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APRES Board of Directors

Maria Balota

President (2025-2026)

Virginia Tech

Greg McDonald

President-Elect (2025-2026)

University of Florida

Rebecca Bennett

Past-President (2025-2026)

USDA-ARS

Ranadheer Reddy

APRES Graduate Student Organization President (2026)

Virginia Tech

Soraya Bertioli

University Rep (2025) - Southeast

University of Georgia

Kelly Chamberlin

USDA ARS Representative (2026)

Emi Kimura

University Rep (2026) - Southwest

Texas A&M

Dan Anco

University Rep (2026) - V/C

Clemson University

Clay Garnto

Sheller Representative

Premium Peanut

Shelly Nutt

Grower Association Representative (2028)

Peggy Tsatso

Mars Wrigley (2026)

Keith Rucker

Executive Director of the Peanut Research Foundation
Keith Rucker (2026)

*Terms of office are for 3-years and run from the end of the Business Meeting at the APRES Annual Meeting to the end of the following years Annual Business Meeting.

Updated August 2025