CACSS Officers, Board Members, Committee Leaders, and Subject Matter Experts
2025 CACSS Officers
- President: Don Begley
- Vice President: Javier Gurrola
- Secretary: Jennifer Leavitt
- Treasurer: Tammie Jansen
Members-at-Large Serving through December 2026
- Stephanie Halcrow
- Bob Hopfner
- Ruthanne LaQua
- Kathi Metzger
- Mary Miller
Members-at-Large Serving through December 2025
- Pat Adler
- Kim Andrews
- Chris Ginkel
- Joan McDonnell
- Erik Ruggaard
CACSS Appointed Program & Committee Leaders
- Annual Show and Sale Team: Pat Adler, Bob Hopfner, Joan MacDonald, Kathi Metzger, Ruthanne LaQua
- Archivist/Historian: Lois Schneberger
- Auction Chair: Javier Gurrola, Ann Winchell
- CSSA Affiliate Representative: Don Begley
- Calendar Coordinator: Open
- Donations Coordinator: Chris Ginkel
- Education Committee: Stephanie Halcrow, Desi Kovacs
- Facebook Administrators: Natalie Fruciano, Bj Semeeth, Tom Briggs, Celeste Gornick, Ken Luiten, Thom Young
- Facebook Swap and Shop Page: Natalie Fruciano, Bj Semeeth, Tom Briggs
- Google Workspace Administrator: Emily Adler, Julie Catlett
- Graphic Designers: Bob Hopfner
- Holiday Party: Lisa Moore
- Instagram Administrators: Natalie Fruciano
- Keeping in Touch: Jo Davis
- Librarians: Diana Rogers, Nancy Mumpton
- Membership Chair: Pat Adler
- Newsletter: Sue Hakala
- Outreach: Kathi Metzger
- Private Sales Coordinator at Meetings: Chris Ginkel
- Speaker Coordinator: Nadia Whiteside
- Printify: Natalie Fruciano, Jackie Peel
- Propagation Education Group: Tristan Davis
- Pumice Sales: Rich Caravello, Bob Hopfner
- Recognition Committee: Open
- Tech & Communications: Natalie Fruciano
- Trip Coordinator: Open
- Website Administration: Peter Bockenthien, Angela Stephens, Brian Simmons
- YouTube Administrator: Brian Simmons
Subject Matter Experts
Tristan Davis
Manages the Seed Depot. Specializations include plant propagation, and chairs the PEG (Propagation Education Group).
Doug Dawson
Specializations include growing from seed, flora of Namibia, Lithops, other Mesembs, Melocactus, miniature cacti and succulents of Arizona.
Tom Gatz
Specializations include Adenium, Agave and growing succulent trees as bonsai (Bursera, Portulacaria, Ficus, Operculicarya, Pachycormus, etc.)
Eric Lundberg
Specialization in horticulture including soils, potting media, watering, fertilization, and light. Plant placement and construction methods for optimizing growing environment.
Dean Patrick
Specialization in softwood stem-cuttings, plant division and seed starting for cacti, agave and aloe.