Staff
Philip Bauerle
- Master Gardener Program Assistant, Part-time
pjb37@psu.edu
412-473-2602
- Master Gardener Program
Tara Baugher
- Educator
tab36@psu.edu
717-334-6271
- Tree Fruit
- Sustainable Specialty Crop Production
Christine Belinda
- Child/Youth Development Specialist and Social Media Coordinator
crb16@psu.edu
814-865-7894
John Berry
- Ag Marketing Educator
johnberry@psu.edu
610-391-9840
- Commodity marketing
- Retail farm marketing
- Agri-tourism
- Risk Management
Susan Boser
- Educator; MWON Southwest Coordinator
smw16@psu.edu
724-774-3003
- Water Quality/Natural Resources
Walt Bumgarner
- Extension Educator
- Livestock Team
wob10@psu.edu
724-438-0111
- Livestock Production & Marketing
Joe Cassidy
- Extension Project Assistant
- Provides assistance to the Safety and Health in Biomass Feedstock Production and Processing Operations project.
James Andrew Clark
- Educator; Water Resources Educator
jac20@psu.edu
814-887-5613
- Agriculture
- Water Resources
Sarah Cornelisse
- Senior Extension Associate
SarahC@psu.edu
814-863-8645
- Ag Entrepreneurship
- Business & Marketing planning
- Marketing
- Social Media
- Value-Added Dairy & Meat
Jill N. Cox, MS, RD
- Senior Extension Associate
- Physical Activity and Nutrition
- Diabetes Program Manager
jnc14@psu.edu
814-863-3447
- Physical Activity and Nutrition
Jennifer Daniels
- Extension Project Assistant
- Provides assistance to the Farm Tractor Stability Systems to Improve Operator and Mechanical Performance project.
Abraham DeHart
- Extension Project Assistant
- Provides assistance to the Safety and Health in Biomass Feedstock Production and Processing Operations project.
Ximena del Campo
- Dairy Extension Educator
xfd1@psu.edu
717-394-6851
- Dairy Genetics and Reproduction
- Dairy Management
- Fully Bilingual
Darryl Dressler
- Program Assistant
dld5033@psu.edu
717-436-7744
- Master Gardener Coordinator
- Energy Efficiency Program Assistant
Tianna DuPont
- Educator, Sustainable Agriculture
std11@psu.edu
610-746-1970
- Sustainable Agriculture
Cheryl Fairbairn
- Educator
- Animal Science Team and 4-H
- Agriculture/Livestock/Agronomy/4-H
Jennifer R Fetter
- Watershed Youth Development Educator
jrf21@psu.edu
717-921-8803
- Youth Watershed Education
- 4-H Science
Linda Fetzer
- Extension Associate
lmf8@psu.edu
814-865-4582
- Provides day-to-day oversight of the Farm and Ranch eXtension in Safety Health (FReSH) Community of Practice (CoP) through the eXtension (www.eXtension.org) system. Assists with updating safety fact sheets and other printed resources.
Donna Foulk
- Extension Educator
- Equine Stewardship
- Hay and Forage Nutrition
- Pasture and Nutrient Management Practices
- PA Manure Management
Jeffrey S Graybill
- Agronomy Extension Educator
jsg18@psu.edu
717-394-6851
- Agronomy, Soil Fertility & Nutrient Managment, Pesticide Use and Safety
Larry Grunden, Ph.D.
- Food Safety Educator
lpg11@psu.edu
717-921-8803 x110
- Food Safety/Quality
- Ag Entrepreneurship
Elise Gurgevich
- State Coordinator
eag107@psu.edu
814-863-3447
- Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP)
- PA Nutrition Education TRACKS
Karen Hack
- Extension Educator 4-H Youth
- Risk Management
ksh1@psu.edu
717-263-9226 x231
- 4-H Youth Development
William Harshman
- Senior Extension Associate
wch108@psu.edu
814-865-7158
- Develops and maintains safety demonstrations and simulators, prepares annual farm injury report, prepares and delivers safety presentations, updates fact sheets and assist with sheets various extension safety and research projects.
Barbara Hill
- Extension Project Assistant
bxh37@psu.edu
814-867-2253
- Manages data and records for Managing Agricultural Emergencies program and assists with financial records for the agricultural safety and health program.
Logan Horst
- Dairy Educator
luh131@psu.edu
717-263-9226 x227
- Dairy Business Management
- Dairy Herd Management
George Hurd
- Educator - Environmental/Resource Development
grh5@psu.edu
717-263-9226 x225
- Agriculture/Environment
- Comm and Resource Dev
Virginia Ishler
- Nutrient Management Specialist
- Dairy Complex Manager
- Business Management (IOFC, cash flow planning)
vishler@psu.edu
814-863-3912
David R. Jackson
- Forest Resources Educator
drj11@psu.edu
814-355-4897
- Silviculture
- Vegetative Management/Herbicides
- White-tailed Deer
- Invasive Plants
- Forest Ecology
- Timber Sales
- Youth Environmental Education
Lorraine Jacobs
- Educator
lmj14@psu.edu
814-887-5613
- Youth Development Educator in Forestry and Natural Resources
Lynn James, M.S., R.D., L.D.N.
- Nutrition, Food Safety & Health Senior Educator
lxj11@psu.edu
570-988-3950
- Family Living- Food, Nutrition and Health-specific state-wide programs offered:
- Healthy Lifestyles- Family Fitness Program
- Dining with Diabetes
- ServSafe food safety certification
- Cooking for Crowds- a volunteer's guide to food safety
- Food Preservation- safe home canning and freezing
Carol Loveland
- Program Assistant
- Energy Development/Special Projects
- Lycoming County Master Gardener Coordinator
cal24@psu.edu
570-433-3040
- Natural Gas Programming
Gregory Martin, PAS
- Educator, Poultry
gpm10@psu.edu
717-394-6851
- Poultry
- Composting (mortality/litter)
- Emergency Preparedness
- Animal Welfare
- Veterinary IPM
Helene McKernan
- 4-H and Adult Horse Program Assistant
hbm10@psu.edu
570-726-0022
- Equine Identification and Traceability
- Adult and Youth Equine Environmental Stewardship
- Penn State Equine Team Program Management
Gary William Micsky
- MWON Northwest Regional Coordinator
gwm6@psu.edu
724-662-3141
- Sustainable Agriculture/Natural Resources
Michele Moyer
- Program Manager, Penn State Extension Dairy Team
mcm14@psu.edu
814-863-3663
- Penn State Dairy Team
Roxanna Nestlerode
- Child/Youth Development Specialist and On Demand Coordinator
rln10@psu.edu
814-867-4687
- Better Kid Care
Diane Oleson, M.S.
- Educator
- Gypsy Moth Program Coordinator
djo13@psu.edu
717-840-7429
- Gypsy Moth
- Water and Forestry Resources
Dana Rizzo, M.S.
- Extension Educator, Water Quality & Resources
def18@psu.edu
724-837-1402
- Water Quality
- Private Drinking Water (wells, springs, cisterns)
- Ponds
- Onlot Septic Systems
- Gas Drilling and Private Water Supplies
Nancy Routch, RD, LDN
- Nutrition, Diet, Health Educator, Part-time
ner10@psu.edu
717-240-6500
- Nutrition/Family and Consumer Sciences
Deb Smeltzer Sinkus
- Administrative Support Assistant, 4-H Program and Extension
dss9@psu.edu
814-863-3824
Sam Steel
- Senior Research Associate
samsteel@psu.edu
814-863-3456
- Serves as the Project Director for the Safety and Health Best Practices Resource Manual and Instructor's Guide for New and Beginning Farmers and Ranchers project. He also conducts safety training at classic and steam tractor events in Pennsylvania.
Lee Stivers
- Extension Educator, Horticulture
ljs32@psu.edu
724-228-6881
- Commercial Horticulture
David L. Swartz
- District Director
- Senior Dairy Systems Educator
dls19@psu.edu
717-385-5380
- Dairy and Farm Safety
Andrea Tholen
- Dairy Extension Educator
aut16@psu.edu
724-662-3141
- Herd health, milk quality, mastitis
John Tyson
- Agricultural Engineer, Educator
jtyson@psu.edu
717-248-9618
- Agricultural Engineering
- Dairy Systems Design and Layout
Heather Weeks
- Extension Educator, Dairy Profitability
haw17@psu.edu
717-240-6500
- Dairy Business Management
- Spanish Language Programs
Laurie Weinreb-Welch
- Children, Youth and Family Living Educator
law27@psu.edu
570-726-0022
- Children
- Youth and Family
Charlie White
- Extension Associate, Sustainable Agriculture
cmw29@psu.edu
814-863-9922
- Soil Health
- Soil Fertility
- Cover Crops
- Nitrogen Cycling
Rebecca White
- Dairy Extension Program Manager
raw43@psu.edu
814-863-3917
- Business Management
- Nutrient Management
Nancy Wiker
- Family Living Educator
- StrongWomen Statewide Co-Coordinator
nrw103@psu.edu
717-394-6851
- Family and Consumer Sciences
Frasier Zahniser
- Co-Leader, Better Kid Care State Extension Program Team,
- Educator
- Family Living
- Youth Development/4-H
