St. Louis, MO – The Pesticide Stewardship Alliance (TPSA) recently elected the board of directors for 2026, including officers and four members to serve on the board.
Elected to serve as officers of TPSA for the 2026 year were: President Rick Anderson, NewLeaf Symbiotics; Vice President Kerrie Fersch Ihnen, BASF; Secretary Dowen Jocson, Washington State University; Treasurer Tehane Ali, Bayer Crop Science; and Immediate Past President Nicole Jansen, Corteva Agriscience.
Elected to the board of directors were Tanner Walter, Schuetz Container Systems, container management representative; Kelby Neal, Clean Earth, Waste Management representative; Lauren Traub, Syngenta Crop Protection, pesticide industry representative; and Stephanie A. Smith, Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets, environment/public health representative. Each will serve a two-year term.
Continuing to serve on the board are Jimmy Hughes, Delaware Department of Agriculture, government representative; Bob Mann, National Association of Landscape Professionals, end user representative; Michelle Wiesbrook, University of Illinois PSEP, institution representative; and Melissa Rosch, Office of the Indiana State Chemist, as the at-large representative.
Serving as ex-officio members of the board are Thomas Lopiano, US EPA/Office of Pesticide Programs; and Rodney Schmidt, TPSA Operations Manager.
The Pesticide Stewardship Alliance (TPSA), founded in 2000, is an organization of federal, state and local governmental agencies, educational and research institutions, public organizations, private corporations and individuals that are actively involved in different aspects of pesticide stewardship. The goals of TPSA are to increase the effectiveness, efficiency and longevity of various pesticide stewardship efforts. The 2027 Pesticide Stewardship Conference is scheduled for February 2-4 in San Diego, California.