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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

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