CACSS Officers, Board Members, Committee Leaders, and Subject Matter Experts
2026 CACSS Officers
- President: Stephanie Halcrow
- Vice President: Javier Gurrola
- Secretary: Nelson Gray
- Treasurer: Tammie Jansen
Members-at-Large Serving through December 2026
- Elaine Hu
- Ruthanne LaQua
- Kathi Metzger
Members-at-Large Serving through December 2027
- Pat Adler
- Dan Bernstein
- Mary Dokes
- Mark Kramoltz
- JR Trevas
CACSS Appointed Program & Committee Leaders
- Annual Show and Sale Committee: Pat Adler, Joan McDonnell, Kathi Metzger, Ruthanne LaQua
- Archivist/Historian: Lois Schneberger
- Auction Chair: Javier Gurrola, Ann Winchell
- CSSA Affiliate Representative: Stephanie Halcrow
- Donations Coordinator: Chris Ginkel
- Education Committee: Stephanie Halcrow
- Facebook Administrators: Bj Semeeth, Tom Briggs, Celeste Gornick, Ken Luiten, Thom Young
- Facebook Swap and Shop Page: Bj Semeeth, Tom Briggs
- Google Workspace Administrator: Emily Adler, Julie Catlett
- Graphic Designers: Open
- Holiday Party: Lisa Moore
- Keeping in Touch: Jo Davis
- Librarians: Diana Rogers, Sylvia Lee
- Membership Chair: Pat Adler
- Newsletter: Sue Hakala
- Private Sales Coordinator at Meetings: Chris Ginkel
- Speaker Coordinator: Lisa Moore
- Propagation Education Group: Tristan Davis
- Pumice Sales: Rich Caravello, Bob Hofner
- Tech & Communications: 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.)
Dean Patrick
Specialization in softwood stem-cuttings, plant division and seed starting for cacti, agave and aloe.