Meet our team!
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| Name | Title | Phone | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Deborah Abibou | Sustainable and Resilient Community Extension Educator | deb.abibou@uconn.edu | |
 | Emily Alger | 4-H Youth Development Program Coordinator | emily.alger@uconn.edu | 860‑345‑5218 |
 | Chester Arnold | CLEAR Water Quality (NEMO) Extension Educator | chester.arnold@uconn.edu | 860‑345‑5230 |
 | Sarah Bailey | Master Gardener Coordinator | Sarah.bailey@uconn.edu | 860‑409‑9053 |
 | Nancy Balcom | Center Coordinator, Seafood Safety, Fisheries Senior Extension Educator | nancy.balcom@uconn.edu | 860‑405‑9107 |
 | Juliana Barrett | Coastal Habitats Extension Educator | juliana.barrett@uconn.edu | (860) 405‑9106 |
 | Nancy Barrett | Public Service Technician - Solid Ground Co-Coordinator | nancy.barrett@uconn.edu | |
 | Erica Benvenuti | Nutrition Education & EFNEP Program Assistant | erica.benvenuti@uconn.edu | 860‑885‑2825 |
 | Rachel Bespuda | Sustainable Livestock | Rachel.bespuda@uconn.edu | |
| Rachel Bespuda | Public Service Technician - SARE Project Director | rachel.bespuda@uconn.edu | |
 | Joseph Bonelli | Agricultural Economics Associate Extension Educator | joseph.bonelli@uconn.edu | |
 | Kara Bonsack | CLEAR and the Department of Extension Communications | kara.bonsack@uconn.edu | 860‑345‑5227 |
| Lindsey Brush | Ed Program Assistant 1 | lindsey.brush@uconn.edu | |
 | Angela Caldera | Nutrition Education – EFNEP Program Assistant | angela.caldera@uconn.edu | 860‑409‑9072 |
 | Maria Camara | Administrative Assistant | maria.camara@uconn.edu | |
| Kaylee Carlisle | Educational Program Assistant 1 | kaylee.carlisle@uconn.edu | |
| Pat Carroll | Master Gardener Coordinator | patricia.carroll@uconn.edu | |
| Annabelle Caswell | Master Gardener Coordinator | annabelle.caswell@uconn.edu | |
 | Cary Chadwick | CLEAR GIS Education, Associate Extension Educator | cary.chadwick@uconn.edu | 860‑345‑5216 |
| Amanda Chin | Public Service Technician | amanda.chin@uconn.edu | |
 | Laura Cisneros | Assistant Extension Professor | laura.cisneros@uconn.edu | 860‑486‑4917 |
 | Anoushka Concepcion | Aquaculture Assistant Extension Educator | anoushka.concepcion@uconn.edu | 860‑405‑9105 |
 | Marc Cournoyer | Educational Program Coordinator - 4-H Youth | marc.cournoyer@uconn.edu | 860‑774‑9600 |
 | Jennifer Cushman | Center Coordinator, Associate Extension Educator & Co-4-H Program Leader | jennifer.cushman@uconn.edu | 860‑409‑9074 |
 | Bill Davenport | 4-H Youth Development Assistant Educator | william.davenport@uconn.edu | 860‑459‑6753 |
| Melanie Desch | Program Assistant | melanie.desch@uconn.edu | |
 | David Dickson | Interim Director, Center for Land Use Education and Research (CLEAR) Co-Director, NEMO Program Extension Educator | david.dickson@uconn.edu | 860‑ 345‑4511 |
 | Michael Dietz | CLEAR CT Sea Grant Extension Educator CT Institute of Water Resources Director | michael.dietz@uconn.edu | 860‑486‑2436 |
 | Donna Dione | Educational Program Assistant 1/Program Support | donna.dione@uconn.edu | 860‑345‑4511 |
| Abby DuBois | Public Service Technician - Campaigns Coordinator | abigail.dubois@uconn.edu | |
| Christopher Dustin | Master Gardener Coordinator | christopher.dustin@uconn.edu | |
| Toni Ellis | Nutrition Education – EFNEP Extension Program Education Liaison | toni.ellis@uconn.edu | 203‑407‑3171 |
 | Joe Emenheiser | Assistant Extension Educator - Diversified Livestock | joe.emenheiser@uconn.edu | 860‑774‑9600 |
 | Maryann Fusco-Rollins | Center Coordinator & 4-H Youth Development Program Coordinator | maryann.fusco@uconn.edu | 860‑875‑3331 |
 | Tessa Getchis | Aquaculture Senior Extension Educator | tessa.getchis@uconn.edu | 860‑405‑9104 |
 | Shuresh Ghimire | Vegetable Specialist Assistant Extension Educator | shuresh.ghimire@uconn.edu | 860‑875‑3331 |
 | Michael Gilman | Aquaculture Workforce Development and Shell Recycling Coordination | michael.gilman@uconn.edu | |
| Heather Goodman | Public Service Technician | heather.goodman@uconn.edu | |
