September Board of Directors Meeting

Board of Directors Meeting

9:00 am  

 

 

Call to order – President John Ellis
Roll call – Katy Soden
Additions to Agenda – John Ellis
9:05 amApproval of Minutes from June 2025 meeting as emailed - John Ellis
9:10 am

CTC Report - Ashley Koala 
a) Approval of Variety List 

b) Feminized Hemp Crop Standards  

c) Hemp Crop Standards  

d) Certified Varieties of Native Species Crop Standards

e) Hybrid Rape Crop Standards 

f) Rape Crop Standards 

g) Turfgrass Crop Standards

 

9:30 amExecutive Committee Report – John Ellis
9:40 am

Appoint 2026-27 Nominating Committee - John Ellis

a) Board Officers to be seated at the February Board of Directors meeting:

2025-2026 Nominating Committee:

  • Tom Hearne
  • Glenn Hawes
  • Chuck Schonauer

b) District Elections- elected District Directors will be seated at the February 2026 Board of Directors meeting. Elected District Directors serve 4-year term, with no limit on the number of terms served.

Current Director

District I - Kurt Rubin
District III - Grant Baglietto
District V- Chuck Schonauer

c) Directors At-Large for re-appointment. Directors At-Large serve 4-year term, with no limit on the number of terms served.

Director At-Large - Ann Walker

d) Review Agency Directors to be seated at the February 2026 Board of Directors meeting. Agency Directors serve 1-year term, with no limit on the number of terms served.

  • Ag Commissioners Assn - Humberto Izquierdo
  • Calif Seed Assn - Greg Cassel
  • Calif Farm Bureau Federation - Chris Reardon
  • Calif Dept of Food & Ag - Nicole Hostert
  • UCD, Dept of Plant Sciences - Dan Potter
  • UC Cooperative Extension - Mark Lundy
 

Review 2026-27 Standing Advisory Committees of the Board - John Ellis

a) Certification Technical Committee (CTC)

  • Ashley Koala
  • Timothy Blank
  • Nicole Hostert
  • Joshua Hegarty
  • Yossue Trejo

b) Research Advisory Committees

Alfalfa

  • Kurt Rubin
  • Bob Simas
  • Michael Rethwisch
  • Chuck Deatherage
  • Timothy Blank
  • Doug Gross

Small Grains

  • Glenn Hawes
  • Ron Rubin
  • Grant Baglietto
  • Timothy Blank

Beans

  • Tom Hearne
  • Chuck Schonauer
  • Michelle Leinfelder-Miles
  • Yossue Trejo
  • Larry Kubo

Cotton

  • Frank Saviez
  • Yossue Trejo
  • John Ellis

c) University of California Advisory Committee

  • College of Ag & Environmental Sciences - Jason Bond
  • Seed Biotechnology Center - Allen Van Deynze
  • Foundation Seed Program - Timothy Blank

d) Native Seed Advisory Committee

  • California Native Seed Supply Collaborative - Dennis Choate
  • Hedgerow Farms (Native Seed Group) - Jeff Quiter
9:45 am

Egyptian and Branched Broomrape- Zack McCormack and Josh Kress, CDFA

Seed Treatment update- Greg Cassel, CSA

10:20 amBreak
10:30 am

Financial Report - Katy Soden

10:45 amField Services Report- Timothy Blank
11:15

Director/Agency reports (2-3 minutes each)

ADJOURN

Upcoming meeting dates:

  • Thursday, February 26, 2026 in Davis
  • Thursday, June 11, 2026 in Davis
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