Committees

Site Committee

Brooke Decker *

Brad Cavin

Meghan McConnell

Natasha Garcia-Andersen

Chris Rosario

Jenna Crowder

The purpose of this committee is to gather information about the upcoming annual meeting and assist the Vice President in organizing the meeting. 

Auditing Committee

Joan Mahoney*

Jared Spokowsky

Hannah Blackburn

The purpose of this committee is to review the financial records and receipts maintained by the AIA Treasurer prior to the annual meeting. 

  

Resolutions Committee

Jennifer Lund**

Tammy Horn Potter**

Joey Caputo

The purpose of this committee is to gather Resolutions throughout the year and submit all standing and proposed Resolutions to the AIA members prior to and during the annual meeting.

Awards Committee

Mike Studer*

Keith Tignor

Don Hopkins

The purpose of this committee is to request, review, procure and award nominations for the Researcher of the Year Award, determine and award membership service awards, retirement awards, Inspector of the Year Award, and student travel scholarships.     

Communications Committee

Tammy Horn Potter*

Brooke Decker**            

Kim Skyrm

Adam Pachl        

Samantha Muirhead

Paul Kozak         

Samantha Brunner

Jenna Crowder

The purpose of this committee is to generate the AIA Newsletter, update and generate content for all other industry publications (i.e, ABF News- letter, Bee Culture, etc.).

Pollinator Committee

Emily Wine*      

Natasha Garcia-Andersen

Alyssa Piccolomini**      

Tammy Potter

Graham Parsons              

Bridget Gross

Jenna Crowder 

Kim Skyrm

Shanda King

The purpose of this committee is to establish communication and collaboration with non-Apis and native pollinator organizations.   

Social Media/IT Committee

Natasha Garcia-Andersen*

Dave Priebe

Meghan McConnell

Samantha Brunner

Jonathan Jones

Jenna Crowder

The purpose of this committee is to provide technical support to AIA, as well as coordinate social media outreach for the association, and maintain and manage the AIA website.

Research/Diagnostic Labs Committee

Jenna Crowder*              

Barbara Bloetscher

Kim Skyrm**    

Karen Roccasecca

Lewis Cauble     

Paul Kozak

Don Hopkins     

Brad Cavin

The purpose of this committee is to gather information on research and diagnostic labs that provide services for apiary inspection services and beekeepers. Additionally this committee will facilitate communication and collaboration between the AIA and these labs. Currently inactive – maintain list of labs.

Historical Records and Proceedings Committee

Don Hopkins, Historian*               

Keith Tignor

Bill Baxter          

Brad Cavin

Barbara Bloetscher         

Mike Studer

Karen Roccasecca            

Adam Pachl

The purpose of this committee is to gather and maintain historical AIA

records and publish a report of set meetings and conferences.

Nominating Committee

Karen Roccasecca**

Barbara Bloetscher**

Don Hopkins

Shanda King

Adam Pachl

Hannah Blackburn

The purpose of this committee is to nominate AIA members for the officer positions. Elections are made at the annual meeting.

Standard Operating Procedures Committee

Mike Studer*    

Joan Mahoney

Barbara Bloetscher**   

Joey Caputo

Hannah Blackburn          

Paul Kozak

Brooke Decker 

Alexandra Panasiuk

Paul Tessier

The purpose of this committee is to gather SOPs from states and provinces to then develop a document containing guidance, advice, and examples for inspection programs that either don’t have an SOP developed or need to update one.  

Industry Associations Committee

Natasha Garcia-Andersen*         

Barbara Bloetscher

Tammy Potter  

Kim Skyrm

Jennifer Lund    

Mike Studer

The purpose of this committee is to maintain/initiate communication and collaboration between AIA and other industry organizations (i.e. Honey Bee Health Coalition, NAPPC, etc.).

Nonprofit Committee

Keith Tignor*    

Natasha Garcia-Andersen** 

Meghan McConnell

Alyssa Piccolomini           

Mike Studer

 Jenna Crowder

The purpose of this committee is to gather information needed to con- vert AIA to a 501c status and suggest changes to the AIA constitution and by-laws in order to meet the requirements of that nonprofit status.       

Survey/Annual Health Data Committee

Jennifer Lund* 

Emily Wine

Kim Skyrm**    

Paul Kozak

Darcy Oishi         

Gabrielle Claing

Erin Christiansen

The purpose of this committee is to collect data from states, territories and provinces about the status of the apiary industry in these individual regions and generate reports for the USDA and other industry stakeholders.

Educational Outreach Committee

Paul Kozak         

Lewis Cauble

Jenna Crowder 

Paul Tessier*

Bridget Gross    

Samantha Muirhead

Ed Burlett           

Jennifer Lund

Frances Hegarty               

Don Hopkins

Adam Pachl        

Adolphus Leonard

The purpose of this committee is to generate educational content and products for beekeepers in North America (i.e. IPM manual, info cards, etc.).    

Regulatory Committee

Samantha Brunner*       

Don Hopkins

Brad Cavin*       

Karen Roccasecca

Natasha Garcia-Andersen           

Scott Opatril

Sam Muirhead 

Jacob Bates

Paul Kozak         

Darcy Oishi

Dave Priebe       

Branden Stanford