STAFFDIRECTORY|APRIL2017ADMINISTRATION (College of Agriculture)

M. Ray McKinnie Dean of the College of Agriculture and 1980 Administrator 524-5260 mmckinnie@vsu.edu

Sylvia Jones Administrative Assistant to the Dean 524-5961 sjones@vsu.edu

Katrina Johnson 1890 USDA Liaison 524-5662 Katrina.Johnson@osec.usda.gov

ADMINISTRATION (Cooperative Extension)

Franklin Jackson Associate Dean, Cooperative Extension 524-5262 fjackson@vsu.edu

Paula McCapes PR & Marketing Specialist Special Events Coordinator 524-5839

pmccapes@vsu.edu

Finance

Mary Gromovsky Director of Financial Services 524-5873 mgromovsky@vsu.edu

Pat Booker HR Processor pbooker@vsu.edu

LaTonya Graves Administrative & Office Specialist 524-5959 lgraves@vsu.edu

Sonya McLaughlin Procurement Officer 524-6993 smclaughlin@vsu.edu

Raymond Moss Administrative Services Coordinator 504-7082 rmoss@vsu.edu

Marketing & Communications

Michelle Olgers Director of Marketing & Communications 524-6964 molgers@vsu.edu

Mark Klingman 524-6970 mjklingman@vsu.edu

Lesha Berkel Graphic Designer/Creative Print and Electronic Publications, Visual Media, Art Direction

524-2788 lberkel@vsu.edu

William Gee PR & Marketing Specialist Media Relations 524-5005 wgee@vsu.edu

Paul Meyer Filmmaker / Photographer Marketing & Communications 524-2587 pmeyer@vsu.edu

Erica Shambley Digital Marketing Manager Website, Social Media, Email 524-5965 eshambley@vsu.edu

Facilities

Richard Booker Manager L. Douglas Wilder Building 524-6961 rbooker@vsu.edu

Rudy Grammer Manager Randolph Farm 504-7060 rgrammer@vsu.edu

Jimmy Mullins Tour Manager Randolph Farm 524-3294 jmullins@vsu.edu

Troy Tucker Operator Mobile Lab /Randolph Farm 524-5593 ttucker@vsu.edu

Pavilion Conference Room 524-3655

Pavilion Kitchen 524-3654

COOPERATIVE EXTENSION PROGRAMS

Agriculture and Natural Resources

Mollie Klein Administrative & Office Specialist 524-5960 mklein@vsu.edu

Pamela Bingham Project Director Harding St Urban Ag Center 397-1465 pbingham@vsu.edu

Marcus Comer Extension Specialist / Assoc. Professor

Natural Resource Management (Forestry & Urban Agriculture)

524-5467 mcomer@vsu.edu

David Dunaway Technician Horticulture 524-3296 ddunaway@vsu.edu

Leonard Githinji Extension Specialist / Asst. Professor

Sustainable /Urban Agriculture 524-5482 lgithinji@vsu.edu

Joel Koci Associate Extension Specialist Natural Resource Management (Urban Forestry)

524-5758 jkoci@vsu.edu

Christopher Mullins Extension Specialist Greenhouse 524-5834 cmullins@vsu.edu

Theresa Nartea Extension Specialist / Asst. Professor

Marketing and Agribusiness 524-5491 tnartea@vsu.edu

Dahlia O’Brien Extension Specialist / Associate Professor

Small Ruminants 524-6963 dobrien@vsu.edu

Reza Rafie Extension Specialist Horticulture 524-5840 arafie@vsu.edu

Charles Hill Agricultural Technician II Horticulture

Aquaculture

Debra B. Jones Administrative & Office Specialist 524-5496 dbjones@vsu.edu

David Crosby Extension Specialist / Assistant Professor

Fish Health 524-3653 dcrosby@vsu.edu

Culbert Jones Assistant Aquaculture 524-5833

Louis Landesman Agent Aquaculture 524-6962 llandesman@vsu.edu

Brian Nerrie Extension Specialist / Assistant Professor

Aquaculture 524-5903 bnerrie@vsu.edu

Family and Consumer Sciences

Crystal Leonard Administrative Assistant 524-5966 cleonard@vsu.edu

Rose Allen Assistant EFNEP Program 524-5966 rallen@vsu.edu

Elisha V. Anderson Education Support Specialist Family Nutrition Program 524-5966 eanderson@vsu.edu

Larry Connatser Extension Specialist / Assistant Professor

Family Resource Management 524-5253 lconnatser@vsu.edu

Annie Crawley Education Support Specialist Family Nutrition Program 524-5966 acrawley@vsu.edu

Wanda J. Johnson Associate Extension Specialist Horticulture, Community Gardens & Food Demonstrations

524-5470 wjohnson@vsu.edu

Debra S. Jones Extension Specialist / Assistant Professor

Health & EFNEP Coordinator 524-5847 dsjones@vsu.edu

Novella Ruffin Extension Specialist Child Development & Parenting 524-5257 nruffin@vsu.edu

4-H Youth Development

Jessica Brown Administrative & Office Specialist 524-5964 jbrown@vsu.edu

Marcus Comer Extension Specialist Sustainable/Urban Agriculture 524-5467 mcomer@vsu.edu

Albert Reid Educational Support Specialist Environmental Science 524-5495 areid@vsu.edu

