REGULATORY SERVICES

Virginia Pesticide Control Board - Member Profiles

The Pesticide Control Board was created to promulgate pesticide regulations in the Commonwealth. Twelve members are appointed by the Governor. Ex-officio members include the State Forester, the Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Virginia Tech, and the Dean of the School of Agriculture, Science and Technology at Virginia State University.

Dr. George W. Brown
Representing: Public Health/Environmental
Term Expires: June 30, 2012
Dr. Brown was formerly the Head of the Biology Department at both Norfolk State University and Kentucky State University, Staff Researcher with the Procter & Gamble Company, and Associate Scientist with Ortho Research Foundation. He holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in Bacteriology from the University of Wisconsin, and a B.S. in Biology from Saint Augustine's College. Currently Dr. Brown serves on numerous community and professional organizations, including the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's Hampton Roads Advisory Committee, Chesapeake Bay Foundation Board of Trustees, Elizabeth River Project Board of Directors, New York Academy of Sciences, American Society for Microbiology and Sigma Xi Research Society.

Dr. William (Bill) Cleveland Bosher, Jr.
Representing: Citizens
Term Expires: June 30, 2013
Dr. Bosher is the Executive Director of the Commonwealth Education Policy Institute and is a distinguished professor for Virginia Commonwealth University in the School of Education and Center for Public Policy. He has a B.A. in English from the University of Richmond, a Masters of Education in Counseling from Virginia Commonwealth University and an Education Doctorate of Administration from the University of Virginia. Dr. Bosher serves on many boards and committees such as Jobs for Virginia Graduates, Education Leaders Council, Richmond Metro Chamber of Commerce, and the State Chamber of Commerce. He is a member of several honorary societies including Phi Delta Kappa, Kappa Delta Pi, Omicron Delta Kappa, Lychnos Society, Thespian Society and Phi Kappa Phi. Previously Dr. Bosher has held the positions of Superintendent of Schools for Chesterfield County Public Schools and Henrico County Public Schools, and Superintendent of public instruction for the Commonwealth of Virginia. The American Association of School Administrators recognized Dr. Bosher as Superintendent of the Year.

Carl E. Garrison, III
(ex-officio)
Carl Garrison is working his second tour of duty with the Virginia Department of Forestry (DOF), currently as the State Forester. He started with the DOF in 1980 after graduating from Virginia Tech and worked 15 years in various forester positions, ending as the District Forester in southeast Virginia. In 1995, Carl moved into the private sector as a consulting foresterand started his own business, Garrison Forestry Services, Inc. After moving around the country, he returned to Virginia in 2002 to become a Regional Forester in one of the largest regions for the Forestry Department. In November of 2004, Carl was appointed by the Governor as the new State Forester for the Virginia Department of Forestry. Carl has been very active in the Society of American Foresters (SAF) over the years and served as Chairperson for the Virginia Division of SAF in 1985; he received the Young Forester Leadership Award from the Virginia Division in 1989. He is an avid outdoorsman and waterfowl hunter.

Richard A. Nunnally
Representing: Citizens
Term Expires: June 30, 2012
Mr. Nunnally began his career with VA Tech’s Extension Service in Henrico County in 1968.  He served as Agriculture Agent and Unit Director in Chesterfield County from May 1975 until his retirement in July of 2002 with 34 years of service.  He holds a Masters Degree in Education from VA Commonwealth University and has received state and national awards for his work in public information.  In April of 1998, Richard was awarded the prestigious Alumni Award of Excellence in Extension at VA Tech’s Founders Day ceremony.  He is currently an adjunct instructor at J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, writes a weekly column in the Saturday Times Dispatch Home and Garden section and is host of WCVE’s monthly gardening show “Virginia Home Grown” on PBS.

Robin A. Rinaca
Representing: Production/Agriculture
Term Expires: June 30, 2012
Ms. Rinaca is general manager and owner of Eastern Shore Nursery, a wholesale grower of ornamental trees and shrubs. She is currently on the Board of Directors of Habitat for Humanity on the Eastern Shore and is active fund raising for Shore Memorial Hospital. Her professional positions include past president of the Eastern Shore Nurserymen's Association, past president of the Virginia Landscape and Nursery Association and served on the Board of Governors of the American Nursery and Landscape Association. She also served on the Board of Directors of Broadwater Academy and is currently a vice-chair of the Parent's Committee at St. Paul's School in Concord, NH. Ms. Rinaca received a B.S. from James Madison University.

