The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced the appointment of nine individuals to serve on the National Honey Board. The appointees will serve three-year terms, effective immediately, through Dec. 31, 2025. One Importer Alternate will serve a two-year term, which expires Dec. 31, 2024.
Members appointed or reappointed are:
- First Handler Member: Alan Turanski, Eugene, OR
- First Handler Alternate: Missy Foott, El Centro, CA
- Importer Member: Bjorn Karl Anderson, Bloomington, MN
- Importer Alternate: Maren Martin, Tustin, CA
- Producer Member: Dan Winter, Wolcott, NY
- Producer Alternate: Patricia J Sundberg, Columbus, MT
- Marketing Cooperative Representative Member: Dustin Livermore, Sioux City, IA
- Marketing Cooperative Representative Alternate: David Coy, Perkinston, MS
- Importer Alternate (Two-year Term): Sarah Neves, Tustin, CA
The 20-member National Honey Board is comprised of three first handler representatives, three importer representatives, three producer representatives, one marketing cooperative representative and their alternates.
More information about the board is available on the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) National Honey Board webpage and on the board’s website at www.honey.com.
Since 1966, Congress has authorized industry-funded research and promotion boards to provide a framework for agricultural industries to pool resources and combine efforts to develop new markets, strengthen existing markets and conduct important research and promotion activities. AMS provides oversight to 22 boards. The oversight ensures fiscal accountability and program integrity and is paid for by industry assessments.
AMS policy is that diversity of the boards, councils and committees it oversees should reflect the diversity of their industries in terms of the experience of members, methods of production and distribution, marketing strategies and other distinguishing factors, including but not limited to individuals from historically underserved communities, that will bring different perspectives and ideas to the table. Throughout the full nomination process, the industry must conduct extensive outreach, paying particular attention to reaching underserved communities, and consider the diversity of the population served and the knowledge, skills and abilities of the members to serve a diverse population.
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