Board of Directors

Nominations for vice president and board representatives for Districts 3, 6, and 9 
are due June 1, 2021, for service beginning January 1, 2022.
1, 2020.

SAF's Board of Directors provides leadership and direction to the SAF to ensure the achievement of its mission. The president, vice-president, immediate past-president, and 11 elected members (one from each voting district ) serve on the Board.

Henry (Gene) Kodama, CF
President
Summerville, South Carolina

John “Chris” Maisch, CF
Vice President
Fairbanks, Alaska

Tamara Cushing, PhD
Immediate Past President
Corvallis, Oregon

Chris Schnepf
Post Falls, Idaho
Board Member, District 1 
(Alaska, Inland Empire, Washington State)

Mark Buckbee
Roseburg, Oregon
Board Member, District 2
(Oregon)

Nick Dennis
Weed, California
Board Member, District 3
(California)

Kelly Norris
Buffalo, Wyoming
Board Member, District 4
(Colorado/Wyoming, Dakotas,
Intermountain, Montana, Southwestern)

Tara Bal, CF
Houghton, Michigan
Board Member, District 5
(Iowa, Minnesota, Michigan,Wisconsin)

Mariann Johnston, CF
Wanakena, New York
Board Member, District 6
(New England, New York)

Sara Wurzbacher
Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Board Member, District 7
(Allegheny, National Capital)

Anne Jewell, CF
Mechanicsville, Virginia
Board Member, District 8
(Appalachian)

Tim Phelps
Nashville, Tennessee
Board Member, District 9
(Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Great Plains, Kentucky/Tennessee,
Missouri, Ouachita)

Tom Fox, CF
Yulee, Florida
Board Member, District 10 
(Southeastern)

William “Buddy” Stalnaker, CF
Nacogdoches, Texas
Board Member, District 11
(Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas)