AAPCO Officers & Directors
President
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
Email: kelly.friend@FDACS.gov
Elected to Board: 2021
President-Elect
Brian Verhougstraete, Pesticide Section Manager
Pesticide & Plant Pest Mgmt. Division
MI Dept of Agriculture
P.O. Box 30017
Lansing, MI 48909-7517
Phone: (517) 582-4573
Email: verhougstraeteb@michigan.gov
Elected to the Board: 2023
Director
Patrick Farquhar
North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
1090 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1001
Phone: (984) 236-4618
Email: pat.farquhar@ncagr.gov
Elected to Board: 2025
Director
Sarah Caffery, Assistant Pesticide Administrator
Office of the Indiana State Chemist
175 South University Street
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2063
Phone: (765) 494-1587
Email: scaffery@purdue.edu
Elected to the Board: 2024
Director at Large (2 year term)
Bob Blankenburg, P.E Solid Waste & Pesticide Programs Manager
AK Dept. of Environmental Conservation
555 Cordova
Anchorage, AK 99501-2617
Phone: (907) 269-7690
Email: bob.blankenburg@alaska.gov
Elected to the Board: 2024
Director at Large (2 year term)
Otto Oemig
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection
P.O. Box 8911
Madison, WI 53708-8911
Phone: (608) 224-4547
Email: otto.oemig@wisconsin.gov
Elected to Board: 2025
Immediate Past President
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
Email:gretchen.paluch@iowaagriculture.gov
Elected to Board: 2020
SFIREG Chair
Steve Dwinell, Director
VT Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets
116 State Street
Montpelier, VT 05620-2901
Phone: (802) 522-6973
Email: steve.dwinell@vermont.gov
Service through 2026
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