Committees

The Steering Committee (SC) exists to ensure comprehensive input from all stakeholders in the scab issue. It seeks to forge consensus strategies for the the scientific, organizational, and budgetary aspects of the war on scab. The Steering Committee will next meet in Indianapolis, IN on 12/4/08. The Steering Committee last met in St. Paul, MN on 4-18-08. A draft version of the minutes from that meeting can be viewed by clicking on the link below. Once the Steering Committee has approved the minutes, the draft version will be replaced with the final approved minutes. To view minutes from the 4-18-08 meeting or minutes from previous steering committee meetings please click on one of the links below:

• Draft Minutes from the 4-18-08 Steering Committee Meeting (PDF) (Updated: 6/3/08)
• Minutes from the 5-30-07 Steering Committee Meeting (PDF)
• Minutes from the 12-12-06 Steering Committee Meeting (PDF)
• Minutes from the 5-25-06 Steering Committee Meeting (PDF)
• Minutes from the 12-11-05 Steering Committee Meeting  (PDF)
• Minutes from the 5-26-05 Steering Committee Meeting (PDF)
• Minutes from 12-11-04 Steering Committee Meeting (PDF)
• Minutes from 5-27-04 Steering Committee Meeting (PDF)
• Minutes from 12-13-03 Steering Committee Meeting (PDF)
• Minutes from 5-29-03 Steering Committee Meeting (PDF)
• Minutes from 12-7-02 Steering Committee Meeting (PDF)
• Minutes from 5-30-02 Steering Committee Meeting (PDF)
• Minutes from 12/8/01 Steering Committee Meeting (PDF)
• Minutes from 5/31/01 Steering Committee Meeting (PDF)
• Minutes from 12/10/00 Steering Committee Meeting (PDF)
• Minutes from 9/26/00 Steering Committee Meeting (PDF)
• Minutes from 9/23/98 Steering Committee Meeting (PDF)
• Minutes from 3/3/98 Steering Committee Meeting (PDF)

Steering Committee (SC) Members - Updated: 6/24/08

Executive Committee (EC) Members - Updated: 12/04/07 (Go to EC's/HQ Home Page)

Barley:

Mike Davis, American Malting Barley Association
Rich Horsley, North Dakota State University

Spring Wheat:

Ruth Dill-Macky, University of Minnesota
Marcia McMullen, North Dakota State University
Co-Chair - Art Brandli (Grower, Minnesota)

Winter Wheat:

Co-Chair - Dave Van Sanford, University of Kentucky
Fred Kolb, University of Illinois
Jane DeMarchi, North American Millers' Association

Durum Wheat:
Elias Elias, North Dakota State University

USDA-ARS-NPS Desiganted Agency Official to the USWBSI:
Kay Simmons, USDA-ARS-NPS, Beltsville, MD

Research Area Committees (RAC) - Updated: 1/28/08

Pathogen Biology and Genetics (PBG) - Go to PBG's Home Page

Chair, Frances Trail, Michigan State University, MI

Vice-Chair, Nancy Alexander, USDA-ARS, IL

Corby Kistler, USDA-ARS, MN

David Schmale, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, VA

Coordinated Project (CP) Committee Chairs

Commodity-Based CPs

• Barley (BAR-CP) - Kevin Smith, University of Minnesota, MN
• Hard Winter Wheat (HWW-CP) - Stephen Baenziger, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE

Variety Development and Host Resistance (VDHR) - Regional Uniform Nurseries - Go to VDHR's Home Page

• Spring Wheat Parents (SPR) - David Garvin, USDA-ARS, MN
• Northern Winter Wheat (NWW) - Clay Sneller, Ohio State University
• Southern Soft Red Winter Wheat (SWW) - Paul Murphy, North Carolina State University