Board Members 2026 - 2027

Kevin Zobrist 

Washington State University

6705 Puget Park Drive

Snohomish, WA 98296

Phone: (425) 231-4524 

Leslie Boby

Southern Regional Extension  Forestry at UGA  

Forest Resources Bldg 4-433, 

The University of Georgia

Athens, GA 30602

Phone: (706) 559-4320 

Holly Abeels

University of Florida IFAS Extension  

3695 Lake Drive

Cocoa, FL 32926

Phone: (321) 633-1702 x52333

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  

Tyrone Gentry

Retired, University of Kentucky

2313 Gentry Mill Road

Russell Springs, KY 42642

Phone: (270) 973-4744  

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

Connie Strunk

South Dakota State University

4101 W 38th St. Ste 103

Sioux Falls, SD 57106 

Phone: (605) 782-3290

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

Kara Salazar

                                                                                      Purdue University

195 Marsteller St., FORS 308

West Lafayette, IN 47907 

 Phone: ( 765) 496-1070

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  

Vernon Parent

Utah State University

Salt Lake County Extension

2001 S State Street,

Salt Lake City, UT 84190-0001 

Phone: (385) 468-4832  

Kristi Farner Carpenter

University of Georgia

315 Hoke Smith Bldg. 

1225 Lumpkin St.

Athens, GA 30602 

Phone: (706) 542-7753

Vikram Koundinya

University of California, Davis

2427 Hart Hall 

301 Shields Ave

Davis, CA 95616

Phone: (530) 400-0345

Sarah Baughman

Virginia Tech

113 Hutchinson Hall, 250 Drillfield Dr.

Blacksburg, VA 42061

Phone: (540) 231-7142

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 

Christine Zellers

Rutgers Cooperative Extension

4 Moore Road

Cape May Court House, NJ 08210

Phone: (609) 605-2825

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

Bill Hoffman, Ed.D. 

Executive Director

ECOP

1220 L Street NW, Suite 1000

Washington, DC 20005

Phone: (202) 478- 6040  

Scott Hawbaker

JCEP Executive Director

6584 W. Duroc Road

Maroa, IL 61756

Phone: (217) 706-7388