Board and Committees
The Board of Directors is composed of the New England President, Vice President, Secretary, Executive Secretary, Treasurer, Immediate Past President, the five state presidents and five directors elected by each of the five member states.
President Nate Robertson naterobertson94@gmail.com // (603) 568-1447
Vice President Greg Norris gregory.norris308@gmail.com // (413) 230-8444
Treasurer Dan LaCoss daniel_lacoss@cargill.com // (802) 274-4768
Secretary Emily Syme emily.syme@uconn.edu // (860) 967-5072
Executive Secretary Linda Haggarty neholstein@nesholsteins.com // (802) 236-3570
Immediate Past President Mary Margaret Smith mary_margaret.smith@uconn.edu // (860) 608-0286
Connecticut/Rhode Island Directors
President: Arnold Nieminen arnienieminen629@gmail.com // (860) 456-2782
Elected director: Bonnie Burr bonnie.burr@uconn.edu // (860) 416-9531
Maine Directors
President: Natalie Sneller nsneller@wwsires.com // (207) 577-2155
Elected director: Peter Waterman pwaterman100@gmail.com // (207) 577-9381
Massachusetts Directors
President: Heather Richardson heathergregoire@comcast.net // (540) 230-0047
Elected director: Nicole Schwab nfletch813@gmail.com // (413) 230-9429
New Hampshire Directors
President: Scott DeBlois sdeblois1971@gmail.com //(603) 237-5119
Elected director: Nate Robertson naterobertson94@gmail.com // (603) 568-1447
Vermont Directors
Elected director: Andy Birch abirch15@yahoo.com // (802) 624-1209
Elected director: Elizabeth Menard elizabethm@vt.edu // (802) 582-9848
Alternate: Martha Seifert martha.seifert788@gmail.com // (802) 236-0039
Executive Committee
President Nate Robertson naterobertson94@gmail.com // (603) 568-1447
Vice President Greg Norris gregory.norris308@gmail.com // (413) 230-8444
Treasurer Dan LaCoss daniel_lacoss@cargill.com // (802) 274-4768
Secretary Emily Syme emily.syme@uconn.edu // (860) 967-5072
Executive Secretary Linda Haggarty neholstein@nesholsteins.com // (802) 236-3570
Finance Committee
Chair Dan LaCoss daniel_lacoss@cargill.com // (802) 274-4768
President Nate Robertson naterobertson94@gmail.com // (603) 568-1447
Vice President Greg Norris gregory.norris308@gmail.com // (413) 230-8444
Past Finance Chair Pete Waterman pwaterman100@gmail.com // (207) 375-9939
Executive Secretary Linda Haggarty neholstein@nesholsteins.com // (802) 236-3570
Fundraising Committee (ex. railbird judging)
Treasurer Dan LaCoss daniel_lacoss@cargill.com // (802) 274-4768
Show Chair Betsy Bullard bswbullard@gmail.com // (207) 713-5145
Past president Mary Margaret Smith mary_margaret.smith@uconn.edu // (860) 608-0286
Breed Promotion (including publications, podcasts, and other forms of communication)
Chair: Greg Norris gregory.norris308@gmail.com // (413) 230-8444
Treasurer Dan LaCoss daniel_lacoss@cargill.com // (802) 274-4768
Executive Secretary Linda Haggarty neholstein@nesholsteins.com // (802) 236-3570
Show Committee
Chair: Betsy Bullard bswbullard@gmail.com // (207) 713-5145
Scott Davenport davenportsj@yahoo.com // (860) 460-7325
Bonnie Burr bonnie.burr@uconn.edu // (860) 416-9531
Arnold Nieminen arnienieminen629@gmail.com // (860) 456-2782
Chris Kimball ckimball@semex.com // (802) 323-3776
Steve Keene steve@conantacres.com // (207) 577-3969
Youth Committee
Chair Nicole Schwab nfletch813@gmail.com // (413) 230-9429
Natalie Sneller nsneller@wwsires.com // (207) 577-2155
Nate Robertson naterobertson94@gmail.com // (603) 568-1447
Elizabeth Menard elizabethm@vt.edu // (802) 582-9848
Bylaws Committee
Executive Secretary Linda Haggarty neholstein@nesholsteins.com // (802) 236-3570
Past President Mary Margaret Smith mary_margaret.smith@uconn.edu // (860) 608-0286
Nominating Committee
Chair Arnold Nieminen arnienieminen629@gmail.com // (860) 456-2782
Members are the presidents of Connecticut/Rhode Island, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont