Grassroots Driven, Member Led
As a grower-led organization, NPC is managed by an Executive Committee and Board of Directors, which oversees its operations and provides guidance on its policy activities. Board members are appointed by the Executive Committee from recommendations submitted by state potato grower organizations and hold office for one calendar year.
At NPC’s 2023 Washington Summit in D.C., RJ Andrus of Idaho Falls, Idaho was elected to serve as NPC’s President and to lead the organization’s Executive Committee for one year.
2023 Executive Committee
RJ Andrus
President
Idaho Falls, Idaho
Bob Mattive
First Vice President and Vice President, Environmental Affairs
Monte Vista, Colorado
Ted Tschirky
Vice President, Trade Affairs
Pasco, Washington
Ben Sklarczyk
Vice President, Finance
Johannesburg, Michigan
Dean Gibson
Vice President, Legislative Affairs
Paul, Idaho
TJ Hall
Vice President, Grower Outreach and Industry Research
Hoople, North Dakota
Jared Balcom
Immediate Past President
Pasco, Washington
2023 Board of Directors
California
Sid Staunton
Colorado
Miguel Diaz
Tyler Mitchell
Mark Peterson
Harry Strohauer
Idaho
Nick Blanksma
Mark Darrington
Randy Hardy
Eric Jemmett
Brett Jensen
Klaren Koompin
Dan Moss
Jaren Raybould
Craig Searle
Jason Stoddard
Alex Tiede
Ritchey Toevs
Dillon VanOrden
Lynn Wilcox
Florida
Danny Johns
Maine
Robbie Irving
Darrell McCrum
Michigan
Luke Parr
Kevin Storm
Minnesota
Lance Hapka
Peter Imle
Montana
Dan Lake
Nebraska
Josh McBride
New York
Ralph Child
North Carolina
Chris Hopkins
North Dakota
Tom Campbell
Jackson Hall
Brian Vculek
Ohio
Kathy Michael Sponheim
Oregon
Dan Chin
Greg Harris
Mark Ward
Pennsylvania
David Masser
Texas
Tyler Backemeyer
Washington
Josh Bunger
Ellie Charvet
Heath Gimmestad
Mark Hammer
Roger Hawley
Mike Madsen
Grant Morris
Chris Olsen
Adam Weber
Marvin Wollman
Wisconsin
Mark Finnessy
Jeremie Pavelski
Eric Schroeder
The NPC Executive Committee hosted the 2023 NPC Washington Summit, Feb. 27-March 3, which brought the industry together to “Stand Up for Potatoes on Capitol Hill.” In addition to a week of education and advocacy, U.S. potato growers and industry partners celebrated the release of a new economic impact study that found the potato supply chain generated more than $100.9 billion in economic activity in 2021 alone. Read more about the 2023 Washington Summit here.
