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STANDING COMMITTEES
*Committee*	Key Contact
*Certification Of Analysts*	Johnny Zook Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture 2301 N. Cameron Street Harrisburg, PA 17110-9408 Telephone: (717) 787-5609 FAX: (717) 705-6518 Email: jzook@state.pa.us Mike Muggli, RST Laboratory Services Division MDA/MDH Lab Building 601 Robert Street North St. Paul, MN 55155-2531 Telephone: 651-201-6649 FAX: 651-201-6106 mike.muggli@state.mn.us
*Handbook*	Aida Galarza, RST Georgia Dept. of Agriculture Atlanta Seed Laboratory Room 536 Agriculture Building, Capitol Square 19 M. L. King Jr. Drive, SW Atlanta, GA 30334 Telephone: (404) 656-3635 FAX: (404) 657-8378 Email: agalarza@agr.state.ga.us
*Historian*	Ethan Waltermire Colorado State University Department of Soil and Crop Sciences Fort Collins, CO 80523-1170 Telephone: (970) 491-6406 FAX: (970) 491-1173 Email : csl@lamar.colostate.edu
*Legislative*	Randel H. Judd, RST Michigan Crop Improvement Association PO Box 21008 Lansing MI 48909 PH: 517/332-3546 Fax 517/332-9301 E-mail: juddr@michcrop.com
*Membership*	Laura Donaldson Indiana State Seed Lab Purdue University 1154 Biochemistry Bldg. West Lafayette, IN 47907-1154 PH: 765-494-9832 FAX: 765-496-3967 Email: DonaldsonL@purdue.edu
*Newsletter*	Cindy Finneseth Kentucky State Seed Laboratory 103 Regulatory Services Bldg. University of Kentucky Lexington, KY 40546-0275 PH: (859) 257-5656 FAX: (859) 257-7351 Email: chfinn0@uky.edu
Referee Referee Committee webpage	AOSA Chair: Randy Crowl, RST Nebraska Crop Improvement Assoc. 268 Plant Sciences Hall P.O.Box 830911 Lincoln, NE USA 68583-0911 Phone: 402-472-1444 Email: rcrowl2@unl.edu SCST Chair: John Franklin, RST Allied Seed 9311 Highway 45 Nampa, ID USA 83686 Phone: 208-466-6700 Email: jfranklin@alliedseed.com
*Research*	Dr. Sabry Elias OSU Seed Laboratory Corvallis, Oregon 97331 Phone: (541) 737-4464 Fax: (541) 737-2126 Email: Sabry.Elias@OSCS.ORST.EDU
Rules Rules Committee webpage	Gil Waibel Wyoming State Seed Laboratory 749 Road 9 Powell, WY 82435 Phone: ((307) 754-4750; Fax: (307) 754-4932; Email: gwaibel@uwyo.edu
Teaching and Training Teaching & Training webpage

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SPECIAL COMMITTEES
*Committee*	*Chairperson*
*Affiliate Organizations*	Mike Stahr, President 128A Seed Science Center Iowa State University Ames, IA 50011 PH: 515-294-0117 FAX: 515-294-8303 Email: mgstahr@iastate.edu
*Budget*	Dan Curry, Vice President Director of Seed Services 107 Crop Science Building Oregon State University Corvallis, Oregon 97331 PH: 541 737-5094 FAX: 541-737-1589 Email: Daniel.Curry@oregonstate.edu Ethan Waltermire, Secretary-Treasurer Colorado State University Department of Soil and Crop Sciences Fort Collins, CO 80523-1170 Telephone: (970) 491-6406 FAX: (970) 491-1173 Email : csl@lamar.colostate.edu
*By-Laws*	Ethan Waltermire Colorado State University Department of Soil and Crop Sciences Fort Collins, CO 80523-1170 Telephone: (970) 491-6406 FAX: (970) 491-1173 Email : csl@lamar.colostate.edu
*Merit Award*	Mike Stahr, CGT 128A Seed Science Center Iowa State University Ames, IA 50011 PH: 515-294-0116 FAX: 515-294-8303 Email: mgstahr@iastate.edu
*Necrology*	Aida Galarza Georgia Dept. of Agriculture Atlanta Seed Laboratory Room 536 Agriculture Building, Capitol Square 19 M. L. King Jr. Drive, SW Atlanta, GA 30334 Telephone: (404) 656-3635 FAX: (404) 657-8378 Email: agalarza@agr.state.ga.us
*Nomenclature*	Dr. John Wiersema
*Nominations*	Stan Akagi Utah Dept. of Agriculture State Seed Laboratory 350 North Redwood Road PO Box 146500 Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6500 PH: (801) 538-7181 Email: sakagi@utah.gov FAX: 801-538-7189
*Program*	Dan Curry, Vice President Director of Seed Services 107 Crop Science Building Oregon State University Corvallis, Oregon 97331 PH: 541 737-5094 FAX: 541-737-1589 Email: Daniel.Curry@oregonstate.edu

