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The list down below shows the candidates in the second voting round (2026) of the elections for a new Vice-Chairperson in the following ISHS Divisions:

– Division Horticulture for Human Health [DHEA]
– Division Precision Horticulture and Engineering [DENG]
– Division Vegetables, Roots and Tubers [DVEG]

Candidates in each Division are listed in alphabetical order.
Only those members in the relevant ISHS Division who are ISHS Individual Members in good standing are eligible to vote.
Members eligible to vote each receive a personal invitation with instructions to cast their vote.

To cast your vote, navigate to https://www.ishs.org/elections-ballot-divisions [page opens in a new tab]

Deadline for voting is: June 3, 2026 – First election round Division Vice-Chairpersons
UPDATE JUNE 4, 2026 – voting has ended – results will be made available soon
UPDATE JUNE 5, 2026 – results first voting round available – invitations for the second voting round in 3 Divisions will be distributed soon

List of candidates with a short bio for each candidate
Click the link below each Division name to access the respective candidate profiles.

Division Greenhouse and Indoor Production Horticulture [DGIP] candidates:
[1] Giedre Samuoliene (*)

Division Horticulture for Human Health [DHEA] candidates:
[1] Elizabeth Diehl [2] Luca Mazzoni

Division Landscape and Urban Horticulture [DURB] candidates:
[1] Mengmeng Gu [2] Angeliki Paraskevopoulou

Division Ornamental Plants [DORN] candidates:
[1] Margherita Beruto (*)

Division Plant Genetic Resources, Breeding and Biotechnology [DBIO] candidates:
[1] Lorenzo Burgos [2] Surendra Kumar Malik

Division Plant-Environment Interactions in Field Systems [DPHY] candidates:
[1] Mehdi Sharifi (*)

Division Postharvest and Quality Assurance [DPHQ] candidates:
[1] Willis Owino [2] Sukhvinder Pal (SP) Singh [3] Di Wu

Division Precision Horticulture and Engineering [DENG] candidates:
[1] Hicham Fatnassi [2] Joe Mari Maja [3] Carlos Poblete-Echeverria

Division Sustaining Horticulture in a Changing World [DSUS] candidates:
[1] Maria Claudia Dussi [2] Steven Underhill [3] Johannes W.H. van der Waal

Division Temperate Tree Fruits [DFRU] candidates:
[1] Lorenzo Leon [2] George Manganaris [3] Andrea Miyasaka Almeida

Division Temperate Tree Nuts [DNUT] candidates:
[1] Maria Jose Rubio Cabetas [2] Carlos Trapero

Division Tropical and Subtropical Fruit and Nuts [DTRO] candidates:
[1] Sangram Dhumal [2] Chandran Ravindran

Division Vegetables, Roots and Tubers [DVEG] candidates:
[1] Emmanuel Geoffriau [2] Srinivasan Ramasamy [3] Masayoshi Shigyo

Division Vine and Berry Fruits [DVIN] candidates:
[1] Bing Cao [2] Samir Debnath [3] Lisa DeVetter [4] Bruno Holzapfel

(*) elected without competition in the absence of other candidates