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)
- Elinoar Shavit (At-large Trustee)
Institutional Trustees
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
- Brad Knowles, Chair
- Melodie Gates
- Ex officio member: NAMA President and NAMA Chief Operating Officer
Foray
- Mandie Quark, Chair
- Sam Landes (Past Chair)
- Tavis Lynch
- 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
- Denis Benjamin
- Cornelia Cho
- Hayden Johnson
- Anna Sitkoff
- Avery Stempel
- David Walde
- Ex officio members: NAMA President and NAMA Chief Operating Officer
- Honorary members: Robert Rogers
Nominating Committee
- Laura Juszczak, Chair
- Ex officio members: NAMA President and NAMA Chief Operating Officer
Toxicology Committee
- Heather Hallen-Adams, 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
- 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
- Kristen Blizzard, Chair
- Derek Zeller
- 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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