Our Staff
Western Region
Rex Dufour
Western Regional DirectorExpertise:
Ecological Pest Management, Organic Crops, Soil Health
Katherine Favor
Sustainable Agriculture SpecialistExpertise
Crops, Organic Crops, Food Equity, Local Foods, Pest Management, 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
Lizzie Gill
Local Foods SpecialistExpertise
Crops, Organic Crops, Local Food, 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
Jeff Schahczenski
Agriculture and Natural Resource EconomistExpertise
Business Planning and Marketing, Crops, Organic Crops, Organic Livestock, Farm Energy, Local Foods, Policy, Soil Health
Tracy Mumma
Sustainable Agriculture SpecialistExpertise
Livestock, Policy
Justin Morris
Regenerative Livestock SpecialistExpertise
Livestock, Soil Health
Linda Poole
Sustainable Agriculture SpecialistExpertise
Livestock, 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, Organic Crops
Robert Maggiani
Sustainable Agriculture SpecialistExpertise
Business Planning and Marketing, Crops, Organic Crops, Food Equity, Local Foods, Policy
Kara Kroeger
Sustainable Agriculture SpecialistExpertise
Business Planning and Marketing, Livestock, Local Foods, Soil Health
Colin Mitchell
Sustainable Agriculture SpecialistExpertise
Crops, Livestock, Organic Livestock, Local Food, Policy, Soil Health
Gulf States Region
Rock Woods
Gulf States Regional Office Director
Felicia Bell
Sustainable Agriculture SpecialistExpertise:
Business Planning and Marketing, Food Equity, Livestock, Organic Livestock
Asha Tillman
Sustainable Agriculture SpecialistExpertise
Food Equity, Livestock, Local Foods, Soil Health
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
Andy Pressman
Northeast Regional Director and Sustainable Agriculture SpecialistExpertise
Business Planning and Marketing, Crops, Organic Crops, Organic Processing, Farm Energy, Food Equity, Livestock, Local Foods, Pest Management, Policy, Soil Health
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
Leadership
Devona Bell
Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Communities Program DirectorExpertise:
AG Marketing, Soil Health, Organic Livestock, Local Foods, Food Equity, Public Policy
Cathy Svejkovsky
Publications DirectorExpertise
Editing, Writing, Publications, Communications, Multimedia, Website Content
Stacie Peterson, PhD
Energy Program DirectorExpertise
Farm Energy, Energy, Solar, Energy Efficiency, Energy Engineering, Agrivoltaics, Utilities, Energy Auditing, LEED Accreditation
Emilie Ritter Saunders
Communications DirectorExpertise
Marketing, Policy, Communications, Multimedia
Steve Thompson
Executive Director