This Association was organized December, 1974, by employees of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine (USDA, APHIS, PPQ). The Association was granted consultative status with the Deputy Administrator of PPQ on January 7, 1975, by Dr. Frank J. Mulhern, Administrator, APHIS. The founding regional representatives served as interim officers until elected officers were installed at the first annual convention on October 23, 1975.
President F.J. Olsen, Miami, FL and San Ysidro, CA Vice President R.L. Moore, Lansing, MI
Secretary W.R. Goode, Brownsville, TX
Treasurer S.W. Wilson, Sacramento, CA and Hyattsville, MD
Elected Presidents
Ed Eckess, 1975-76
Carl E. Carlson, 1976-77
Fred Planer, 1977-78
John Bache-Wigg ,1978-80
Charles Jackson, 1980-81
Richard Gaspari, 1981-82
Bob Westmoreland, 1982-83
Francis Madlinger, 1983-84
Mary S. Neal, 1984-85
Carl Hatchett, 1985-86
Michael Hornyak, 1986-87
Reginald Rosander, 1987-88
George L. Jelinek, 1988-89
Phil Garcia, 1989-90
Lew Meyer, 1990-91
John Dooley, 1991-92
George L. Jelinek, 1992-93
William Spitzer, 1993-94
Jeff Bruff, 1994-95
Kevin Harriger, 1995-96
Robert X. Stykes, 1996-97
Andrea Rodriguez, 1997-98
Victor Harabin, 1998-99
Bob Parker, 1999-00
Donna L. West, 2000-02
Willie Harris, 2002-03
Patricia Douglass, 2003-04
Calvin Shuler, 2004-05
Donna L. West, 2005-07
Kerry Bryan, 2007-08
Mary Negron, 2008-09
Joseph Gittleman, 2009-10
Gary Adams, 2010-2011
Joseph Bravata II, 2011-2012
Craig Kellogg, 2012-2013
Melonie Torillo, 2013-2014
Vicki Wohlers, 2014-2015
JoAnn Cruse, 2015-2016
Sean Blount, 2016-2017
Joseph Bravata II, 2017-2018
Gary Adams, 2018-2019
Ruben Guerra 2019-2020
Erin Stiers 2020-2022
Scott Pfister 2022-2023
Bruce Shambaugh 2023-2024
Lisa Kohl 2024-2025