Advisory Panel
Last Updated 20 May 2013
| Name | Institution | Category |
| Sergio Aguilar | Pennsylvania grower | Producer |
| Mark Anderson | GVM Inc. | Commercial Machine Developers |
| Paul Baker | New York State Horticultural Society | Commodity Associations |
| Matt Boyer | PA grower | Commodity Associations |
| Robert (Bob) Brammer | Washington State grower | Producer |
| Tom Butler | Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission | Commodity Associations |
| Judy Chambers | Rural Community Development, Penn State University | Consumer, Rural Community Development & Workforce Development |
| Jim Cranney | California Citrus Quality Council | Commodity Associations |
| Tom Demarree | New York Grower | Producer |
| Sam Doane | Oregon nursery producer | Producer |
| Bill Dodd | Ohio grower | Producer |
| Rich Fenske | Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health Program | Consumer, Rural Community Development & Workforce Development |
| Phil Glaize | Virginia grower | Producer |
| Ken Guise | US Apple Association | Commodity Associations |
| Paul Heinemann | Department of Biological Engineering, Penn State University | Science and Engineering |
| Peter M. Hirst | Department of Horticulture, Purdue University | Science and Engineering |
| Rich Hudgins | California Canning Peach Association | Commodity Associations |
| Ben Keim | Pennsylvania Grower | Producer |
| Chris Kropf | Michigan grower | Producer |
| John Marriott | New York Grower | Producer |
| Jim McFerson | Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission | Commodity Associations |
| Lynn Moore | Maryland grower | Producer |
| Jean-Mari Peltier | National Wine and Grape Initiative | Commodity Associations |
| Ron Perry | Department of Horticulture, Michigan State University | Science and Engineering |
| Matt Peters | Commercialization Advisor, N. M. Bartlett Inc. | Commercial Machine Developers |
| Susan Pheasant | Pheasant Projects | Commodity Associations |
| Lela Reichart | Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture | Consumer, Rural Community Development & Workforce Development |
| Maggie Reid | Young Grower Alliance | Producer |
| Dan Rice | Pennsylvania fruit grower/packer/broker | Producer |
| Ricardo Salvador | Food Systems and Rural Development, Kellogg Foundation | Consumer, Rural Community Development & Workforce Development |
| Ed Schuster | Laboratory for Manufacturing & Productivity, MIT | Science and Engineering |
| Andre Tougas | Massachusetts grower | Producer |
| Dan Ward | Rutgers University; Dept. of Horticulture: ecosystem-based specialty crop systems | Science and Engineering |
| Ed Weaver | President, State Horticultural Association of Pennsylvania | Commodity Associations |
| William (Red) Whittaker | Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University | Science and Engineering |
| Robert Woolley | California nursery producer | Producer |