
Jim Jedele, Berry Hill Farm, Dexter, MI

Region 5 (AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN)
Tom O’Brien, O’Brien Family Farms, Coats, NC

Region 6 (AR, IA, IL, KS, MO, MN, ND, NE, OK)
Amanda McWhirt, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR  

Region 7 (AK, AZ, CA, CO, ID, HA, MT, NM, OR, TX, UT, WA, WY)  
Darrin Sinn,  Berry Fresh/ORBC, Silverton, OR

Region 8 (Mexico and Central & South America)
Juan Pablo Molina Baranzini, Reiter Affiliated Companies, Jocotepec, Jalisco, Mexico

At-Large Representatives

Karen Blaedow, NC State University Extension, Hendersonville, NC

Ken Hopps, Sun Belle, Schiller Park, IL

Past President – Pierson Geyer, AgriBerry Farm & CSA, Hanover, VA 

North American Bramble Growers Research Foundation (NABGRF)

The NARBA Executive Committee also serves as the Board of Trustees for the NABG Research Foundation.

President: Courtney Weber

Vice President: Darren Sinn

Secretary-Treasurer: Debby Wechsler

Research Committee Co-Coordinators: Patrick Byers, University of Missouri, Springfield, MO,  and Jeff Chandler, Mt. Hort. Crops Research & Extension Center, Fletcher, NC

NARBA Office: 197 Spring Creek Road, Pittsboro, NC 27312. Phone: 919-542-4037. Fax: 866-511-6660