NATIONAL POTATO COUNCIL ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF WASHINGTON’S TED TSCHIRKY AS 2025 PRESIDENT

During the National Potato Council’s (NPC) Annual Washington Summit in Washington D.C., the NPC Executive Committee leaders were appointed, and Washington state’s Ted Tschirky was named as the 2025 Council President. Prior to this appointment, Tschirky served as NPC’s First Vice President and Vice President of Trade Affairs. For more than twenty years, Tschirky has actively served in state and national potato associations. For the Washington State Potato Commission, he has actively participated on the commission board and served as the WSPC Board Chair President from 2009-2010.

In Washington’s Columbia River basin, Tschirky is a third generation farmer and works alongside his wife Merideth “Meri” and sons Tyler and Dylan. Today, their farm grows potatoes for processing and the farm includes a storage facility.

The Full NPC Executive Committee roster is as follows:

• Ted Tschirky (Pasco, Wash.) – President
• Ben Sklarczyk (Johannesburg, Mich.) – First Vice President and Vice President of Grower Outreach and Industry Research
• Chris Olsen (Othello, Wash.) – Vice President of Environmental Affairs
• TJ Hall (Hoople, N.D.)– Vice President of Finance
• Dean Gibson (Paul, Idaho) – Vice President of Legislative Affairs
• Brett Jensen (Idaho Falls, Idaho) – Vice President of Trade Affairs
• Bob Mattive (Monte Vista, Colo.) – Immediate Past President
• Kam Quarles (NPC CEO) – Non-voting Member

Read NPC’s Press Release Here.