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Committees

Dairy Evaluation Review Team (DERT)

DERT is to provide independent, objective, impartial reviews of the CDCB dairy genetic
evaluation results about a week before their official release and provide feedback to the
CDCB staff in order to reduce the likelihood that inaccurate predictions will be released
to the industry. This review is done with a confidential agreement arrangement.

Participants: Mehdi Sargolzaei, Sam Comstock, Tom Lawlor, Ryan Starkenburg, Bob Welper and Cari Wolfe

Emails:
msargolzaei@selectsires.com, scomstock@holstein.com, tlawlor@holstein.com,
ryan.starkenburg@genusplc.com,
bwelper@altagenetics.com, cwolfe@usjersey.com

Pursuing Data Quality Team (PDQ)

PDQ is to provide independent, impartial advice and strategic guidance on the area of
dairy data quality to the CDCB staff and board. It is to make recommendations to improve
quality and uniformity of data collected by the dairy industry, thereby promoting high
accuracy of genetic and management information.

Participants: Angie Coburn (chair), Sam Comstock, Burke Day, Jenny DeMunck, Kristen Gaddis, Jana Hutchison, Erick Metzger, Duane Norman, Steven Sievert

Emails:
adcoburn@crinet.com, scomstock@holstein.com, burked@dhiprovo.com, jdemunck@crinet.com, kristen.gaddis@uscdcb.com,
jana.hutchison@ars.usda.gov,
emetzger@usjersey.com, duane.norman@uscdcb.com, sjsievert@sbcglobal.net

Genetic Evaluation Methods Group (GEM)

GEM is to provide independent, objective, impartial advice and strategic guidance to AGIL
and the CDCB staff throughout the development of dairy genetic evaluations.

Participants: Chuck Sattler (chair), Chad Dechow, Tom Lawlor, Christian Maltecca, Cari Wolfe,
Ezequiel Nicolazzi, Paul VanRaden

Emails: cgsattler@selectsires.com, cdechow@psu.edu, tlawlor@holstein.com,
christian_maltecca@ncsu.edu,
cwolfe@usjersey.com
Ezequiel.nicolazzi@uscdcb.com,
paul.vanraden@ars.usda.gov

Genotyping Laboratory Guidelines Task Force (GENLAB)

GENLAB is to develop guidelines to be used in the CDCB quality certification (QC)
program for laboratories generating genomic data on behalf of CDCB genomic
nominators.

Participants: Ezequiel Nicolazzi (convener), Michael Bishop, Michael Cowan, Emily Piper, Jiansheng Qiu, Wim van Haeringen, and George Wiggans

Emails: ezequiel.nicolazzi@uscdcb.com, mbishop@illumina.com,
genvis@chorus.net, emily.piper@zoetis.com, jqiu@neogen.com, wha@vladmin.nl,
george.wiggans@uscdcb.com