Board Members 2025 - 2026

Erika Lyon 

Ohio State University Extension 

500 Market Street

Suite 512

Steubenville, OH 43952

Phone: (740) 461-6136 

Kevin Zobrist 

Washington State University

6705 Puget Park Drive

Snohomish, WA 98296

Phone: (425) 231-4524 

Leslie Boby

University of Georgia

Forest Resources Bldg 4-433, 

The University of Georgia

Athens, GA 30602

Phone: (706) 559-4320 

Travis West 

Ohio State University Extension

31935 State Route 93

McArthur, OH 45651

Phone: (740) 596-1212

Jennifer Wilson

Kansas State University

121 Umberger 

Manhattan, KS 66506

Phone: (785) 532-5820 

Lisa Ingram

West Virginia University

126 Barn Drive

P.O. Box 309

Moundsville, WV 26041-0309 

Phone: (304) 843-1170  

Keith Mickler

University of Georgia

12 East 4th Avenue

Rome, GA 30161

Phone: (706) 295-6210

Scott Jensen

University of Idaho

PO Box 400

238 8th Ave. West

Marsing, ID 83639

Phone: (208) 880-0482

JJ Jones

University of Arkansas

2301 S. University Avenue 

Little Rock, AR 72204 

Phone: (501) 671-2019

Crystal Tyler Mackey

Virginia Tech University

2810 North Parham Road

Richmond, VA 23294

Phone: (804) 427-5235

Michelle Eley

Cooperative Extension at North Carolina A&T State University

PO Box 21928

Greensboro, North Carolina 27405

 Phone: (336) 285-4687

Jaime Menon

                                                                                      Kansas State University

101 Umberger Hall

1612 Claflin Rd

Manhattan, KS 66502 

 Phone: ( 785) 532-5840

Bernie Wiesen 

Cornell University

99 Troy Road

East Greenbush, NY  12061

 Phone: (724) 272-4210 

Alyssa Walden

Virginia Tech

107 Hutcheson Hall

250 Drillfield Drive 

Blacksburg, VA 24061

Phone: (540) 231-1402  

Kasey Bozeman

University of Georgia

319 Hoke Smith Annex

Athens, GA 30602

Phone: (706) 542-4444  

Matt Benge 

University of Florida

126 Bryant Hall  

PO Box 112060

Gainesville, FL 32611

Phone: (352) 294-1996

Kristi Farner Carpenter

University of Georgia

315 Hoke Smith Bldg. 

1225 Lumpkin St.

Athens, GA 30602 

Phone: (706) 542-7753

Vikrum Koundinya

University of California, Davis

2427 Hart Hall 

301 Shields Ave

Davis, CA 95616

Phone: (530) 400-0345

Rick Griffiths

 New Mexico State University

 213A-South Oliver Drive

Aztec, NM 87410

Phone: (505) 334-9496

Jennifer Bridge

University of Kentucky 

1041 Old Ekron Rd.,

 Brandenburg, KY 40108

Phone: (270) 422-4958 

Dianne Christiansen

New Mexico State University

1510 Menaul Blvd Ext NW

Albuquerque, NM 87107

Phone: (505) 243-1386

Shoushan Zeng

Division Director of Food Safety Division 

National Institute of Food & Agriculture

805 Pennsylvania Ave., Office 535

Kansas City, MO 64105

Phone (cell): 816.562.4675

Dr. Barbara Petty

Associate Dean & Director of 

UI Extension

 Ag Science Room 52

 875 Perimeter Dr MS 2338

 Moscow, ID 83844

 Phone: (208) 885-5883

Ali Mitchell Dunigan

Executive Director

Northeast Extension Directors Association

Phone: (401) 682-7297

Robin Shepard

Executive Director

North Central Extension Directors Association 

432 N Lake St

Madison, WI 53706-1498

Phone: (608) 890-2688

Scott Hawbaker

JCEP Executive Director

6584 W. Duroc Road

Maroa, IL 61756

Phone: (217) 706-7388