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www.goodfruit.com Good Fruit Grower AUGUST 2016 5 New York Apple CEO retiring J im Allen will retire as president and CEO of New York Apple Association Inc., effective Jan. 2, 2017. He has headed the organization since 2000. Allen joined NYAA in 1996 as retail program director and was named to its top job four years later. Before that, Allen led export sales and procurement for Sun Orchard Fruit Co. of Burt, New York, and worked in procurement and sales for Keystone Fruit Marketing of Greencastle, Pennsylvania. NYAA represents more than 675 apple growers across New York. As senior executive, Allen oversees all promo- tional, grower education, communications, market outreach and public and government affairs activities. NYAA Board of Directors outgoing Chairman Will Gunnison said that a search committee has been established to find the association's next president and CEO. Newhouse named chair of national wine grape association T odd Newhouse of Outlook, Washington, has been elected chairman of the Winegrape Growers of America. The other officers elected were Peter Martini of New York as vice chairman and Dave Barber of the Atlantic Seaboard as secretary/treasurer. Newhouse, owner of Upland Vineyards, also serves as the board chair for the Washington Association of Wine Grape Growers and is a member of the Good Fruit Grower advisory board. Martini is the vineyard manager for Anthony Road Wine Company, and Barber is a wine educator and certified wine judge who serves as the secretary and competition chairman for the Atlantic Seaboard Wine Association. Since 1978, Winegrape Growers of America has represented the national wine grape growing industry based on the power of unity, cooperation and efficiency. WGA oper- ates as the national lobbying arm of the domestic wine grape industry and provides a forum for communication and exchange of information among member states. WSTFA fills two key positions J acqui Gordon Nunez has been named director of education and member ser- vices at the Washington State Tree Fruit Association, based in Yakima, Washington. Nunez has a background in food and horticulture, with a degree in Ingeniera Agroindustrial (equivalent to a bachelor's of science in food science) from Escuela Politécnica Nacional in Quito, Ecuador. Nunez first came to the United States for a one-year internship with the Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission in May 2011. She returned to Ecuador and worked as a food safety leader, before returning to the U.S. in January 2014 to pursue a master's degree in horticulture from Washington State University. She graduated in 2016. Meanwhile, Tim Kovis has been appointed communications manager at WSTFA. Kovis has more than 10 years' experience in communications, outreach and event planning in Washington state politics and government. His most recent position was as manager of Republican Dan Newhouse's successful congressional campaign in Washington state. Kovis also has worked for the Washington State Republican Party, Congressman Doc Hastings, R-Wash., and for the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee where he was responsible for organizing committee field hearings around the country. Kovis also comes from an agricultural and tree fruit background, having grown up on an alfalfa and cherry ranch in Pasco. Quick Bites People and industry in the news. Read more Fresh Updates at goodfruit.com/fresh-updates Jim Allen Todd Newhouse Correction A story in the June issue about researchers in Canada working to match apple vari- eties with consumer preferences noted that Summerland fruit breeder Cheryl Hampson would be collaborating on the project. Hampson retired in April, after the story was written. Tim Kovis Jacqui Gordon Nunez cameronnursery.com 1261 Ringold Rd., PO Box 300 • Eltopia, WA 99330 We ship nationwide, so please call for price and availability! CONTRACTS for 2017 and beyond! Custom Contracted Apple, Cherry & Pear Trees ➱ TOP QUALITY ➱ VIRUS TESTED ➱ VERY COMPETITIVE PRICING HIGHEST QUALITY FRUIT TREES ! Call for: • TREES • ROOTSTOCK • INTERSTEMS • BENCH GRAFTS • SLEEPING EYES • ROYALTIES TIME TO PLAN! 2017 Sleepy Eyes 2018 Budded Tree Scions 2019 Tree Needs STACY GILMORE 509-266-4669 Stacy Gilmore • cnsales@fastmail.com