Mark D. Tubbs
Representing: Citizens
Term Expires: June 30, 2011
Mark Tubbs is the Manager of Government Policy at Columbia Gas of Virginia. He has a B.S. in Animal Science from Virginia Tech and a Master of Business Administration from Averett College. Tubbs began his career as an extension agent in Suffolk, Virginia and has also been employed by the Virginia Farm Bureau as its coordinator of local affairs and political education. He has served as the Executive Director for the Home Builders Association of Virginia, Virginia Society of Professional Engineers and the Virginia Road and Transportation Builders Association. For eight years, Tubbs worked for the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services as Director of the Office of Policy Analysis and Development and as Program Manager for the Office of Dairy and Foods.

Linda Faye Wallace
Representing: Production/Agriculture
Term Expires: June 30, 2011
Ms. Wallace, a native of Lunenburg County in Southside Virginia, was born and raised on a working tobacco farm. She currently lives in a rural setting on a couple acres of land in Lunenburg County.  She states that one of her greatest passions is the preservation of ‘working’ farms in our area.   She holds a B. S. degree from Longwood College. Prior to moving back “to the country” in 1995, she worked with the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Richmond, Virginia and in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for 15 years. She worked with the Halifax Soil and Water Conservation District prior to being recruited for the Ag Development Director position, where she currently serves as an Associate Director.  Ms. Wallace served as manager (and initial coordinator) of Southern Virginia Beef Alliance (SVBA), a feeder-cattle marketing group based in Southside Virginia, from 2002-2007.   Currently, SVBA is the second largest marketing alliance (by volume) in Virginia; 2006 sales exceeded $1,000,000.  Ms. Wallace serves on the Halifax County Economic Development Council; is a member of VISION 20/20 (a strategic planning committee for the county); and a member of the Agribusiness Council.

Joseph R. Wilson
Representing: Commercial Sale/Structural Applicator
Term Expires: June 30, 2013
President and owner of PermaTreat, Inc., a commercial pest control company, Mr. Wilson has more than 32 years of experience in this field. He is a past director in the National Pest Control Association and a past president of the Virginia Pest Control Association. He was co-chairman of the Urban Pest Control Research Center steering committee, which was successful in raising more than $350,000 toward the establishment of the research center, the first of its kind in the nation, at Virginia Tech. He is past chairman of the Mary Washington Hospital Board of Directors and currently vice chairman of Medicorp Health System, the parent company of Mary Washington Hospital. Mr. Wilson, who was named 1987 Small Business Person of the Year in Virginia by the U.S. Small Business Administration, attended both Washington and Lee University and the University of Richmond.

Elizabeth (Liz) White
Representing: Commercial Sale/Applicator
Term Expires: June 30, 2013
Ms. White is Assistant Secretary-Treasurer of Green, Inc., a retail/wholesale supplier of crop protection products. A native of Winchester , VA , she has been affiliated with Green, Inc. for forty years. She also serves as Executive Secretary of the Virginia State Horticultural Society, and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Virginia Agri-Business Council and the Northern Virginia Work Force Investment Board. In 1992, she was named Agri-Business Person of the Year by the Winchester-Frederick County Chamber of Commerce.

Penelope A. Fenner-Crisp, PhD, DABT
Representing: Public Health/Environmental
Term expires: June 30, 2011
Dr. Fenner-Crisp is currently a private consultant. Her areas of expertise include human health and environmental risk assessment, toxicology, science policy and its integration into regulatory decision-making and environmental regulatory programs and practices. She received a B.S. in Zoology from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, an M.A. and Ph.D. in Pharmacology from the University of Texas Medical Branch-Galveston and spent two years at Georgetown University Schools of Medicine and Dentistry as a post-doctoral fellow. She is the former Executive Director of the Risk Science Institute of the International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI), a global, non-profit, scientific organization which addresses public health issues related to food safety and nutrition, water quality, chemical safety and assessment of human health and environmental risk. She was employed for 22 years by the US Environmental Protection Agency where she served as a toxicologist in the Office of Drinking Water followed by senior management positions in the Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) and the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP). She serves on two EPA Science Advisory Board Committees (Drinking Water and Science Integration in Decision-making) and as an ad hoc member of the FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel. She is a member of the board of GreenBlue, a Charlottesville, VA-based not-for-profit organization. She is a Diplomate of the American Board of Toxicology and a member of the Society for Risk Analysis and the Society of Toxicology. She has served as a scientific expert on many committees and workgroups convened by the World Health Organization and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. She received the Fitzhugh Green Award from USEPA, in acknowledgment of her significant contributions to global initiatives in environmental protection.