Former NOSB members are listed on this page chronologically according to the date their term on the Board ended. You can search for a former NOSB member based on their term ending date using the collapsible/expandable sections shown below, or by name using the website search feature.
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Gerard D’Amore, Handler/Processor (January 2020 - January 2025)
Munger Farms, Delano, CA
Gerard D’Amore has been involved with the growing, marketing and distribution of high quality, branded produce for 44 years in a wide variety of domestic and international settings. He spent 14 years as the owner/operator of greenhouse installations using hydroponic systems for both low-profile and vine crops.
Since 2000, D’Amore has been involved with berry crops, particularly blueberries where organic production is a key part of going to market.
D’Amore holds a board position with a high-tech company which, among other things, focuses on providing visibility, measurability and predictability to enhance cold chain management from harvest to shipping.
He was previously Director of Sourcing and New Business Development for SunnyRidge Farm/Dole Fresh. From 1999 to 2005 he held three successive vice president positions with Driscolls. From 1992 to 1999 he worked for Chiquita Brands spending most of that time living in Turkey introducing bananas to the Black Sea region.
Kimberly Huseman, Handler/Processor (January 2020 - January 2025)
Pilgrim’s, Windsor, CO
Kimberly Huseman is the Director of Specialty Ingredients for Pilgrim’s, where she developed and oversees the organic grains and oilseeds origination program. She is actively engaged with all aspects of the organic ingredient supply chain, from working with farmers and manufacturers at origin, to handling and delivery.
Prior to Pilgrim’s, Huseman was a Commodities Manager at Murphy USA where she worked with farmers and major agribusinesses sourcing grains for ethanol production while also marketing distiller’s grains to area cattle feeders. During that time, she was a member of the local Master Gardeners Club and grew vegetables for the local farmers’ market.
Huseman was raised in Southeast Wyoming and is a third-generation farmer and cattlewoman. She holds a B.S. in Agriculture Business from West Texas A&M University.
Mindee Jeffery, Retailer (January 2020 - January 2025)
Good Earth Natural Foods, Marin County, CA
Mindee Jeffery spent 15 years educating staff, customers, and vendors on the importance and benefits of organic certification at Good Earth Natural Foods in Marin County, California. She was pivotal to the process of evolving food standards for Good Earth. During that time, she was active and influential in the Independent Natural Food Retailers Association (INFRA). She delivered presentations on organic fundamentals, labeling attribute systems and developments in GMO technology to retailers from all over the country at INFRA’s annual conferences.
Mindee Jeffery represented Retailers to the California Organic Products Advisory Committee (COPAC) for five years. During her tenure as the Chairperson, Mindee Jeffery worked with the California Department of Food and Agriculture to re-imagine COPAC’s relationship to the State Organic Program, brought about by significant change to the regulatory framework.
Over the past couple of years, Mindee worked directly with INFRA and Eastside Food Co-op in Minneapolis, Minnesota, gaining perspective on the natural foods retail business landscape. Mindee has returned to Good Earth and is currently working as the Organic Activism and Education Coordinator. She also manages a joint venture compost program for Good Earth and Tara Firma Farms.
Mindee Jeffery graduated from Sonoma State University with a degree in Literature with an emphasis in Critical Theory. She spent many years in the San Geronimo Valley coaching young women's basketball teams.
Nate Powell-Palm, Organic Producer (January 2020 – January 2025)
Cold Spring Organics, Bozeman, MT
Nathaniel Powell-Palm operates Cold Spring Organics, a 1,000 leased acre certified organic farm outside Belgrade, Montana. He is a first-generation farmer and rancher, with diverse experience across a range of crops, grains, and livestock. Powell-Palm has extensive experience inspecting organic operations around the United States as an independent organic inspector. As an educator he developed curriculum and provided training around the United States and internationally for the International Organic Inspectors Association. He has served on several agricultural boards both at the state and national level.
Powell-Palm holds a B.S. in Environmental Science from Montana State University.
