CPDA Announces New Senior-level Hires for Government Relations and Adjuvant Chemistry Education

By Council of Producers & Distributors of Agrotechnology|April 12, 2022

The Council of Producers and Distributors of Agrochemicals announces hiring of two industry veterans, Scott Rawlins as Director of Government Relations, and Johnnie Roberts as Director of Education – Adjuvant Chemistry.

Rawlins held similar roles with Wilbur-Ellis and Makhteshim Agan and brings an important set of experiences, given CPDA’s key focus of advocacy for the advancement of the generic crop protection industry, which includes manufacturers and distributors of products like adjuvants and inert ingredients.

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Roberts joins CPDA from Helena Agri-Enterprises, where he spent 44 years in development and technical support of pesticide, adjuvant, and nutritional formulations. He is inventor or co-inventor of 15 U.S. patents.

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According to CPDA President Terry Kippley: “CPDA exists as an advocacy organization to protect and advance the interests of our industry at the federal and state level, and to that end, CPDA is enhancing its organization to execute against its purpose to Proactively lead in the vital areas of Advocacy, Community, and Education (PACE).”

Longtime CPDA President Gary Halvorson will be retiring during CPDA’s 2022 Adjuvants and Inerts Conference to be held May 18-20 in Nashville, a position taken over by Kippley in January 2022.

Current staff also includes:

  • Carrie Haakana, Director of Marketing and Office Operations
  • Joe Gednalske, Director of Education – Adjuvant Development
  • Bruce Bollinger, Technical Director – Adjuvant Certification Program
  • Chrissy Whitcomb, Member Support and Administrative Assistant

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The Council of Producers & Distributors of Agrotechnology (CPDA) is the premier advocate for agricultural adjuvant and inert ingredient suppliers. The CPDA also provides legislative and regulatory support to formulators, distributors and manufacturers of post patent pesticide products and biorationals. CPDA members produce and sell tank-mix adjuvants, inert ingredients, pesticides and other agrotechnology products across the U.S. and range in size from small businesses to large, publicly traded companies. See all author stories here.

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