ATTRA Sustainable Agriculture Specialists
Western Region

Rex Dufour
Senior FellowExpertise
Ecological Pest Management, Organic Crops, Soil Health

Martin Guerena
Sustainable Agriculture SpecialistExpertise
Crops, Organic Crops, Pest Management, Soil Health

Ann Baier
Sustainable Agriculture SpecialistExpertise
Crops, Organic Crops, Livestock, Organic Livestock, Organic Processing, Soil Health

Omar Rodriguez
Sustainable Agriculture SpecialistExpertise
Crops, Organic Crops, Food Equity, Livestock, Local Foods, Soil Health
Rocky Mountain West Region

Andrew Coggins
Rocky Mountain West Regional DirectorExpertise
Business Planning and Marketing, Crops, Pest Management, Soil Health

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

John Wallace
Sustainable Agriculture SpecialistExpertise
Business Marketing and Planning, Crops, Organic Crops, Farm Energy, Food Equity, Local Foods, Pest Management, Soil Health

Maura Henn
Community Foods Systems SpecialistExpertise
Local Foods

Tracy Mumma
Sustainable Agriculture SpecialistExpertise
Livestock, Policy

Justin Morris
Regenerative Livestock SpecialistExpertise
Livestock, Soil Health

Linda Poole
Regenerative Grazing SpecialistExpertise
Livestock, Soil Health

Molly Kirkham
Local Foods SpecialistExpertise
Crops, Farm Energy, Food Equity, Local Foods, Pest Management

Allison Cooley-Agee
Carbon Farm PlannerExpertise
Business Planning, Livestock, Local Foods, Soil Health
Southwest Region

Mike Morris, PhD
Southwest Regional Office DirectorExpertise
Business Planning and Marketing, Farm Energy, Local Foods, Soil Health

Justin Duncan
Sustainable Agriculture SpecialistExpertise
Crops, Soil Health

Robert Maggiani
Sustainable Agriculture SpecialistExpertise
Business Planning and Marketing, Crops, Organic Crops, Food Equity, Local Foods, Policy

Darron Gaus
Sustainable Agriculture SpecialistExpertise
Crops, Livestock, Local Foods, Soil Health

Elise Haschke
Climate Smart Agriculture CoordinatorExpertise
Food Equity, Local Foods, Policy, Soil Health

Luzyannet Ballesteros Gonzalez
Sustainable Agriculture SpecialistExpertise
Policy, Soil Health, Communications

Cody Brown
Carbon Farm PlannerExpertise
Business Planning, Crops, Pest Management, Soil Health
Gulf States Region

Felicia Bell
Sustainable Agriculture SpecialistExpertise
Business Planning and Marketing, Food Equity, Livestock, Organic Livestock

Liz Broussard
Food Justice Project CoordinatorExpertise
Food Equity, Local Foods
Southeast Region

Margo Hale
Southeast Regional Director, Livestock SpecialistExpertise
Business Planning and Marketing, Livestock, Organic Livestock

Robyn Metzger
Armed to Farm Coordinator/Program SpecialistExpertise
Business Planning and Marketing

Linda Coffey
Livestock SpecialistExpertise
Livestock, Organic Livestock

Nina Prater
Sustainable Agriculture Specialist and Outreach CoordinatorExpertise
Livestock, Soil Health, Organic Crops

Guy K. Ames
Sustainable Horticulture SpecialistExpertise
Crops, Organic Crops, Certified Naturally Grown, Local Foods, Pest Management, Soil Health

Carlos Vences
SARC Project AssistantExpertise
Small ruminants (dairy goats), poultry, local food economies, food access
Northeast Region

Lee Rinehart
Sustainable Agriculture SpecialistExpertise
Livestock, Organic Livestock, Soil Health

Mike Lewis
Sustainable Agriculture SpecialistExpertise
Business Planning and Marketing, Crops, Organic Crops, Food Equity, Livestock, Organic Livestock, Local Foods, Pest Management, Soil Health

Christopher Lent
Sustainable Agriculture SpecialistExpertise
Vegetable production, business planning, organic crop certification, high tunnel production

Eric Fuchs-Stengel
Sustainable Agriculture SpecialistExpertise
Business Planning, Crops, Local Foods

Tyler Jenkins
Carbon Farm PlannerExpertise
Business Planning, Communications, Food Equity, Local Foods, Pest Management, Policy, Soil Health
Leadership

Fred Bahnson
Executive Director
Virginia Kashdan
Chief Operating Officer
Jeff Amerman
Chief Financial Officer
Stacie Peterson, PhD
Energy Program DirectorExpertise
Farm Energy, Energy, Solar, Energy Efficiency, Energy Engineering, Agrivoltaics, Utilities, Energy Auditing, LEED Accreditation

Andy Pressman
Sustainable Agriculture Program DirectorExpertise
Business Planning and Marketing, Crops, Organic Crops, Organic Processing, Farm Energy, Food Equity, Livestock, Local Foods, Pest Management, Policy, Soil Health

Cathy Svejkovsky
Publications DirectorExpertise
Editing, Writing, Publications, Communications, Multimedia, Website Content