Wood Turner, Environmentalist / Resource Conservationist (January 2020 – January 2025)
Agriculture Capital, Berkeley, CA
Wood Turner currently serves as Senior Vice President of Sustainability for Agriculture Capital. He was previously the Vice President for Sustainability Innovation for Stonyfield Farm, and was the Founding Executive Director and, later, board chair of Climate Counts. He is on the governance board for the Center for Good Food Purchasing and an advisor to both the Duke Campus Farm and Food System 6, an innovation accelerator. He previously held advisory board seats with the Harvard University, the Center for Global Health and the Environment, and sustainable brands.
Turner grew up in eastern North Carolina, spent many years in Seattle and New Hampshire, and now lives in the Bay Area. He holds a B.A. from Duke University and a Master of Urban and Environmental Planning from the University of Washington.
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James “Rick” Greenwood
University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Fielding School of Public Health
Departments of Epidemiology, Environmental Health Sciences and Institute of The Environment and Sustainability (IoES) | Fallbrook, CA
Environmental Protection and Resource Conservation Representative | May 2018 – January 2023Elizabeth “Liz” Graznak
Happy Hollow Farm | Jamestown, MO
Environmental Protection and Resource Conservation Representative | January 2022 – December 2022 -
Sue Baird
Missouri Organic Association dba Mid-America Organic Association | Bunceton, MO
Public Interest/Consumer Interest Representative | January 2017 – January 2022Asa Bradman
University of California, Merced, Professor of Public Health, School of Social Science, Humanities, and Arts
Environmental Protection and Resource Conservation Representative | January 2017 – January 2022Steve Ela
Ela family Farms, Hotchkiss, CO
Organic Producer | January 2017 – January 2022 -
Jesse Buie
Ole Brook Organics, Inc. | Jackson, MS
Organic Producer, January 2016 - January 2021Emily Oakley
Three Springs Farm | Oaks, OK
Organic Producer, January 2016 - January 2021Scott Rice
Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA)
USDA Certifying Agent, January 2016 - January 2021A-dae Romero-Briones
First Nations Development Institute | Isleton, CA
Consumer/Public Interest, January 2016 - January 2021Dan Seitz
Council on Naturopathic Medical Education | Great Barrington, MA
Consumer/Public Interest, January 2016 - January 2021 -
Dave Mortensen, Ph.D
University New Hampshire, Dept of Agriculture, Nutrition, and Food Systems | Durham, NH
Scientist, January 2017 - November 2020 -
Harriet Behar
Sweet Springs Farm | Gays Mills, WI
Environmental Protection and Resource Conservationist, January 2016 - January 2020Ashley Swaffar
Rheas Mill Gardens | Farmington, AR
Farmer/Producer, January 2015 - January 2020Tom Chapman
Clif Bar & Company | Belmont, CA
Handler, January 2015 - January 2020Lisa de Lima
MOM’s Organic Market | Gaithersburg, MD
Retailer, January 2015 - January 2020 -
Eric Schwartz
United Vegetable Growers Cooperative, Salinas, CA
Handler/Processor, May 2018 – February 2019Joelle Mosso
Eurofins Microbiology Laboratories | Fresno, CA
Handler/Processor | January 2017 – February 2018Francis Thicke, Ph.D
Radiance Dairy | Fairfield, IA
Environmentalist/Resource Conservationist | January 2013 – January 2018 -
Carmela Beck
Driscolls Strawberry Associates, Inc. | Watsonville, CA
Producer | January 2012 – January 2017Harold Austin
Zirkle Fruit Company | Selah, WA
Handler | January 2012 – January 2017Jean Richardson
