Board of Directors &
Sponsors

2020 NEQS Regular Meeting Notice, Atlanta, GA (PDF)

View/download Sponsorship Letter

View/download Sponsorship Form

Officers 2020 thru 2021

Cheri Ellis, Assistant Director (2021)
Arkansas Department of Agriculture
#1 Natural Resources Drive
PO Box 8505
Little Rock, AR 72215-8505
Telephone: (501) 823-1745
Fax: (501) 907-2234
Email: cellis@alpc.ar.gov

Bryan Lawson (2022)
NEQS Coordinator 
South Carolina Dept. of Agriculture
Poultry Division
PO Box 11280
Columbia, SC 29211-1280
Telephone: (803) 737-4835
Fax: (803) 737-4829
Email: blawson@scda.sc.gov

Board

Paul Patterson PhD (2022)
Penn State University
Dept. of Poultry Science
213 Henning Bldg
University Park, PA 16802
Telephone: (814) 865-3414
Fax: (814) 865-5691
Email: phpl@psu.edu

Rafael Rivera (2021)
U.S. Poultry & Egg Association
Manager, Food Safety & Production Programs
1530 Cooledge Road
Tucker, GA 30084-7303
Telephone: (770) 493-9401
Fax: (770) 493-9257
Email: rrivera@uspoultry.org

Deanna Baldwin (2021)
Maryland Department of Agriculture
Food Quality Assurance Program
50 Harry S. Truman Parkway
Annapolis, MD 21401
Telephone: (410) 841-5769
Fax: (410) 841-2750
Email: Deanna.Baldwin@maryland.gov

Richard Hoyle, (2022)
North Carolina Dept. of Agriculture & Consumer Services
PO Box 27686-7576
Raleigh, NC 27611
Telephone: (919) 733-7576
Fax: (919) 733-9724
Email: Richard.Hoyle@ncagr.gov

Bryan Lawson (2022)
South Carolina Dept. of Agriculture
Poultry Division
PO Box 11280
Columbia, SC 29211-1280
Telephone: (803) 737-4835
Fax: (803) 737-4829
Email: blawson@scda.sc.gov

Tony Herrera, (2023)
California Dept. of Food & Ag
1220 “N” Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
Telephone: (916) 900-5060
Fax: (916) 900-5359
Email: therrera@cdfa.ca.gov

Justin Jarocki, (2021)
Minnesota Dept. of Agriculture
Meat, Egg and Poultry Inspection
Dairy and Meat Inspection Division
Farmington, MN 55024
Telephone: (651) 285-8327
Email: justin.jarocki@state.mn.us

University vacant (2021)

Lifetime Honorary Board Members

Joe Beck, retired USDA
Jewell Hutto, former Georgia Egg Association Director
Cary Wise, retired, Utah Department of Agriculture & Food
Dave Reeseman, retired UEP
Danny Hughes, retired Arkansas Livestock & Poultry Commission

The National Egg Quality School gratefully acknowledges the support provided by the following organizations:
American Egg Board
Arkansas Livestock & Poultry Commission
CCF Brands
California Department of Food and Agriculture
Egg Nutrition Center
Auburn University 
Indiana State Egg Board
Maryland Department of Agriculture
North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services
North Carolina State University
Penn State University
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
Rose Acres Farms
South Carolina Department of Agriculture
Texas A&M
United Egg Producers
Utah Department of Agriculture & Food
USDA AMS Livestock, Poultry & Seed Program 
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service
University of Connecticut
Kentucky Poultry Federation
Virginia Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services
U.S. Poultry & Egg Association

A special thank you to Penny Short of California Department of Food & Agriculture/ESQM for processing the student registrations.