Board of Directors
The NAGA Board of Directors conducts and supervises all aspects of the association’s business. Board members, elected by the membership, serve three-year terms. One third of board members are up for election each year. The Board of Directors elects the officers.
NAGA Officers
Peg Ballou – Ohio, President
Mike Martz – Pennsylvania, Vice President
Sarah Pope – Wisconsin, Second Vice President
Brian Beavers – Kansas, Immediate Past President and Treasurer
Robert Sexton – Ohio, Executive Director
Stephanie Spika Hickey – Virginia, Communications Director
Board of Directors
Dr. Doug Anderson – Georgia, 2023
Mike Forsgren – Minnesota, 2023
218-863-8803
Bernadette Gilliland – Pennsylvania, 2023
814-378-8380
William MacFarlane – Wisconsin, 2023
608-757-7881
Sam Ballou – Ohio, 2024
419-563-6818
Dan Barngrover – Kansas, 2024
620-674-2474
Rick Kuhl Jr. – New Jersey, 2024
Sarah Pope – Wisconsin, 2024
608-757-7881
Andy Hairston – Idaho, 2025
208-486-6235
Rick Kuhl – New Jersey, 2025
908-782-5696
Scott Meyer – Minnesota, 2025
763-238-2614
Tim Zindl – Wisconsin, 2025
920-262-8334
NAGA Board of Advisors
NAGA Advisors are employed in strategic governmental offices, avian diagnostic laboratories and private sector positions apprise the organization of and advise us on developing situations both desirable and undesirable throughout the United States.
Dr. Mickey Hall, Extension specialist with Clemson University
Dr. Eva Wallner-Pendleton, Pennsylvania State University
Dr. Marilyn M. Simunich, Director, Animal Health Laboratory, Idaho State Dept. of Agriculture
