National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Pollinator Subcommittee

The Pollinator Subcommittee is the newest subcommittee of the National Agricultural Research, Extension Education, and Economics (NAREEE) Advisory Board. The Board is led by staff in the Office of the Chief Scientist (OCS), in the Research, Education, and Economics (REE) Mission Area.

This subcommittee is advisory in nature and members will be asked to make pollinator health-related recommendations, reviews, and consultations to the NAREEE Advisory Board (and subsequently to REE, other USDA mission areas, and federal pollinator coordinators) on national priorities, research needs, and best available science in informing USDA pollinator-related policy and program decisions.

Please visit usda.gov/pollinators  to learn more about USDA pollinator initiatives. With 17 offices with pollinator portfolios, USDA supports the critical role pollinators play in agriculture through research and data collections, diagnostic services and pollinator health monitoring, pollinator habitat enhancement programs, pollinator health grants, and financial assistance programs.

Members

Christina Grozinger, Chair
Penn State University
University Park, PA
Term: first, ends FY2025 on 9/30/25
Daniel Schmehl
Bayer Crop Science
Chesterfield, MO
Term: first, ends FY2025 on 9/30/25
Danielle Downey
Project Apis m.
Salt Lake City, UT
Term: first, ends FY2025 on 9/30/25
Darren Cox
Cox Honey of Utah
Mendon, UT
Term: first, ends FY2025 on 9/30/25
Hollis Woodard
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA
Term: first, ends FY2025 on 9/30/25
Kelly Bills
Pollinator Partnership
San Francisco, CA
Term: first, ends FY2025 on 9/30/25
Margarita Lopez-Uribe
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
Term: first, ends FY2025 on 9/30/25
Melanie Kirby
Institute of American Indian Arts
Santa Fe, NM
Term: first, ends FY2025 on 9/30/25
Ramesh Sagili
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR
Term: first, ends FY2025 on 9/30/25

Meetings

Fiscal year 2025

Fiscal year 2024