February Annual Members meeting & Board of Directors meeting

AGENDA - February 26, 2026

Annual Members Meeting
If no members are present, the Board of Directors meeting will begin early.

9:00 am  

 

 

Call to order – John Ellis, President
Roll call – Katy Soden
Additions to Agenda – John Ellis
Approval of Minutes from previous meeting as emailed

9:05 am

 

 

 

Announce Board Directors - John Ellis

District Directors: to serve 4-year term with no limit on number of terms served

District I

Kurt Rubin

District III

Grant Baglietto

District V

Kurt Sheppard

Director At-Large: to serve 4-year terms with no limit on number of terms served.

Director At- Large

Ann Walker

Director At- Large

Glenn Hawes

Director At- Large

Tom Hearne

Director At- Large

Frank Saviez

Appoint Agency Directors to serve one year term with no limit on number of terms served.

Agricultural Commissioners Association

Humberto Izquierdo

California Seed Association

Greg Cassel

California Dept of Food and Agriculture

Nicole Hostert

UC Cooperative Extension

Mark Lundy

California Farm Bureau Federation

Christopher Reardon

UCD Dept of Plant Sciences

Dan Potter

UC Advisory Committee Members
Appointed Advisory Committee members to serve one year terms

College of Ag & Environmental Sciences

Jason Bond

Seed Biotechnology Center

Allen Van Deynze

Foundation Seed Program

Timothy Blank

 

Native Seed Advisory Committee - John Ellis

Heritage Growers

Pat Reynolds

Heritage Growers

Mason Shorts

Great Valley Seed

Emma MacInnes

Native Seed Group

Jody Miller

Native Seed Group

Jeff Quiter

Native West Nursery

Ryan West

 Announce Board Officers nominations
Nomination of board officers one-year term - Tom Hearne
President - John Ellis
Vice-President - Brice Lauppe
Secretary/Treasurer - Dan Howe
Past President - Kurt Rubin
9:15 amField Services Report - Timothy Blank
*If there are no members present the field services report will be moved to the Board of Directors meeting.
9:30 amADJOURN

 

Board of Directors Meeting

9:15 am  

 

 

Call to order – President John Ellis
Roll call – Katy Soden
Additions to Agenda – John Ellis

9:20 am

 

 

 

Seat Directors - John Ellis

District Directors: to serve 4-year term with no limit on number of terms served

District I

Kurt Rubin

District III

Grant Baglietto

District V

Kurt Sheppard

Director At-Large: to serve 4-year terms with no limit on number of terms served.

Director At- Large

Ann Walker

Director At- Large

Glenn Hawes

Director At- Large

Tom Hearne

Director At- Large

Frank Saviez

Appoint Agency Directors to serve one-year term with no limit on number of terms served.

Agricultural Commissioners Association

Humberto Izquierdo

California Seed Association

Greg Cassel

California Dept of Food and Agriculture

Nicole Hostert

UC Cooperative Extension

Mark Lundy

California Farm Bureau Federation

Christopher Reardon

UCD Dept of Plant Sciences

Dan Potter

Seat UC Advisory Committee Members - John Ellis
Appointed Advisory Committee members to serve one year term with no limit on number of terms served.

College of Ag & Environmental Sciences

Jason Bond

Seed Biotechnology Center

Allen Van Deynze

Foundation Seed Program

Timothy Blank

 

Native Seed Advisory Committee - John Ellis

Heritage Growers

Pat Reynolds

Heritage Growers

Mason Shorts

Great Valley Seed

Emma MacInnes

Native Seed Group

Jody Miller

Native Seed Group

Jeff Quiter

Native West Nursery

Ryan West

9:25 am

Nomination & election of board officers - Tom Hearne

Seat board officers to serve a one-year term. No person shall hold the same office for more than three consecutive terms.

9:30 amApproval of Minutes from September 2025 meeting as emailed - President
9:35 am 

CTC Report - Timothy Blank 

9:40 amExecutive Committee Report (closed session) – John Ellis
9:50 amBreak
10:00 am      

Financial Report - Katy Soden

10:20 amCCIA Activity and Field Services Report - Katy Soden & Timothy Blank
11:00 amDirector/Agency reports 
12:00 pmADJOURN

Next meeting date

  • Thursday, June 11, 2026 in Davis
    Dinner Wednesday, June 10, 2026
  • September 13-15, 2026 - Location TBD