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RESEARCH SUB-COMMITTEES
*Sub-Committee*	*Chairperson*
*Cultivar Purity*	Jeffrey Prischmann, RGT North Dakota State Seed Laboratory North Dakota Dept. of Agriculture University Station Fargo, ND 58105 Telephone: (701) 231-5400 FAX: (701) 231-5401 Email: jprischmann@ndseed.ndsu.edu Randel H. Judd, RST Michigan Crop Improvement Association PO Box 21008 Lansing MI 48909 PH: 517/332-3546 Fax 517/332-9301 E-mail: juddr@michcrop.com
*Flower Seed*	Jolan Mari, RST, Co-chair PanAmerican Seed P.O. Box 438 West Chicago, IL USA 60186-0438 Telephone: 630-231-1400 x5459 Fax: 630-231-4846 jmari@panamseed.com Sarah Dammen, RST, Co-chair Mid-West Seed Services 236 32nd Ave Brookings SD USA 57006 Telephone: 605-692-7611 FAX: 605-692-7617 sarah.dammen@sgs.com
Germination & Dormancy Germination Committee webpage	Dr. Riad Baalbaki Associate Botanist Plant Pest Diagnostics Branch 3294 Meadow Road Sacramento, CA 95832 Phone (916) 262-3292; FAX (912) 262-1190; email RBaalbaki@cdfa.ca.gov
*Purity Analysis* Purity Committee webpage	Deborah Meyer, RST California Department of Food and Agriculture Plant Pest Diagnostics Branch 3294 Meadowview Rd. Sacramento, CA 95832 Phone: 916-262-1136 FAX: 916-262-1190 dmeyer@cdfa.ca.gov
*Conservation & Reclaimation Seed Committee*	Denny Hall, RST Wyoming Seed Analysis Lab 747 Road 9 Powell, WY 82435 PH: 307-754-4750 FAX: 307-754-4932 Email: RDHall@uwyo.edu
*Research Funding*	Dr. Brent Turnipseed SDSU Seed Lab Plant Science Dept. P.O. Box 2207A, Ag Hall 227 Brookings, SD 57007 PH: 605-688-4589 FAX: 605-688-4013 Email:brent_turnipseed@sdstate.edu
*Seed Pathology* Pathology Committee webpage	Sandra Walker Plant Pathologist USDA AMS LS Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch 801 Summit Crossing Place, Suite C Gastonia, NC 28054 Phone: 704-810-7268 Fax: 704-852-4189 Email: sandra.walker@usda.gov
*Seed Vigor*	Dr. Riad Baalbaki, Co-chair California Department of Food and Agriculture Plant Pest Diagnostics Branch 3294 Meadow Road Sacramento, CA 95832 Phone (916) 262-3292 FAX (912) 262-1190 Email RBaalbaki@cdfa.ca.gov Kari Fiedler, RST, CGT, C0-chair Mid-West Seed Services Inc 236 32nd Ave Brookings SD USA 57006 Phone: 605-692-7611 FAX: 605-692-7617 kari.fiedler@sgs.com
*Statistics*	Dr. Sabry Elias OSU Seed Laboratory Corvallis, Oregon 97331 Phone: (541) 737-4464 Fax: (541) 737-2126 Email: Sabry.Elias@OSCS.ORST.EDU
*Tree & Shrub Seed*	Victor Vankus USDA Forest Service National Tree Seed Laboratory 5675 Riggins Mill Road GA 31020 Dry Branch Phone: 478 751 6656 Fax: 478 751 4135 vvankus@fs.fed.us
*Tetrazolium Testing*	Annette Miller USDA-ARS Nat'l Seed Storage Lab 1111 S Mason Street Ft. Collins, CO USA 80521-4500 PH: 970-495-3240 FAX: 970-221-1427 Email: almiller@lamar.colostate.edu

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RULES COMMITTEE
*Member*	*Term Expiration*	*Location*
Gil Waibel, Chair	2013	Wyoming State Seed Analysis Lab
Mark Hafdahl	2011	North Dakota State Seed Laboratory
Joanne Hinke	2012	CFIA Saskatchewan Laboratory
Ernest Allen	2014	USDA-AMS, Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch
Dr, Brent Turnipseed	2015	South Dakota State Seed Lab
2010 AOSA Rule Proposals & Committee Webpage

RULES COMMITTEE- Ex-officio Members
*Member*	Ex officio	*Location*
Dr. Sabry Elias	Research Committee	Oregon State Seed Lab
Randy Crowl John Franklin	Referee Committee Referee Committee	Nebraska State Seed Lab Allied Seed
Steve Jones	ISTA Rules Committee	CFIA Saskatchewan Laboatory