Board of Directors

Companies from all over the industry participate on our board of directors to include our officers and members. Below are the board members and their associated organizations that are involved with guiding CropLife America.

Board Officers

Paul Rea

BASF, Chair

Andy Lee

Valent North America, Immediate Past Chair

Don Chew

PBI/Gordon Corp., Vice Chair and Treasurer

Jeremy Dirks

Corteva Agriscience, Vice Chair

Brian Naber

Bayer Crop Science, Vice Chair

Board Members

Jon Akins

Tessenderlo-Kerley, Inc.

Jeff Allison

Tide International USA

Darren Anderson

Vive Crop Protection

Leah Anderson

Winfield United

Brian Angeli

FMC Corporation

Ken Barham

Nufarm Americas, Inc.

Troy Bolt

Simplot Grower Solutions

Jeff Bunting

GROWMARK, Inc.

Randy Canady

Atticus, LLC

Jeff Cole

Tenkoz, Inc.

Eric Cowling

Helena Agri-Enterprises, LLC

Damian Eldred

Fine Americas, Inc.

David Elser

UPL Limited, Inc.

Willie Negroni

Albaugh, LLC (Incoming)

Wade Firestone

HELM Agro, Inc.

Spencer Harris

Nutrien Ag Solutions, Inc

Vern Hawkins

Syngenta Crop Protection

Mark Hough

ADAMA (Interim)

Douglas (Dak) A. Kaye, III

American Vanguard Corporation

Chad Kern

Schirm USA, Inc.

Tyler Koschnick

SePRO Corp.

Brent Marek

Sipcam Argo USA, Inc.

Ryan Klaveano

Wilbur-Ellis Company (Incoming)

Chris Payne

CNI

Steve Petersen

Gowan Company LLC

Leigh Shockey

Drexel Chemical Company

Dustin Simmons

Nichino America, Inc.