IOIA Office P O Box 6 Broadus, Montana  59317  USA 406-436-2031 phone/fax ioia@ioia.net
Staff Margaret Scoles serves as Executive Director of IOIA, maintaining the IOIA office in Montana since January 1999. She has 22 years of organic inspection experience for numerous certifiers (mostly in the US), including inspection of farms, livestock, and processors and has been teaching organic inspector training courses since 1989. She holds a B.S. in Agriculture (Agronomy Major) from the University of Arizona and has served in many IOIA roles since 1991, including founding board member, Chair of the Membership Committee, and Chair of the Accreditation Review Panel. She serves frequently as a speaker on organic topics. Margaret and her husband manage a cow/calf operation in southeastern Montana. mscoles@rangeweb.net
Office Manager and Member Services: Renee Higgins ioiassistant@rangeweb.net International Training Services: Sacha Draine sacha.IOIA@hotmail.com USA Training Services: Teri Lindberg teri@ioia.net   Inspector Accreditation and Scholarships: Lynell Denson lynell@rangeweb.net

Bylaws
Proposals for Bylaws changes require a minimum 45-day lead time prior to presentation to the membership.
For more information, contact the Bylaws Chair.
Read Bylaws Updated 3/02/08

IOIA Organizational Chart (pdf)

IOIA Committees
See our latest newsletter for updated committee reports

Accreditation: Chair: Pending. Board Liaison: Eric Feutz 479-582-1471. Purpose: To oversee the inspector accreditation program including to review, adjudicate and propose policy and criteria used to accredit inspectors. To formulate accreditation standards and procedures. 

Bylaws: Chair: Pending. Liaison: David Konrad, 705-295-1590 . Purpose: Ongoing response to bylaws issues.

Canadian: Chair: Bill Barkley, 613-543-0491. Liaison David Konrad, 705-295-1590. Purpose: Give voice to Canadian members concerns.

Editorial Review: Chair:Joe Montecalvo, 805-772-3574. Liaison: Bob Durst, 541-929-6405. Purpose: Ongoing as needed to review all IOIA publications and materials considered for sale. 

Ethics: Chair: Joyce Ford, 507-454-8310. Criteria for membership is past board or alternate service. Created to deal with complaints received by the IOIA office based on the Codes of Ethics and Conduct.

Finance: Chair/Treasurer: Eric Feutz, 479.582.1471. Purpose: Advise board on fiscal matters,  combined with fundraising committee.

Fundraising: Liaison: Michelle Sandy, 540.290.4409.

Latin American: Chair: Pending. Liaison: Julio Perez. 305.238.4324. Purpose: Give voice to Latin American members concerns.

Membership: Chair: Kelly Monaghan, 416-482-8625. Liaison:Michelle Sandy, 540.290.4409. Purpose: Develop membership services and numbers.

Nominations: Chair: Chris Kidwell, 530.628.4560. Liaison:Michelle Sandy, 540.290.4409. Purpose: prepare annual ballot for Board of Directors.

Scholarship: Chair: Margaret Weigelt, 320-974-8751. Liaison:Michelle Sandy, 540.290.4409. Purpose: Ongoing review and selection of scholarship applications.

Training Advisory: Chair: Pending. Liaison: Bob Durst, 541-929-6405.