Kranthi Mandadi, Texas A & M AgriLife Research, Weslaco, Texas, will lead The Texas Plant Protection Association as president for 2018.
The TPPPA Board of Directors recently met in College Station, and along with Mandadi, announced the following slate of officers: Chairman of the Board: H. Ray Smith, Biological Research Services, Inc., College Station, Texas; President: Mandadi; Vice President & Program Chairman: Clark Neely, Texas A & M AgriLife Extension Service, College Station; Incoming VP & Poster Chairman: Pete Eure, Syngenta Crop Protection, Houston, Texas; Incoming VP-Elect: Josh McGinty, Texas A & M AgriLife Extension Service, Corpus Christi, Texas; Executive Director: Bob Sasser, Texas Plant Protection Association, Conroe, Texas; Secretary: Tony Driver, Syngenta Crop Protection, Crawford, Texas.
New Board Members
The following were elected to the TPPA Board as new members: Jeffrey Ripley, Texas A & M AgriLife Extension Service, College Station; David Kerns, Texas A & M AgriLife Extension Service, College Station; Ben Beyer, Advanta Seeds -North America, College Station; and Brad Locke, Simplot Grower Solutions, College Station.
The board selected Dec. 4-5, 2018 for the 30th Annual Texas Plant Protection Conference to be held in Bryan, Texas.
For additional information: www.TexasPlantProtection.com
