September Board of Directors Meeting

Board of Directors Meeting

9:00 am

Call to order – President John Ellis

Antitrust Statement
Roll Call-Katy Soden
Additions to agenda-John Ellis

9:05 am

Approval of Minutes from June 2026 meeting - John Ellis

9:10 am

Executive Committee Report – John Ellis

9:15 am

CTC Report - Ashley Koala
a) Approval of Certified Varieties List

b) Native Seed Species list

c) Certified Varieties of Native Species Crop Standards

9:30 am

Appoint 2027-28 Nominating Committee - John Ellis

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

2027-2028 Nominating Committee:

Tom Hearne
Glenn Hawes
Kurt Rubin

9:35 am

Review Board of Directors to be seated in February 2027- Katy Soden

a) Elected District Directors serve 4-year term, with no limit on the number of terms served.

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

c) 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

9:45 am

Review 2027-28 Standing Advisory Committees of the Board - John Ellis

a) Certification Technical Committee (CTC)

Ashley Koala
Nicole Hostert
Joshua Hegarty
Emily Richter
Larry Frame
Tyler Trueblood
Suggested additions to CTC:
- Christine Diepenbrock Associate Professor, UC Davis, Department of Plant Sciences
- Bruce Linquest, Professor of Cooperative Extension, Rice System

b) Research Advisory Committees

Alfalfa