Small Farm Outreach, Training and Technical Assistance Program

William Crutchfield Director 524-3295 wcrutchfield@vsu.edu

Michael Wooden Assistant Director 524-3652 mwooden@vsu.edu

Nadine Jackson Administrative Assistant 524-3293 njackson@vsu.edu

Cheryl Crawford Administrative Assistant 524-3292 cacrawford@vsu.edu

Fidelis Okpebholo Administrative & Office Specialist 691-1290 fokpebholo@vsu.edu

Alvin Adkins Agriculture Management Agent 524-6866 aadkins@vsu.edu

Mery Caldwell Agent, Hispanic Outreach Programs 481-0425 mcaldwell@vsu.edu

Michael Carter Agriculture Management Agent 481-1163 mcarter@vsu.edu

Derrick Cladd Agriculture Management Agent 892-4489 dcladd@vsu.edu

Marilyn Estes Agriculture Management Agent 481-0485 mestes@vsu.edu

Vernon Heath Agriculture Management Agent 829-5675 vheath@vsu.edu

Tammy Holler Agriculture Management Agent / Nutrient Management Specialist 229-2730 tholler@vt.edu

Patrick Johnson Agriculture Management Agent 586-8280 pbjohnson@vsu.edu

Clifford Somerville Agriculture Management Agent 434-572-6524 csomerville@vsu.edu

Grace Summers Agriculture Management Agent 712-0093 gsummers@vsu.edu

Roland Terrell Agriculture Management Agent 892-4612 rterrell@vsu.edu

Cassidy Williams Agriculture Management Agent 704-4033 cwilliams@vsu.edu

ADMINISTRATION (Agricultural Research Station)

Wondi Mersie Associate Dean/Director of Research 524-5631 wmersie@vsu.edu

Laverne Morris Office Manager/Administrative Assistant 524-5151 lmorris@vsu.edu

Eric Minar Facility Manager/Greenhouse 524-5739 eminar@vsu.edu

Stephanie McNeil Administrative & Program Specialist III 524-5596 smcneil@vsu.edu

William H. Porter III Media Specialist 524-5954 wporter@vsu.edu

Celeste Ricks Administrative & Program Specialist II 524-5894 cricks@vsu.edu

Common Lab (CL)

Zaid Abraha-Eyob Laboratory & Research Specialist II

Common Lab 524-5659 zabraha-eyob@vsu.edu

Anwar Hamama Laboratory & Research Specialist II

Common Lab 524-6858 ahamama@vsu.edu

Naomi Pearson Laboratory & Research Practitioner II

Common Lab 524-5615 npearson@vsu.edu

Food Sciences (FS)

Chyer Kim Assistant Professor Food Science/Food Safety 524-6715 ckim@vsu.edu

Haiwen Li Laboratory & Research Specialist II

Food Science/Food Chemistry 524-1533 hali@vsu.edu

Rafat Siddiqui Associate Professor Food Science/Food Chemistry 524-5957 rsiddiqui@vsu.edu

Edward Sismour Laboratory & Research Specialist II

Food Science/Food Processing 524-1147 esismour@vsu.edu

Yixiang Xu Assistant Professor Food Science/Food Processing 524-5668 yixu@vsu.edu

Plant Sciences (PS)

Asmare Atalay Research Professor Plant Science/Soil 524-6721 aatalay@vsu.edu

Harbans Bhardwaj Professor Plant Science/Legumes 524-6723 hbhardwaj@vsu.edu

Ronald Bowen Laboratory and Research Practitioner IV

Plant Science Manager 524-5379 rbowen@vsu.edu

Francoise Favi Laboratory & Research Specialist

Plant Science 524-1533 ffavi@vsu.edu

Andrew Huff Agricultural Specialist I Plant Science 524-5989 ahuff@vsu.edu

Guo-Liang Jiang Associate Professor Plant Science/Legumes 524-5953 gjiang@vsu.edu

Maru Kering Assistant Professor Plant Science/Sorghum 524-5955 mkering@vsu.edu

Shuxin Ren Assistant Professor Plant Science/Biotechnology 524-3094 sren@vsu.edu

Laban Rutto Assistant Professor Plant Science/HOPS 524-6781 lrutto@vsu.edu

Toktam Taghavi Assistant Professor Plant Science/Postharvest and Plant Physiology

524-5952 ttaghavi@vsu.edu

Brodie Whitehead Laboratory Specialist Senior Plant Science/Soil 524-5270 bwhitehead@vsu.edu

Small Ruminants (SR)

Edna Chozu Animal Care Technician Small Ruminant 524-5989 echozu@vsu.edu

Michelle Corley Professor Small Ruminant/Immunology 524-6802 mcorley@vsu.edu

Amanda Miller Laboratory and Research Specialist II

Animal Herd Manager 524-5989 acrites@vsu.edu

Eunice Ndegwa Assistant Professor Small Ruminant/Animal Health 524-3264 endegwa@vsu.edu

Adrian Oglesby Agricultural Specialist I Small Ruminant 524-5989 aoglesby@vsu.edu

Vitalis Temu Assistant Professor Small Ruminant/Pasture 524-6717 vtemu@vsu.edu

Stephan Wildeus Research Associate Professor Small Ruminant/Reproductive Physiology

524-6716 swildeus@vsu.edu

Adnan Yousuf Assistant Professor Small Ruminant/Nutrition 524-6795 ayousuf@vsu.edu

Last updated June 27, 2017