Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee (FRRCC) Membership
EPA appointed new members to the FRRCC in June 2020 and November 2022. Committee members currently serve two or three year terms, and can be reappointed for a limited time period. Current members are listed in the table below.
- Read the press release announcing new members of the FRRCC in November 2022.
- Read the March 2022 solicitation for FRRCC membership. For the full announcement, read the Federal Register Notice.
Current FRRCC Members |
Current FRRCC Members (cont.) |
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Beth C. Sauerhaft, Ph.D. (Committee Chair) Vice President of Programs American Farmland Trust Chappaqua, New York |
Raymon Shange, Ph. D. (Vice Chair) 1890 Extension Administrator Associate Dean, College of Agriculture, Environment, and Nutrition Sciences Tuskegee University Tuskegee, Alabama |
Barry Berg Watershed Coordinator East Dakota Water Development District Brookings, South Dakota |
Nicholas McCarthy Senior Vice President of Agronomy Central Valley Ag Cooperative York, Nebraska |
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 |
Emily M. Broad Leib Clinical Professor of Law Faculty Director, Food Law and Policy Clinic Harvard Law School Cambridge, Massachusetts |
Christopher L. Pettit Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Manager Office of Drinking Water Washington State Department of Health Kent, Washington |
Don Brown CEO Anchor Three Farm, Inc. Colorado Commissioner of Agriculture 2015-2019 Yuma, Colorado |
Clay Pope Founding Partner CSP, LLC Loyal, Oklahoma |
Phillip H. Chavez Director Lower Arkansas Valley Water Conservancy District, Catlin Canal Company, and Lower Arkansas Valley Super Ditch Partner Diamond A Farms and Mohawk Valley Farms Rocky Ford, Colorado |
William R. Pracht President/CEO Pracht Farms East Kansas Agri-Energy Garnett, Kansas |
John R. H. Collison Owner BlackOak Farms Edmond, Oklahoma |
James Pritchett, Ph. D. Dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station Colorado State University Fort Collins, Colorado |
William (Bill) Couser President/Owner Couser Cattle Company Nevada, Iowa |
Nithya Rajan, Ph. D. Associate Professor of Crop Physiology and Agroecology Texas A&M University, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences College Station, Texas |
Eddie Crandell, Sr. Lake County California Supervisor Lucerne, California |
Graciela I. Ramírez-Toro, Ph.D. Institutional Director Center for Environmental Education, Conservation and Research Inter American University of Puerto Rico San Germán, Puerto Rico |
Michael Crowder President – Elect National Association of Conservation Districts General Manager/Shareholder Barker Ranch Local Supervisor Benton Conservation District West Richland, Washington |
Lindsay Reames Executive Vice President Sustainability and External Relations VA/MD Milk Producers Cooperative Association Amelia, Virginia |
Matthew Freund Owner Freund's Farm and CowPots LLC East Canaan, Connecticut |
Charles R. Santerre, Ph.D. Department Chair & Professor Food, Nutrition, and Packaging Sciences Clemson University Clemson, South Carolina |
Sharon Furches Co-owner Furches Farms Partnership Second Vice President Kentucky Farm Bureau Louisville, Kentucky |
Jennifer Simmelink Coordinator KS Soil Health Alliance Esbon, Kansas |
Jeffrey Gore, Ph.D. Research Entomologist Delta Research and Extension Center Mississippi State University Stoneville, Mississippi |
Chantel Simpson, Ph. D. Assistant Professor of Agriscience Education North Carolina A&T State University Greensboro, North Carolina |
David Graybill Owner Red Sunset Farm Executive Committee, State Board of Directors Pennsylvania Farm Bureau Mifflintown, Pennsylvania |
Ryan Smith Senior Manager, Regenerative Agriculture Danone North America Chicago, Illinois |
Jennifer James Owner H&J Land Company Newport, Arkansas |
Stacy Wayne Smith Owner S & A Smith Farms New Home, Texas |
Sarah Lucas Deputy Director, Office of Rural Development Michigan Dept. of Agriculture and Rural Development Marquette, Michigan |
Jeff M. Witte Secretary of Agriculture State of New Mexico Las Cruces, New Mexico |
Questions may be directed to Venus Welch-White at FRRCC@epa.gov or 202–564–7719.
FOR ANY MEDIA INQUIRIES: Please contact press@epa.gov.