PVMI Hires Director

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The Potato Variety Management Institute (PVMI) has hired Jenny Durrin as its new executive director. Durrin is the former director of the University of Idaho Seed Potato Germplasm program. She replaces Jeanne Debon who has served as PVMI director since the organization’s inception in 2005 and will retire in early 2023. Debons and Durrin will work together for three months to ensure a smooth leadership transition.

PVMI promotes and markets new potato varieties in Idaho, Oregon and Washington.