About Us

YQCA is a nonprofit organization with a volunteer board of directors (listed below). The purpose of YQCA is to continually provide a current, peer-reviewed, quality curriculum for youth quality assurance training and certification. Revenues collected from fees are used for ongoing program improvement and promotion.

Executive Board

Dinah Peebles

President, National Pork Board

Ashley Benes

Vice President, University of Nebraska Extension

Bernadette O’Rourke

Secretary, University of Wisconsin – Madison

Erin Dorsey

Treasurer, Show Stockmans Consultant

Paul Kuber

Past President, Washington State University Extension

Board Members

Mike Avesing

American Rabbit Breeders Association, Inc.

Tara Beach

UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine

Lindsay Chichester

University of Nevada Reno Extension

Michaela Clowser

National Cattlemen’s Beef Association

Katherine E. Carter

Virginia Tech

JessaLee Goehring

California FFA Association, California Department of Education

Allison Jennings

North Carolina FFA Association, North Carolina State University

Amy Powell

Iowa State University

Elizabeth Share

The Ohio State University

Sarah Smith

American Sheep Industry Association

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