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ADVISORY AND MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
The Advisory and Management Committee (AMC) consists of one or more representatives of the NPPO of each member country, as well as the NAPPO Executive Director and the NAPPO Technical Director. The AMC is chaired by the NAPPO Executive Director. The AMC members:
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Formulate strategic recommendations for EC endorsement
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Participate in project prioritization and project processes
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Review documents prior to presentation to EC for approval
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Oversee work on RSPMs and other NAPPO documents
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Provide support to the Executive Committee, Executive Director and Technical Director in advancing the NAPPO work program
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Provide leadership in the organization of the annual meeting and symposium agenda, particularly when hosted by their countries.
CANADA
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Steve Côté |
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Steve Côté joined the Canadian Food Inspection Agency in 2002 in the grain and oilseed section of the Plant Protection Division. In this role, Steve was responsible for the development of inspection procedures and various plant protection policies. From 2005 to 2015, Steve worked in the International Phytosanitary Standards Section as the Senior Plant Health Standards Officer. During this period, he was one of Canada’s representatives on the NAPPO Advisory and Management Committee (AMC), formerly known as the NAPPO Working Group. Over this period, Steve was involved in the development and revision of various NAPPO Regional Standards for Phytosanitary Measures. For the last two and a half years, Steve has been on assignment with the Forestry Section working on various market access issues impacting this sector. Steve has recently returned to the International Phytosanitary Standards Section as Acting National Manager and International Standards Advisor and represents Canada on the NAPPO AMC. |
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Tanya Staffen |
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Tanya Staffen began working with the Operations Branch of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) in 2000, where she was involved in the delivery of domestic, import and export plant health and plant production programs in Western Canada. She has led several teams that worked on the development of inspection procedures supporting Canada’s plant programs, particularly with respect to the seed sector. This has included the redesign of Canada’s domestic seed crop inspection program that now employs an alternative service delivery model. She has worked in numerous roles of increasing responsibility within the CFIA in areas of program development and management. She is currently working with CFIA’s International Affairs Branch where she contributes to Canada’s engagement in NAPPO and the IPPC. |
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UNITED STATES
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Stephanie Dubon - APHIS-PPQ Acting NAPPO Technical Director |
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Stephanie Dubon is the Acting USDA-APHIS Plant Protection and Quarantine Program NAPPO Technical Director. In this position, she coordinates and oversees the APHIS participation in the NAPPO standard-setting program and helps advance U.S. harmonization priorities at NAPPO. Stephanie has been the International Phytosanitary Standards (IPS) Coordinator for PPQ’s IPS Team, and has been with IPS since it was established in 2012. Stephanie coordinates priority standard setting issues within PPQ and APHIS, as well as interacts with domestic stakeholders, other U.S. government agencies, and foreign counterparts, and serves as the primary backup on the IPPC and NAPPO portfolios. From 2009-2012, Stephanie was an Associate Professional Officer in the Standard Setting Unit at the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. While there, she managed expert drafting groups for several draft standards and two technical panels, and regional workshops in Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Near East. Stephanie started her career with APHIS-PPQ in 2005 as a Biological Sciences Technician with CPHST in the PERAL (risk analysis) laboratory. While there, she authored or co-authored six plant health pest risk assessments, 24 New Pest Advisory Group (NPAG) pest reports, and was the NPAG Coordinator. She has a bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences, with a focus in Ecology, from the University of Illinois. |
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MEXICO
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Ana Lilia Montealegre |
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Ana Lilia Montealegre is a Biologist who serves as the Deputy Director for Harmonization and International Evaluation at the Plant Health General Directorate, Phytosanitary Regulation Section of Senasica. She has worked for 30 years at Senasica, an entity of the Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development, where she has actively contributed to different internationally recognized plant protection activities. Ana Lilia has been engaged in the North American Plant Protection Organization (NAPPO) since 1998 representing Mexico on the NAPPO Advisory and Management Committee. She is also part of OIRSA's Regional Technical Group which reviews international standards. Ana Lilia has participated in several national and international phytosanitary meetings, classes, training events, workshops and symposia. She was member of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Standards Committee, a subsidiary body of the IPPC Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM). In 2020, she was awarded Mexico’s National Award for Plant Health, under the category: Phytosanitary Merit. |
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NAPPO
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Stephanie Bloem |
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Stephanie Bloem accepted the position of NAPPO Executive Director in July 2015. In this role, she manages the NAPPO Secretariat’s human and financial resources while leading the fulfillment of the NAPPO Executive Committee’s strategic plan and priority goals for North America. She Chairs the NAPPO Advisory and Management Group (AMC). Stephanie was born in Mexico and grew-up in Guatemala. She has a Licenciatura degree in Biology and a Doctorate in Entomology and more than 30 years of experience working on phytosanitary issues around the world. She is a subject matter expert in the area of sterile insect technique and inherited sterility for moth pests. Before joining NAPPO, she was a risk analyst and training specialist for the NPPO of the United States, where her responsibilities included development and review of pest risk analyses for import and export of agricultural commodities for consumption and propagation and the design and delivery of pest risk analysis workshops. |
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Alonso Suazo |
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Alonso Suazo is the NAPPO Technical Director since July 2016. Before NAPPO, Alonso worked for five years as the State Regulatory Entomologist with the North Carolina Department of Agriculture where he was responsible for the coordination, implementation and supervision of multiple state and federal programs aimed at protecting the state’s agriculture and forest resources from invasive insect species. Alonso has also developed New Pest Response Guidelines for the US Department of Agriculture-Animal Plant Health Inspection Services (USDA-APHIS) on forest pest species of concern to the United States and worked on research in multiple areas including population genetics of Africanized honeybees, development of chemical attractants for the small hive beetle (Aethina tumida) a pest of honeybees, biological control of the Mexican bromeliad weevil (Metamasius callizona), and gene mapping of aphid resistance genes in lupin (Medicago truncatula). Alonso has also experience in international consultancy work in beekeeping, outreach and teaching. He graduated with a general degree in Agriculture at the Panamerican School of Agriculture in Honduras and a PhD in Entomology at the University of Florida. |
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