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Staff                              

Alan Galbreth Chief Executive Officer galbreth@indianacrop.org
Joe Deford Chief Operations Officer deford@indianacrop.org
Emily Dierking, Ph.D. Genetics Program Director dierking@indianacrop.org
Kevin Seward, RST Seed Lab Director seward@indianacrop.org
Kris Brock Finance/HR Director brock@indianacrop.org
Liz Pestow Marketing Director pestow@indianacrop.org
Srilakshmi Makkena, Ph.D. Research Associate makkena@indianacrop.org
Rachael Sondeno, MS, RGT Genetics Lab Technician/PCR sondeno@indianacrop.org
Karen Miller, CGT Genetics Lab Technician/ELISA miller@indianacrop.org
Dan Edwards Cold Test Dept. Head edwards@indianacrop.org
Fred Halsema Warm Germ Dept. Head halsema@indianacrop.org
Susan Dadacz Sample Data Dept. Head dadacz@indianacrop.org
Aaron Whalen Field Prgm Asst/Bioassay Dept. Head whalen@indianacrop.org
Susan Overdorf Administrative Assistant overdorf@indianacrop.org

Lab Technicians       
    
Email at ICIA@indianacrop.org

 
James Bonick Tracy Jewell
Melissa Crull Karen Laffoon
Carolyn Fruits Dave Siemers
Arnold Harlan Amy Smeltzer
Melody Henderson Jill Weaver

Executive Committee & Board of Directors

Aaron Conaway - President
Total Seed Production
(765) 963-5960
aaron@totalseedproduction.com
Craig Anderson - Vice President
AgReliant Genetics
(317) 896-5552
craig.anderson@agreliantgenetics.com
 
Mitch Snyder - Dir. At Large
AgVenture/McKillip Seed
(260)433-4856
snyder@mckillipseeds.com
Greg Smith - Immediate Past President
Hubner Industries, LLC
(765) 893-4428
greg.smith@hubnerindustries.com
 
Dr. Marshall Martin, Exec. Com. 
Purdue Ag. Research Programs
(765)494-8363
marshallmartin@purdue.edu
Bruce Searle - ISTA Liaison
AgReliant Genetics
(317) 896-5551
bruce.searle@agreliantgenetics.com
 
Dr. Joe Anderson
Purdue Agronomy Dept.
(765)494-4774
janderson@purdue.edu
Dr. Peter Goldsbrough
Purdue Botany & Plant Path. Dept.
(765)494-4615
goldsbrough@purdue.edu
 
Al Carlson
Dow AgroSciences

ADCarlson@dow.com
Bryan Gerard
JGL, Inc.
(765) 653-5402
beg@jglinc.com
 
Chris Goetz
Wyckoff Hybrids
(219)462-6716
chrisgoetz@wyckoffhybrids.com
Jay Hulbert
Ag Alumni Seed
(765) 538-3145
hulbert@agalumniseed.com
 
Barb McMullan
Illinois Foundation Seeds Inc.
(765) 448-9696
bkmcmullan@isfi.com
Jeff Perry
Bayer Crop Science

jh.perry@bayer.com
 
Steve Roswarski
Ag Printers
(765) 807-0817
sroswarski@agprinters.com
Wade Wiley
Beck's Superior Hybrids
(317)984-3508
wwiley@beckshybrids.com
 
Jim Wolf
Specialty Hybrids
(800) 545-8611
jim.wolf@specialtyhybrids.com