AAPCO Officers & Directors
President
Megan Patterson, Director
Board of Pesticides Control
ME Dept. of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
28 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0028
Phone: (207) 287-8804
Fax: (207) 287-5576
Email: megan.l.patterson@maine.gov
Elected to Board: 2019
President Elect
Gretchen Paluch, Ph.D., Chief
Pesticide Bureau
IA Dept of Agriculture & Land Stewardship
Wallace Building – 502 East 9th St.
Des Moines, IA 50319-0051
Phone: (515) 281-8590
Fax: (515) 242-6497
Email:Gretchen.paluch@iowaAgriculture.gov
Elected to Board: 2020
Director
Kelly Friend, Director
Div. of Agricultural Environmental Services
FL Dept. of Agriculture & Consumer Services
3125 Conner Blvd – Ste E
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1650
Phone: (850) 617-7900
Fax: (850) 617-7939
Email: kelly.friend@FDACS.gov
Elected to Board: 2021
Director
Colton Bond, Director
Pesticide Program
OR Dept. of Agriculture
635 Capitol Street, NE
Salem, OR 97301-2532
Phone: (791) 208-2549
Email: colton.bond@oda.oregon.gov
Elected to Board: 2023
Director at Large (2 year term)
Bret Allen, Environmental Scientist IV
Division of Plant Industry
NV Dept. of Agriculture
405 S. 21st Street
Sparks, NV 89431
Phone: (775) 353-3715
Fax: (775) 353-3661
Email: bret.allen@agri.nv.gov
Elected to the Board: 2022
Director at Large (2 year term)
Brian Verhougstraete
Pesticide & Plant Pest Mgmt. Division
MI Dept of Agriculture
P.O. Box 30017
Lansing, MI 48909-7517
Phone: (517) 582-4573
Fax: (517) 335-4540
Email: verhougstraeteb@michigan.gov
Elected to the Board: 2023
Immediate Past President
Liza Fleeson Trossbach, Program Manager
Office of Pesticide Services
VA Dept. of Agriculture & Consumer Services
P.O. Box 1163, 102 Governor St – LL 18
Richmond, VA 23218-1163
Phone: (804) 371-6559
Fax: (804) 786-9149
Email: liza.fleeson@vdacs.virginia.gov
Elected to Board: 2020
SFIREG Chair
Gary Bahr, Manager
Natural Resource Assessment Section
WA State Dept. of Agriculture
P.O. Box 42560
Olympia, WA 98504-2560
Phone: (360) 902-1936
Fax: (360) 902-2093
Email: gbahr@agr.wa.gov
Service through 2024
Executive Secretary
Amy Sullivan
AAPCO – SFIREG
300 West Federal Street Snow Hill, MD 21863
Phone: (406) 431-3176
Email: aapco.sfireg@gmail.com
Treasurer
Gabrielle Sather-Olson
AAPCO – SFIREG
1030 Phillips St., Missoula, MT 59802
Phone: (406) 529-2780
Email: aapco.treasurer@gmail.com