Committee Leadership

USAHA Committee Leadership

as of February 2026

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Committee SubCommittee Role First Name Last Name Affiliation E-mail Phone City State
Animal Emergency Management Committee Chair Cheryl Eia Iowa State University eia@iastate.edu Ames IA
Animal Emergency Management Committee Vice Chair Sarah Bailey Independent Consultant sbaileydvm@gmail.com (262) 385-3304 Minneapolis MN
Animal Health Surveillance & Info Systems Committee Chair Brian McCluskey Colorado State University ramepi@rams.colostate.edu (970) 481-1652 Livermore CO
Animal Health Surveillance & Info Systems Committee Vice Chair Leticia Linhares Iowa State University leticia@iastate.edu (515) 294-1950 Ames IA
Animal Welfare Committee Chair Elizabeth Cox California Dept of Food & Agric elizabeth.cox@cdfa.ca.gov Sacramento CA
Animal Welfare Committee Vice Chair Ben Wileman Select Genetics ben.wileman@select-genetics.com (320) 444-4640 New London MN
Aquaculture Committee Chair Y Reddy Bommineni Florida Dept of Agric/Consumer Svcs reddy.bommineni@fdacs.gov (321) 697-1405 Kissimmee FL
Aquaculture Committee Vice Chair Marcus Webster Georgia Dept of Agric Marcus.Webster@agr.georgia.gov (404) 656-3667 Atlanta GA
Biologics & Biotechnology Committee Chair Alan Young VST LLC dba Medgene Labs Alan.Young@sdstate.edu (605) 692-1268 Brookings SD
Biologics & Biotechnology Committee Vice Chair Scott McVey Univ of Nebraska-Lincoln dmcvey2@unl.edu (402) 472-6200 Lincoln NE
Cattle & Bison Committee Chair Janemarie Hennebelle Georgia Dept of Agric janemarie.hennebelle@agr.georgia.gov (404) 656-3667 Atlanta GA
Cattle & Bison Committee Vice Chair Amber Itle Washington State Dept of Agric aitle@agr.wa.gov (360) 902-1889 Olympia WA
Brucellosis Subcommittee Chair Teckla Webb Wyoming Livestock Board teckla.webb@wyo.gov (307) 286-1447 Mcfadden WY
Brucellosis Subcommittee Vice Chair Tom Bragg National Bison Assn tom.bragg@retranches.com (308) 282-1347 Rapid City SD
Cattle Disease Traceability Subcommittee Chair Ethan Andress North Dakota Dept of Agric eandress@nd.gov (701) 328-2657 Bismarck ND
Cattle Disease Traceability Subcommittee Vice Chair Marty Zaluski GlobalVetLink mzaluski@globalvetlink.com (406) 285-1668 Helena MT
Trichomoniasis Subcommittee Chair Jim Logan USAHA Life Member jim.loganDVM@gmail.com (307) 851-0558 Shoshoni WY
Trichomoniasis Subcommittee Vice Chair Bud Dinges Texas Animal Health Commission bud.dinges@tahc.texas.gov (512) 719-0704 Katy TX
Tuberculosis Subcommittee Chair Beth Carlson North Dakota Brd of Animal Health bwcarlson@nd.gov (701) 328-2653 Bismarck ND
Tuberculosis Subcommittee Vice Chair Elisabeth Patton Wisconsin Dept of Agric, Trade & Consumer Protection elisabeth.patton@wi.gov (608) 224-4891 Madison WI
Diagnostic Lab & Vet Workforce Development Committee Chair Joseph Annelli Nat’l Assn of Federal Veterinarians JFAnnelli@nafv.org (443) 677-9001 New Market MD
Diagnostic Lab & Vet Workforce Development Committee Vice Chair Melissa Macias Rioseco Univ of California, Davis mmaciasrioseco@ucdavis.edu (909) 674-7519 Tulare CA
Equine Committee Chair Joe Fisch Florida Dept of Agric/Consumer Svcs william.fisch@FDACS.gov (850) 410-0901 Tallahassee FL
Equine Committee Vice Chair Michael Odian Pennsylvania Dept of Agric modian@pa.gov (717) 787-1868 Harrisburg PA
Farmed Cervidae Committee Chair Travis Lowe North Am Elk Breeders Assn tlowe@naelk.org (469) 774-4580 Topeka KS
Farmed Cervidae Committee Vice Chair Shelly Chavis IN State Brd of Animal Health schavis@boah.in.gov (260) 450-2139 Indianapolis IN
Food and Feed Safety Committee Chair Karyn Bischoff Univ of California, Davis kbischoff@ucdavis.edu (607) 253-3470 Davis CA
