Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee (FRRCC) Membership List
Committee members currently serve two or three year terms, and can be reappointed for a limited time period. Current members are listed in the table below.
- Read the press release seeking nominations for FRRCC in July 2024.
- Read the July 2024 solicitation for FRRCC membership. For the full announcement, read the Federal Register Notice.
FRRCC Chair | FRRCC Vice Chair |
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Beth C. Sauerhaft, Ph.D. ( Chair) Vice President of Programs American Farmland Trust Chappaqua, New York |
Michael Crowder (Vice Chair) President – Elect National Association of Conservation Districts General Manager/Shareholder Barker Ranch Local Supervisor Benton Conservation District West Richland, Washington |
Barry Berg
Watershed Coordinator
East Dakota Water Development District
Brookings, South Dakota
William Thomas (Tom) McDonald
Senior Vice President - Environmental Affairs and Sustainability
Five Rivers Cattle Feeding, LLC
Dalhart, Texas
Brad Bray
Chief Operating Officer
Bray Farms, LLC
Cameron, Missouri
Christopher L. Pettit
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Manager
Office of Drinking Water
Washington State Department of Health
Kent, Washington
Emily M. Broad Leib
Clinical Professor of Law
Faculty Director, Food Law and Policy Clinic
Harvard Law School
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Clay Pope
Founding Partner
CSP, LLC
Loyal, Oklahoma
Don Brown
CEO
Anchor Three Farm, Inc.
Colorado Commissioner of Agriculture 2015-2019
Yuma, Colorado
William R. Pracht
President/CEO
Pracht Farms
East Kansas Agri-Energy
Garnett, Kansas
Phillip H. Chavez
Director
Lower Arkansas Valley Water Conservancy District, Catlin Canal Company, and Lower Arkansas Valley Super Ditch
Partner
Diamond A Farms and Mohawk Valley Farms
Rocky Ford, Colorado
James Pritchett, Ph. D.
Dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences
Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, Colorado
William (Bill) Couser
President/Owner
Couser Cattle Company
Nevada, Iowa
Nithya Rajan, Ph. D.
Associate Professor of Crop Physiology and Agroecology
Texas A&M University, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences
College Station, Texas
Eddie Crandell, Sr.
Lake County California Supervisor
Lucerne, California
Graciela I. Ramírez-Toro, Ph.D.
Institutional Director
Center for Environmental Education, Conservation and Research
Inter American University of Puerto Rico
San Germán, Puerto Rico
Matthew Freund
Owner
Freund's Farm and CowPots LLC
East Canaan, Connecticut
Lindsay Reames
Executive Vice President Sustainability and External Relations
VA/MD Milk Producers Cooperative Association
Amelia, Virginia
Sharon Furches
Co-owner
Furches Farms Partnership
Second Vice President
Kentucky Farm Bureau
Louisville, Kentucky
Charles R. Santerre, Ph.D.
Department Chair & Professor
Food, Nutrition, and Packaging Sciences
Clemson University
Clemson, South Carolina
Jeffrey Gore, Ph.D.
Research Entomologist
Delta Research and Extension Center
Mississippi State University
Stoneville, Mississippi
Jennifer Simmelink
Coordinator
KS Soil Health Alliance
Esbon, Kansas
David Graybill
Owner
Red Sunset Farm
Executive Committee, State Board of Directors
Pennsylvania Farm Bureau
Mifflintown, Pennsylvania
Chantel Simpson, Ph. D.
Assistant Professor of Agriscience Education
North Carolina A&T State University
Greensboro, North Carolina
Jennifer James
Owner
H&J Land Company
Newport, Arkansas
Ryan Smith
Senior Manager, Regenerative Agriculture
Danone North America
Chicago, Illinois
Sarah Lucas
Deputy Director, Office of Rural Development
Michigan Dept. of Agriculture and Rural Development
Marquette, Michigan
Stacy Wayne Smith
Owner
S & A Smith Farms
New Home, Texas
Raymon Shange, Ph. D.
1890 Extension Administrator
Associate Dean, College of Agriculture, Environment, and Nutrition Sciences
Tuskegee University
Jeff M. Witte
Secretary of Agriculture
State of New Mexico
Las Cruces, New Mexico
Nicholas McCarthy
Senior Vice President of Agronomy
Central Valley Ag Cooperative
York, Nebraska
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