Consultant and Maple Syrup Producer | North Ferrisburgh, VT
Consumer/Public Interest | January 2012 – January 2017Tracy Favre
Consultant | Grandbury, TX
Environmentalist | January 2012 – January 2017Zea Sonnabend
California Certified Organic Farmers | Watsonville, CA
Scientist | January 2012 – January 2017 -
Colehour J. Bondera
Kanalani Ohana Farm | Honaunau, HI
Organic Producer | January 2011 – January 2016C. Reuben Walker
Southern University and A&M College | Lafayette, LA
Consumer/Public Interest | January 2011 – January 2016Jennifer Taylor
Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University | Tallahassee, FL
Consumer/Public Interest | January 2011 – January 2016Nicholas Maravell
Nick's Organic Farm | Potomac, MD
Organic | January 2011 – January 2016Robert (Mac) Stone
Kentuck Organic Program | Frankfort, KY
Certifying Agent | January 2011 – January 2016 -
Paula Daniels
LA Food Policy Council | Los Angeles, CA
Environmentalist | January 2015 – August 2015 -
Jay Feldman
Beyond Pesticides | Washington, DC
Environmentalist | January 2010 – January 2015Joe Dickson
Whole Foods Market | Austin, TX
Retailer | January 2010 – January 2015John Foster
Earthbound Farm | Santa Cruz, CA
Handler | January 2010 – January 2015Wendy Fulwider, Ph.D
CROPP Cooperative | La Farge, WI
Organic Producer | January 2010 – January 2015 -
Barry Flamm, Ph.D
Conservation Consultant | Polson, MT
Environmentalist | January 2008 – January 2013 -
Kristine “Tina” Ellor
Phillip’s Mushrooms | Kennett Square, PA
Environmentalist | January 2007 – January 2012Katrina Heinze, Ph.D
General Mills | Plymouth, MN
Scientist | January 2007 – January 2012Steve DeMuri
Campbell Soup Company | Carmichael, CA
Handler | January 2007 – January 2012Tracy Miedema
Earthbound Farm | Philomath, OR
Consumer/Public Interest | January 2007 – January 2012 -
Daniel Giacomini
Animal Nutritionist | Middletown, CA
Consumer/Public Interest | January 2006 – January 2011Jeff Moyer
Rodale Institute | Lenhartsville, PA
Organic Producer | January 1995 – January 2011Jennifer Hall
Community Food Builder | Spokane, WA
Consumer/Public Interest | January 2006 – January 2011Joe Smillie
QAI International | South Burlington, VT
Certifying Agent | January 2006 – January 2011Kevin Engelbert
Engelbert Farms | Nichols, NY
Organic Producer | January 2006 – January 2011 -
Annette Riherd
Aunt Nettie’s Farm | Oologah, OK
Organic Producer | January 2010 – September 2010 -
Bea E. James
Lunds and Byerlys | Golden Valley, MN
Retailer | January 2005 - January 2010Gerald A. Davis
Grimmway Farms | Arvin, CA
Organic Producer | January 2005 – January 2010Hubert J. Karreman
Veterinarian | Narvon, PA
Environmentalist | January 2005 – January 2010Julie Weisman
Flavorganics | Tenafly, NJ
Handler | January 2005 – January 2010Rigoberto I. Delgado
Delgado Farms | Houston, TX
Organic Producer | January 2005 – January 2010 -
Andrea Caroe
Protected Harvest | San Diego, CA
Environmentalist | January 2003 – January 2008 -
Dennis Holbrook
South Texas Organics | Mission, TX
Organic Producer | January 2002 – January 2007Kevin R. O’Rell
Horizon Organic | Longmont, CO
Organic Producer | January 2002 – January 2007Michael P. Lacy
University of Georgia | Athens, GA
Scientist | January 2002 – January 2007Nancy M. Ostiguy
Pennsylvania State University | State College, PA
Environmentalist | January 2002 – January 2007 -
David Carter
Crystal Springs Consulting Group | Westminster, CO
Consumer/Public Interest | January 2001 – January 2006George Siemon
CROPP Cooperative | LaFarge, WI
Organic Producer | January 2001 – January 2006Goldie Caughlan
