Dr. Stephen Williams - Research & Education Director:
Dr. Stephen Williams is the Director of the Citrus Research & Education Institute (CREI), the research arm of CGA. He is responsible, through the CREI Committee (CREI's governing body), for developing and implementing the Institute's programmes.

Virginia Paulino - Executive Assistant
Assist with the day-to-day receptionist duties. Provide administrative and secretarial support for CREI's day to day operations and programs, contributing to the smooth and efficient operation of CREI. Virginia also administrates CREI's soil and leaf nutrient analysis service and coordinates the production of publications; the monthly Newsletter (CitroScope) and the quarterly News Magazine (CitriNews).

Davis Marshall - Information Technology Officer:
Responsible for running and maintaining the Belize Citrus Database, maintaining, developing and updating the CGA Website and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). He is also responsible for providing general support for the information technology needs of the Association including, maintenance, upgrading, and administrating the computer system network.

Ian Rosado - Publications Officer:
Retail sales which constitute the sale of: diesel, fertilizers, agro-chemicals, plant & bud material reaping and nursery bag; monitoring the fruit production logistics pertaining to grower deliveries, membership registration and identification, grower loan repayments relative to the revolving fund loan program.

Veronica Manzanero Majil - Belize Citrus Improvement Programme (BCIP) Coordinator:
Develops, coordinates and execute activities to implement several programs. The first is the Belize Citrus Certification Program which focuses on ensuring that only disease free healthy plants are produced by citrus nurseries in Belize. These nurseries must follow a set of established guidelines established under the laws of the country. The second program is the establishment and maintenance of a collection of clean citrus varieties used to establish citrus plants. The third program focuses on the detection of citrus diseases (using biochemical, biological and molecular tests) to ensure that citrus varieties in the collection and around the industry are free of citrus diseases before they are used to establish nursery plants. In addition, the BCIP Coordinator coordinates activities under the Exotic Disease Surveillance Program, with the focus of surveying for exotic (foreign) citrus diseases and ascertaining their absence and presence in Belize. A major activity under this program is the detection and management of Huanglongbing (formerly citrus greening), a citrus disease recently discovered in Belize.

David Saravia - Nursery Inspector and Exotic Disease Surveillance(NIEDS) Officer:
Execute activities under the Belize Citrus Certification Program (BCCP), to ensure that all citrus nurseries in the country meet the requirements for establishing a citrus nursery in Belize as detailed under the law. Specific activities include inspections and education programs for nursery owners. In addition, the NIEDS officer also executes activities related to scouting for exotic (foreign) and local citrus diseases in the field to ascertain the presence or absence of these diseases in the country so that immediate steps can be taken to prevent further spread of such diseases.

Adelita Jones - Lab and Screenhouse Technician:
Supports all programs under the Belize Citrus Improvement Program (BCIP). Assists the BCIP Coordinator in the standardization of protocols for the detection of graft transmissible diseases of citrus; assist in laboratory activities for finding out the status of Huanglongbing (HLB) in Belize. Ensure proper maintenance of Major of plants in a screenhouse used in the detection of citrus diseases; assist in the implementation of protocols for the testing of graft transmissible diseases of citrus. Assist in the liming and fertilization management program by pre-drying soil and leaf tissue for nutrient analysis for citrus farms and other non citrus crops around the country.

Kenneth Moore - Mexican Fruit-fly Technician:
To carry out activities required for collecting data to determine fruit fly population for the establishment and maintenance of a Fruit-fly free area in Belize. Responsible for the weekly fruit-fly trapping under the fruit fly program and the servicing of any traps from other experiments being carried out in his specific work area. Such activities include: trap deployment, changing of lures, collection of specimens from traps and data collecting. Provide advice and training to growers related to the fruit-fly programme when requested.

Augustine Cho - Mexican Fruit-fly Control Team Supervisor:
To carry out activities required for the control of Mexican Fruit Fly population in village areas and abandoned groves for the establishment and maintenance of a Fruit-fly Low Prevalence Area in Belize. Responsible for organizing the weekly fruit-fly control activities in village areas and abandoned groves in the pilot fruit fly low prevalence area. Such activities will include: the proper handling and mixing of the fruit fly bait, the proper application of the bait, ensure the spray equipments are in good working conditions, ensure that the bait and equipment are stored safely and familiarize himself with the methods of fruit-fly control and the CGA manual for fruit fly control.

Javier Munoz - Mexican Fruit-fly Control Team Field Technician:
To carry out activities required for the control of Mexican fruit fly population in village areas and abandoned groves for the establishment and maintenance of a Fruit-fly Low Prevalence Area in Belize. Responsible to assist the Mexican Fruit-fly Control Team Supervisor in organizing the weekly fruit-fly control activities in village areas and abandoned groves in the pilot fruit fly low prevalence area. Such activities will include: the proper handling and mixing of the fruit fly bait, the proper application of the bait, ensure the spray equipments are in good working conditions, ensure that the bait and equipment are stored safely and familiarize himself with the methods of fruit-fly control and the CGA manual for fruit fly control.

Ery Burgos - Nursery & Groves Assistant Manager:
Execute activities to ensure that the CREI groves produce the maximum amount of quality fruit with the lowest possible cost and minimal environmental impact. Manages the CREI nursery to ensure that the highest quality certified plants are produce and delivered to customers according to their requests for variety and rootstock and in a timely manner. Executes all activities directly related to the maintenance of the citrus variety collection at the Citrus Research and Education Institute. Also to ensure that plants production is conducted at the lowest feasible cost with minimal environmental impact and to ensure a reasonable profit for CREI.

Inmer Fuentes - Nursery & Groves personnel:
Assist on carrying out daily work activities in the screen and tunnel houses, nursery and CREI groves to the best standards to ensure a high quality of work and the production of high quality bud-wood, seeds, plants and fruits.