PBA VIII Dates:
Year 1:
February 7-16, 2022
June 6-11, 2022
September 12-16, 2022
Year 2:
February 6-11, 2023
May 1-6, 2023
September 11-15, 2023 (Graduation)
PBA Class VIII Participants:
| First Name | Last Name | Company | Location |
| Marvin | Castillo | Bejo | Guatemala |
| Stephanie | Castro | Driscoll's | Oxnard, CA |
| Abraham | Corrales | Plant Sciences Inc. | Watsonville, CA |
| Ellen | Evans | HM Clause | Davis, CA |
| Luis | Gustavo de Souza | Feltrin Sementes | Brazil |
| Ryohei | Hirose | American Takii Inc | Yuma, AZ |
| Amy | Kaplan | Enza Zaden | Salinas, CA |
| Rachael | LeBlanc | Vineland Research & Innovation Center | Ontario, Canada |
| Jill | Lockery | Farmers Business Network | Manitoba, Canada |
| Tatiana | Marcondes Novaes Silva | HM Clause | Brazil |
| Joseph | Martin | CA Cooperative Rice Research Foundation | Yuba City, CA |
| Alex | Matzat | GreenVenus | Sacramento, CA |
| Johanna | Montenegro | Esmeralda Farms | Ecuador |
| Stephanie | Romo | Dixon Seed | Glenn, CA |
| Cindy | Rouet | Fox Seeds | Ontario, Canada |
| Nick | Stromberg | Beacon Hemp | Santa Rosa, CA |
| Ashlyn | Wedde | Driscoll's | Royal Oaks, CA |
| Haorui | Yang | KWS | Champaign, IL |
Click Here for the 2023 Outstanding Student Award Winner, Ellen Evans (HM.CLAUSE) Graduation Speech on September 15, 2023.