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USWBSI Governance

Steering Committee (SC)

The Steering Committee (SC) exists to ensure comprehensive input from all stakeholders in the scab issue.  It seeks to forge consensus strategies for the scientific, organizational, and budgetary aspects of FHB (scab) on wheat and barley. To view minutes from previous Steering Committee meetings, see links at the end of this page.

Steering Committee (SC) Members - Updated: 1/1/25

 

Executive Committee (EC) Members

Updated: 1/1/26  (Go to EC's/HQ Home Page)

Barley:
Rich Horsley, North Dakota State University

Spring Wheat:
Co-Chair - Andrew Friskop, North Dakota State University
Gary Muehlbauer, University of Minnesota

Winter Wheat:
Eric Olson, Michigan State University
Carl Bradley, University of Kentucky

Durum Wheat:
Steven Xu, USDA-ARS

Private Grower:
Co-Chair - Richard Magnusson (Grower, Minnesota)

Malting Industry:
Ashley McFarland, American Malting Barley Association

Milling Industry:
Reuben McLean, Grain Craft

USDA-ARS-NPS Designated Agency Official to the USWBSI:
Oswald Crasta, USDA-ARS-NPS, Beltsville, MD

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Research Area (RA) Committee Chairs

Updated: 1/1/26

FHB Management (MGMT) - Go to MGMT's Home Page

Chair, Alyssa Betts, University of Delaware, Georgetown, DE

Food Safety and Toxicology (FST) - Go to FST's Home Page

Chair, Mark Busman, USDA-ARS, Peoria, IL

Gene Discovery and Engineering Resistance (GDER) - Go to GDER's Home Page

Chair, Harold Trick, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS

Pathogen Biology and Genetics (PBG) - Go to PBG's Home Page

Chair, Guixia Hao, USDA-ARS, Peoria, IL

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Coordinated Project (CP) Committee Chairs

Updated: 1/1/24

Commodity-Based CPs

• Barley (BAR-CP) - Mitch Elmore, USDA-ARS, St. Paul, MN    Go to BAR-CP Home Page
• Durum (DUR-CP) - Elias Elias, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND   Go to DUR-CP Home Page
• Hard Winter Wheat (HWW-CP) - Sue Mondal, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT   Go to HWW-CP Home Page

Variety Development and Host Resistance (VDHR) - Regional Uniform Nurseries

• Spring Wheat Parents (SPR) - Jason Fielder, USDA-ARS, Fargo, ND - Go to VDHR-SPR Home Page
• Northern Soft Winter Wheat (NWW) - Jessica Rutkoski, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL - Go to VDHR-NWW Home Page
• Southern Soft Red Winter Wheat (SWW) - Rick Boyles, Clemson University, Clemson, SC - Go to VDHR-SWW Home Page

 

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Steering Committee Minutes from Open Meetings

• Minutes from the 4-14-23 Steering Committee Meeting (PDF)
• Minutes from the 4-01-21 Steering Committee Meeting (PDF)
• Minutes from the 4-16-19 Steering Committee Meeting (PDF)
• Minutes from the 4-20-17 Steering Committee Meeting (PDF)
• Minutes from the 4-09-15 Steering Committee Meeting (PDF)
• Minutes from the 4-16-13 Steering Committee Meeting (PDF)
• Minutes from the 4-13-11 Steering Committee Meeting (PDF)
• Minutes from the 5-25-10 Steering Committee Meeting (PDF)
• Minutes from the 5-28-09 Steering Committee Meeting (PDF)
• Minutes from the 4-18-08 Steering Committee Meeting (PDF)
• Minutes from the 5-30-07 Steering Committee Meeting (PDF)
• Minutes from the 5-25-06 Steering Committee Meeting (PDF)
• Minutes from the 5-26-05 Steering Committee Meeting (PDF)
• Minutes from 5-27-04 Steering Committee Meeting (PDF)
• Minutes from 5-29-03 Steering Committee Meeting (PDF)
• Minutes from 5-30-02 Steering Committee Meeting (PDF)
• Minutes from 5/31/01 Steering Committee Meeting (PDF)
• Minutes from 9/26/00 Steering Committee Meeting (PDF)
• Minutes from 9/23/98 Steering Committee Meeting (PDF)
• Minutes from 3/3/98 Steering Committee Meeting (PDF)