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APRES Board of Directors

Rebecca Bennett
President (2025)

Maria Balota
President-Elect (2026)

Soraya Bertioli
University Representative (2025)
Southeast

Kelly Chamberlain
USDA ARS Representative (2026)

Emi Kimura
Southwest Region Representative (2026)

Neal Baxley
National Peanut Board (2025)

Clay Garnto
Sheller Representative
Premium Peanut

Nick Shay
APRES Graduate Student Organization President (2025)

Shelly Nutt
Grower Association Representative (2025)

Steve Brown
Executive Director of the Peanut Research Foundation:
American Peanut Council (2025)
American Peanut Council (2025)

Eric Dowd
Mars Wrigley - Industry Representative (2026)

Bob Kemerait
Past President (2024)

Richard Owen
Executive Officer
*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 October 2022
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