Food and Feed Safety Committee Vice Chair Charles Starkey Nat’l Renderers Assn cstarkey@nara.org (344) 758-1750 Alexandra VA
Foreign & Emerging Diseases Committee Chair Anna Forseth Nat’l Pork Producers Council forsetha@nppc.org (202) 347-3600 Washington DC
Foreign & Emerging Diseases Committee Vice Chair Linda Logan Texas A&M University LLogan@cvm.tamu.edu (979) 676-0820 College Station TX
Global Animal Health & Trade Committee Chair Elizabeth Parker Parker AgriInsight Solutions, LLC eparker@parkeragriinsightsolutions.com (979) 314-3280 College Station TX
Global Animal Health & Trade Committee Vice Chair Tim Richards Veterinary Associates Inc waikalandl@gmail.com (808) 936-7554 Kamuela HI
NAHLN Committee Chair Nora Wineland Michigan Dept of Agric WinelandN@michigan.gov (517) 281-2415 Lansing MI
NAHLN Committee Vice Chair Keith Poulsen Wisconsin Vet Diagnostic Lab keith.poulsen@wisc.edu (608) 262-5422 Madison WI
One Health Committee Chair Maggie Baldwin Colorado Dept of Agric maggie.baldwin@state.co.us (303) 869-9132 Broomfield CO
One Health Committee Vice Chair Darlene Konkle Wisconsin Dept of Agric darlene.konkle@wisconsin.gov (608) 224-4902 Madison WI
Pharmaceutical Issues Subcommittee Chair Edie Marshall California Dept of Food & Agric edie.marshall@cdfa.ca.gov (916) 576-0204 Sacramento CA
Pharmaceutical Issues Subcommittee Vice Chair Abbey Canon Am Assn of Swine Vets canon@aasv.org (515) 465-5255 Perry IA
Rabies Subcommittee Co-Chair Joanne Maki Boehringer-Ingelheim Joanne.Maki@boehringer-ingelheim.com (706) 552-2761 Athens GA
Rabies Subcommittee Co-Chair Janine Seetahal Kansas State University jseetahal@vet.k-state.edu (785) 230-1880 Manhattan KS
Salmonella Subcommittee Chair Lindy Froebel Nat’l Turkey Federation lfroebel@turkeyfed.org (202) 730-9635 Washington DC
Salmonella Subcommittee Vice Chair Chris Ashworth Am Assn of Bovine Practitioners cashworth@zinpro.com (479) 462-5492 Greenwood AR
Parasitic & Vector Borne Diseases Committee Chair Hallie Hasel Wyoming Livestock Board hallie.hasel@wyo.gov (307) 840-1389 Cheyenne WY
Parasitic & Vector Borne Diseases Committee Vice Chair T.R. Lansford TX Dept of State Health Svcs thomas.lansford@tahc.texas.gov (979) 255-4497 Tilden TX
Poultry & Other Avian Species Committee Chair Kayla Niel Penn State Animal Diag Lab krn127@psu.edu (814) 863-3036 University Park PA
Poultry & Other Avian Species Committee Vice Chair Andrew Smith Hy-Line International smitanddvm@gmail.com (515) 499-3094 Grimes IA
Avian Influenza (AI) and Newcastle Disease (NDV) Subcommittee Chair David Suarez USDA-ARS david.suarez@usda.gov (706) 546-3479 Athens GA
Sheep, Goats and Camelids Committee Chair Roselle Busch University of California, Davis rcbusch@ucdavis.edu (415) 203-6747 Davis CA
Sheep, Goats and Camelids Committee Co-Vice Chair Sarah Coburn Alaska Dept of Environmental Cons. sarah.coburn@alaska.gov (907) 375-8213 Anchorage AK
Sheep, Goats and Camelids Committee Co-Vice Chair Signe Balch Alpaca Owners Assn balchdvm@gmail.com (719) 310-8439 Lincoln NE
Scrapie & ID Subcommittee Chair Cindy Wolf Am Assn of Small Ruminant Practitioners wolfie229@gmail.com (507) 450-5453 Rushford MN
Scrapie & ID Subcommittee Vice Chair Joan Dean Rowe Univ of California, Davis jdrowe@ucdavis.edu (530) 219-8231 Capay CA
Swine Committee Chair Jeffrey Kaisand Iowa Dept of Agric jeff.kaisand@iowaagriculture.gov (515) 281-0866 Des Moines IA
Swine Committee Vice Chair Jamee Eggers Iowa Pork Producers Assn jeggers@rafterjconsulting.com (515) 225-7675 Clive IA
Wildlife Committee Chair Mark Ruder University of Georgia mgruder@uga.edu (706) 542-1741 Athens GA
Wildlife Committee Vice Chair Hunter Reed Texas Parks & Wildlife Dept jhunter.reed@tpwd.texas.gov (512) 389-8443 Austin TX