PCC Natural Markets | Seattle, WA
Consumer/Public Interest | January 2001 – January 2006James A. Riddle
Minnesota Department of Agriculture | Winona, MN
Certifier | January 2001- January 2006Rosalie L. Koenig
Rosie’s Organic Farm | Gainesville, FL
Organic Producer | January 2001 – January 2006 -
Kim Dietz
Smucker’s | Chico, CA,
Handler | January 2000 – January 2005Owusu Bandele
Food for Thought Organic Farm | Baton Rouge, LA
Organic Producer | January 2000 – January 2005Rebecca Goldburg
Environmental Defense | New York, NY
Environmentalists | January 2000 – January 2005T. Mark King
Indianapolis’ Georgetown Market | Indianapolis, IN
Retailer | January 2000 – January 2005William Lockeretz
Tufts University | Brookline, MA
Environmentalist | January 2000 – January 2005Ann Cooper
Chef | East Hampton, NY
Consumer/Public Interest | January 2002 – April 2004Carolyn Brickey
Consultant | Tucson, AZ
Consumer/Public Interest | January 1997 – January 2002Eric J. Sideman
Maine Organic Farmers & Gardeners Association | Greene, ME
Scientist | January 1997 – September 2002Marvin Hollen
Daily Blessings Farm | Nyssa, OR
Organic Producer | January 1997 – January 2002Steven Harper
Small Planet Foods | Bellingham, WA
Handler | January 1997 – January 2002William Welsh
Organic Prairie | Lansing, IA
Environmentalist | January 1997 – January 2002Elizabeth Lydon
National Resource Defense Council | New York, NY
Consumer/Public Interest | January 1996 – January 2001E. Rodney Crossley
Consultant | La Crescenta, CA
Handler | January 1995 – January 2001Joan Gussow
Columbia University | Piermont, NY
Consumer/Public Interest | January 1996 – January 2001Robert Anderson
Walnut Acres Organic Farms | Centre Hall, PA
Organic Producer | January 1995 – January 2001Stephen Pavich
Pavich Family Farms | Terra Bella, CA
Organic Producer | January 1996 – January 2001Frederick Kirschenmann
Iowa State University | Medina, ND
Organic Producer | January 1995 – January 2000Margaret Wittenberg
Whole Foods Market | Dripping Springs, TX
Retailer | January 1995 – January 2000 -
Jean Afterman
Purepak, Inc. | Oxnard, CA
Environmentalist | January 1996 - June 1999Kathleen Merrigan
Wallace Institute for Alternative Agriculture | Greenbelt, MD
Environmentalist | January 1995 – June 1999Esper K. Chandler
Texas Plant and Soil Lab | Edinburg, TX
Scientist | January 1992 – January 1997Eugene Kahn
Cascadian Farms | Rockport, WA
Handler | January 1992 – January 1997L. Dean Eppley
Pleasant Home Farm | Wabash, IN
Environmentalist | January 1992 – January 1997Michael Sligh
Rural Advancement Foundation International | Greenville, SC
Consumer/Public Interest | January 1992 – September 1997William J. Friedman
NM Organic Commodity Commission | Albuquerque, NM
Environmentalist | January 1992 – January 1997Craig Weakley
Muir Glen | Yuba City, CA
Handler | January 1992 – January 1996Donald Kinsman
American Meat Council | Storrs, CT
Consumer/Public Interest | January 1992 – January 1996Tom Stoneback
Rodale Books | Allentown, PA
Organic Producer | January 1992 – January 1996Gary Osweiler
Iowa State University | Boone, IA
Organic Producer | January 1992 – January 1995Margaret Clark
Town and Country | Bainbridge Island, WA
Retailer | January 1992 – January 1995Merrill Clark
Clark Farm | Cassopolis, MI
Consumer/Public Interest | January 1992 – January 1995Nancy Taylor
Northern Utah Organic Growers | Potlach, ID
Handler | January 1992 – January 1995Richard Theuer
Beechnut | Chesterfield, MO
Handler | January 1992 – January 1995Robert Quinn
Quinn Farm & Ranch | Big Sandy, MO
Organic Producer | January 1992 – January 1995