NAMA Officers

• Trent Blizzard, President
• Dave Layton, First Vice President
• Laura Juszczak, Second Vice President
• Susan Kayser, Secretary
• Bruch Reed, Chief Operating Officer
• Melodie Gates, Treasurer/Finance Chair
• Barbara Ching, Past President
• Luke Smithson, Membership Manager

Executive Committee

• Trent Blizzard
• Barbara Ching
• Bruch Reed
• Dave Layton
• Laura Juszczak
• Susan Kayser
• Melodie Gates
• Luke Smithson
• Alisha Millican (At-large Trustee)
• Cheshire Mayrsohn (At-large Trustee)
• John Plischke III (At-large Trustee)

Institutional Trustees

• Tom Bruns, UC Berkeley
• Andrew Wilson, Denver Botanic Gardens
• Rytas Vilgalys, Duke University
• Thomas Volk, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
• Andrew Methven, Savannah State University

Awards

• John Lamprecht, Chair
• Members: Past recipients of Award for Contributions to Amateur Mycology and past recipients of the Elsie and Harry Knighton Service Award.
• Ex officio members: NAMA President and NAMA Chief Operating Officer

Culinary Arts

• Julie Schreiber, Chair
• Jess Starwood
• Eugenia Bone
• Zachary Mazi
• Kayla Sulak
• Ex officio members: NAMA President and NAMA Chief Operating Officer

Cultivation

• Tavis Lynch, Chair
• Milton Tam
• Amber North
• Matt Wanasek
• Nicholas Sciolino
• Charlie Aller
• Julian DiCaprio
• Mike Snyder
• Ex officio members: NAMA President and NAMA Chief Operating Officer

Education

• Marie Kopin, Chair
• Ophelia Barizo
• Eva Gordon
• David Lohndorf
• Ex officio members: NAMA President and NAMA Chief Operating Officer

Finance

• Melodie Gates, Chair
• Alan LaRue
• Angelica Miller
• Ex officio member: NAMA President and NAMA Chief Operating Officer

Foray

• Mandie Quark, Chair
• Sam Landes (Past Chair)
• Tavis Lynch
• Kristen Blizzard
• Connie Durnan
• Rose Turi
• Andrew Wilson
• Barbara Ching
• Jon Sommer
• Julie Schreiber
• Kathy Yerich
• Melodie Gates
• Ex officio members: NAMA President and NAMA Chief Operating Officer

Marketing

• Kathy Yerich, Chair
• Kristen Blizzard
• Adam Cohen
• Melodie Gates
• Melissa Perry-Klotka
• Julie Case
• Rose Tursi
• Ex officio members: NAMA President and NAMA Chief Operating Officer

Medicinal Mushrooms

• John Michelotti, Chair
• Robert Rodgers
• Denis Benjamin
• David Walde
• Ex officio members: NAMA President and NAMA Chief Operating Officer

Nominating Committee

• Laura Juszczak, Chair
• Ex officio members: NAMA President and NAMA Chief Operating Officer

Toxicology Committee

• TBD, Chair
• Ex officio members: NAMA President and NAMA Chief Operating Officer

See toxicology identifiers: http://www.namyco.org/mushroom_poisoning_identifiers.php

Visual Arts
Includes former Dyeing and Papermaking, and Photography committees

• Rose Tursi, Chair
• Marion Richards
• Theresa Kenney
• Kristen Blizzard
• Melissa Klotka
• Liz Weinstein
• Ex officio members: NAMA President and NAMA Chief Operating Officer

Voucher Collection Project

• Andrew Wilson, Chair, Denver Botanic Garden liaison
• Patrick Leacock, Voucher Coordinator, Field Museum Liaison
• Adele Mehta, Foray Recorder
• Cathy Cripps
• David Lewis
• Gregory Mueller
• Bruch Reed
• Wyatt Gaswick
• Olivia Filialuna
• Else Vellinga
• Alisha Millican
• Ex officio members: NAMA President and NAMA Chief Operating Officer

Website

• Derek Zeller, Chair
• Kristen Blizzard
• Jarred Gammel
• Elliot Marr
• Ex officio members: NAMA President and NAMA Chief Operating Officer

The President and Chief Operating Officer are ex-officio members of all committees except Nominating and Awards.

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