John Miller is currently the President of the California State Beekeepers Association (CSBA).  John is a fourth-generation beekeeper.  He has kept bees for 36 years.  John owns Miller's Honey Farms, Inc. based in Blackfoot, ID with branches in Gackle, ND and Newcastle, CA.  He also owns Miller Honey Mandarins of Newcastle, CA where he grows seedless Owari-Satsuma Mandarins on C-35 Rootstock.  John is a partner in En-R-G Foods, Inc. of Steamboat Springs, CO, manufacturers of honey-based energy bars, gels, protein bars and energy chews.  John is a former 2-term chair of the National Honey Board. As the subject of The Beekeeper's Lament by Hannah Nordhaus, John epitomizes the American migratory beekeeper and 'how one man and a half a billion honey bees help feed' a nation. John is married to Professor Jan H. Miller, Microbiology, American River College.  They have four children and four grandchildren.

 Zac Browning is a 4th generation commercial beekeeper and honey producer. He is a co-owner of Browning Honey Co. Inc. With his brothers, he operates over 20,000 hives for honey production and pollination in Idaho, North Dakota, and California. He has served the beekeeping industry as Chairman of The Honey Voluntary Quality Assurance Committee, as Trustee for the Foundation for the Preservation of Honey Bees, and as a current board member of the National Honey Board, True Source Honey, and the National Pollinator Defense Fund.  He also serves on the EPA's Pesticide Program Dialogue committee pollinator work group and was recently the North American beekeeper representative at SETACs Pellston global pollinator toxicology workshop.  Zac actively contributes to pollinator research and habitat conservation work, which is his passion.  Zac is the Legislative Committee Co-Chairman and past president of the American Beekeeping Federation.

Christi Heintz has been managing production research for the California almond industry for the past 12 years. She currently operates as a research consultant, managing pollination research for both the almond industry and Project Apis m. Christi also manages the environmental sustainability program for the Almond Board. Christi holds B.S. and M.S. degrees from UC Davis and has been a hobby beekeeper.

Please direct any questions or feedback regarding PAm. To:

Christi Heintz, Executive Director

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Meg Ribotto is a Massachusetts native who relocated to Arizona in 1982.  Meg holds a B.A. from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and Teacher Certification from Chapman University.  She is a former elementary teacher. Having volunteered for various community organizations and a public library board member in charge of a membership for over 3,000 members, she now enjoys working for Project Apis m. as Educational Outreach Manager.  Meg can be reached at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .