Acting Agriculture Secretary Chuck Conner appointed 35 producer members and one public member to serve on the National Potato Promotion Board for three-year terms beginning March 1, 2008 and ending on Feb. 28, 2011. In addition, another member has been appointed to fill a vacancy for a term of office beginning immediately and ending on Feb.28, 2009.

Newly appointed producer members are: Ernest D. Ford of Center, Colo.; Gary B. Lands, St. Augustine, Fla.; Jeff Gibson, Burley, Idaho; Bevan Jeppesen, Rexburg, Idaho; Alan Glen Parks, Blackfoot, Idaho; William Ritchey Toevs, Aberdeen, Idaho; Keith Labrie, St. Agatha, Maine; Alan Moir, Woodland, Maine; Tom Wingard, Elk River, Minn.; Joe Thompson, Hemmingford, Neb.; Tom Scott Campbell, Grafton, N.D.; Eric Halverson, Grand Forks, N.D.; Ben Tucker, St. Thomas, N.D.; Chris Warren Slagell, Hydro, Okla.; Troy Betz, Hermiston, Ore.; Molly Ryan Connors, Richland, Wash.; Rob Davis, Connell, Wash.; Greg Ebe, Custer, Wash; Chris Olsen, Othello, Wash.; Randy Mullen and Reid Reimann, Pasco, Wash.; Ron Mach, Antigo, Wis. and Richard Okray, Plover, Wis.

Tom Church of Wilder, Idaho, has been appointed to fill a vacancy for theterm of office beginning immediately and ending on Feb. 28, 2009.

To view a complete list of reappointments, click here.