Steering Committee

PlantRight was designed by an alliance of leaders from the horticulture industry, environmental groups, scientists, and government agencies. This group – California Horticultural Invasives Prevention (Cal-HIP) - continues to convene on a quarterly basis and acts as a steering committee for PlantRight.

Steering Committee Members

• Bethallyn Black, Contra Costa Resource Conservation District; and Diablo Valley College Horticulture Program
• Mike Colvin, California Department of Food and Agriculture
• Maureen Decombe, Bay-Friendly Landscaping & Gardening Coalition
• Joe DiTomaso, University of California, Davis
• Jim Folsom, Huntington Botanical Gardens
• Andrea Fox, California Farm Bureau Federation
• Angel Guerzon, California Native Plant Society, Santa Cruz County Chapter; Landscape Designer; University of California at Santa Cruz Arboretum
• Doug Johnson, California Invasive Plant Council
• Betsy Peterson, California Association of Nurseries and Garden Centers, California Seed Association
  
• Mary Pfeiffer, California Agricultural Commissioners and Sealers Association
• Ron Ramsey, Village Nurseries
  
• John Randall, The Nature Conservancy
• Jon Reelhorn, Belmont Nursery
  
• Craig Regelbrugge, American Nursery and Landscape Association
• Sarah Reichard, University of Washington
• Nicholas Staddon, Monrovia Growers
• Carolyn Villa-Scott, Yamagami's Nursery, Horticultural Consultant