ATTRA Sustainable Agriculture Specialists

Western Region

Rex Dufour
Senior Fellow

Expertise

Ecological Pest Management, Organic Crops, Soil Health

Katherine Favor
Sustainable Agriculture Specialist

Expertise

Crops, Organic Crops, Food Equity, Local Foods, Pest Management, Soil Health

Martin Guerena
Sustainable Agriculture Specialist

Expertise

Crops, Organic Crops, Pest Management, Soil Health

Ann Baier — Ann Baier
Sustainable Agriculture Specialist

Expertise

Crops, Organic Crops, Livestock, Organic Livestock, Organic Processing, Soil Health

Omar Rodriquez — Omar Rodriguez
Sustainable Agriculture Specialist

Expertise

Crops, Organic Crops, Food Equity, Livestock, Local Foods, Soil Health

Rocky Mountain West Region

Andrew Coggins
Rocky Mountain West Regional Director

Expertise

Business Planning and Marketing, Crops, Pest Management, Soil Health

Tammy Howard
Horticulture Specialist

Expertise

Business Planning and Marketing, Horticulture, Organic Crops, Food Equity, Local Foods, Pest Management

John Wallace
Sustainable Agriculture Specialist

Expertise

Business Marketing and Planning, Crops, Organic Crops, Farm Energy, Food Equity, Local Foods, Pest Management, Soil Health

Maura Henn — Maura Henn
Community Foods Systems Specialist

Expertise

Local Foods

Tracy Mumma
Sustainable Agriculture Specialist

Expertise

Livestock, Policy

Justin Morris — Justin Morris
Regenerative Livestock Specialist

Expertise

Livestock, Soil Health

Linda Poole — Linda Poole
Regenerative Grazing Specialist

Expertise

Livestock, Soil Health

Molly Kirkham

Local Foods Specialist

Expertise

Crops, Farm Energy, Food Equity, Local Foods, Pest Management

Southwest Region

Mike Morris, PhD
Southwest Regional Office Director

Expertise

Business Planning and Marketing, Farm Energy, Local Foods, Soil Health

Justin Duncan
Sustainable Agriculture Specialist

Expertise

Crops, Soil Health

Robert Maggiani
Sustainable Agriculture Specialist

Expertise

Business Planning and Marketing, Crops, Organic Crops, Food Equity, Local Foods, Policy

Darron Gaus
Sustainable Agriculture Specialist

Expertise

Crops, Livestock, Local Foods, Soil Health

Elise Haschke

Climate Smart Agriculture Coordinator

Expertise

Food Equity, Local Foods, Policy, Soil Health

Luzyannet Ballesteros Gonzalez
Sustainable Agriculture Specialist

Expertise

Policy, Soil Health, Communications

Cody Brown
Carbon Farm Planner

Expertise

Business Planning, Crops, Pest Management, Soil Health

Gulf States Region

Rock Woods
Gulf States Regional Office Director

Felicia Bell — Felicia Bell
Sustainable Agriculture Specialist

Expertise

Business Planning and Marketing, Food Equity, Livestock, Organic Livestock

Liz Broussard
Food Justice Project Coordinator

Expertise

Food Equity, Local Foods

Southeast Region

Margo Hale
Southeast Regional Director, Livestock Specialist

Expertise

Business Planning and Marketing, Livestock, Organic Livestock

Robyn Metzger
Armed to Farm Coordinator/Program Specialist

Expertise

Business Planning and Marketing

Linda Coffey
Livestock Specialist

Expertise

Livestock, Organic Livestock

Nina Prater
Sustainable Agriculture Specialist and Outreach Coordinator

Expertise

Livestock, Soil Health, Organic Crops

Guy K. Ames
Sustainable Horticulture Specialist

Expertise

Crops, Organic Crops, Certified Naturally Grown, Local Foods, Pest Management, Soil Health

Carlos Vences
SARC Project Assistant

Expertise

Small ruminants (dairy goats), poultry, local food economies, food access

Northeast Region

Lee Rinehart
Sustainable Agriculture Specialist

Expertise

Livestock, Organic Livestock, Soil Health

Mike Lewis — Mike Lewis
Sustainable Agriculture Specialist

Expertise

Business Planning and Marketing, Crops, Organic Crops, Food Equity, Livestock, Organic Livestock, Local Foods, Pest Management, Soil Health

Christopher Lent
Sustainable Agriculture Specialist

Expertise

Vegetable production, business planning, organic crop certification, high tunnel production

Eric Fuchs-Stengel — Eric Fuchs-Stengel
Sustainable Agriculture Specialist

Expertise

Business Planning, Crops, Local Foods

Tyler Jenkins
Carbon Farm Planner

Expertise

Business Planning, Communications, Food Equity, Local Foods, Pest Management, Policy, Soil Health

Leadership

Steve Thompson — Steve Thompson
Executive Director

Virginia Kashdan

Chief Operating Officer

Jeff Amerman

Chief Financial Officer

Emilie Ritter

Director of Communications and Development

Expertise

Marketing, Policy, Communications, Multimedia

Jody Krzan

Administrative Support Services Director

Stacie Peterson — Stacie Peterson, PhD
Energy Program Director

Expertise

Farm Energy, Energy, Solar, Energy Efficiency, Energy Engineering, Agrivoltaics, Utilities, Energy Auditing, LEED Accreditation

Andy Pressman
Sustainable Agriculture Program Director

Expertise

Business Planning and Marketing, Crops, Organic Crops, Organic Processing, Farm Energy, Food Equity, Livestock, Local Foods, Pest Management, Policy, Soil Health

Cathy Svejkovsky
Publications Director

Expertise

Editing, Writing, Publications, Communications, Multimedia, Website Content