 | Zachary Gordon | Regional Aquaculture Liaison | zachary.gordon@uconn.edu | |
 | Zbigniew Grabowski | Water Quality Extension Educator | Zbigniew.Grabowski@uconn.edu | |
| Sharon Gray | Nutrition Education – EFNEP Associate Extension Educator | sharon.gray@uconn.edu | 860‑409‑9062 |
| Faye Griffiths-Smith | Family Economics and Resource Management Associate Extension Educator | faye.griffiths-smith@uconn.edu | 203‑407‑3160 |
| Margaret Grillo | Center Coordinator & 4-H Youth Development Associate Extension Educator | margaret.grillo@uconn.edu | 203‑407‑3158 |
| Brittany Hall | Public Service Technician - Solid Ground Co-Coordinator | brittany.l.hall@uconn.edu | |
 | Amy Harder | Associate Dean for Extension | amy.harder@uconn.edu | |
| Heidi Herz | Educational Program Assistant 1 | heidi.herz@uconn.edu | |
| Emily Kaufman | Public Service Technician - CT Farm To School Collaborative Coordinator | emily.h.kaufman@uconn.edu | |
| Marlene Kennedy | Secretary | marlene.kennedy@uconn.edu | |
| Jean King | Public Service Technician - SARE Project Director | jean.king@uconn.edu | |
 | Srikanth Kodati | Crop Protection Extension Educator | srikanth.kodati@uconn.edu | |
 | Jacqueline Kowalski | Associate Extension Educator, Urban Agriculture | jacqueline.kowalski@uconn.edu | |
| Eric Larson | Master Gardener Coordinator | roderick.larson@uconn.edu | |
 | Qian (Rachel) Lei-Parent | Research Associate | qian.lei@uconn.edu | |
| Donna Liska | Educational Program Assistant 1 | donna.liska@uconn.edu | |
 | Mary Looney | CLEAR Public Service Specialist - MS4 | mary.looney@uconn.edu | 860‑345‑5231 |
| John LoRusso | Master Gardener Coordinator | john.lorusso@uconn.edu | 860‑774‑9600 |
 | Jeanmarie Madden-Hennessey | Educational Technologies Specialist | jean.madden-hennessy@uconn.edu | |
| Lauren Manuck | Administrative Program Assistant I | lauren.manuck@uconn.edu | |
| Emmanuel Marte | Public Service Technician - Communication Coordinator | emmanuel.marte@uconn.edu | |
 | Jiff Martin | Sustainable Food Systems Extension Educator | jiff.martin@uconn.edu | |
 | Richard Meinert | Center Coordinator & Agriculture (Dairy/Livestock) Nutrient Management | richard.meinert@uconn.edu | 860‑626‑6240 |
| Madison Moore | Public Service Technician - Grown Connected Outreach Education Coordinator | madison.moore@uconn.edu | |
 | Frances Pacyna Champagne | Administrative Program Assistant 1 | frances.pacyna.champagne@uconn.edu | |
 | Heather Pease | Nutrition Education – EFNEP Program Assistant | heather.pease@uconn.edu | 860‑409‑9073 |
 | Heather Peracchio | Center Coordinator, EFNEP Supervisor, Assistant Extension Educator | heather.peracchio@uconn.edu | 203‑207‑3266 |
| Kristen Ponak | Public Service Technician - Webmaster, Connecticut Invasive Plant Working Group | kristen.ponak@uconn.edu | |
 | Leanne Pundt | Greenhouse Crops Extension Educator | leanne.pundt@uconn.edu | 860‑626‑6240 |
| Shannon Raider | Research Asst II - Program Coordinator for Put Local on your Tray | shannon.raider@uconn.edu | |
 | Juliana Restrepo-Marin | Educational Program Assistant 1 | juliana.restrepo_marin@uconn.edu | |
 | Gail Reynolds | Master Gardener Coordinator | gail.reynolds@uconn.edu | 860‑345‑5234 |
| Sherlene Rodriguez | Public Service Technician - Special Projects Coordinator | sherlene.rodriguez@uconn.edu | |
 | Mayra Rodríguez González | Urban and Community Forestry - Assistant Extension Educator | mayra.rodriguez_gonzalez@uconn.edu | |
| Alyssa Siegel-Miles | Educational Program Assistant 1 | alyssa.siegel-miles@uconn.edu | |
| Christine Smith | Educational Program Assistant 1 | christine.smith@uconn.edu | |
| Patricia Spofford | Public Service Technician - PEP Coordinator | patricia.spofford@uconn.edu | |
 | Lorraine St. Clair | Secretary | lorraine.stclair@uconn.edu | |
| Jon Swanson | Public Service Technician - Curriculum Writer, Enhancing Science Literacy Grant | jon.swanson@uconn.edu | |
 | Umekia Taylor | Nutrition Education – EFNEP Supervisor, Associate Extension Educator, | umekia.taylor@uconn.edu | 203‑407‑3169 |
 | Jonthan the Husky | Mascot, University of Connecticut | aaaaaaaa@uconn.edu | (860) 000‑0000 |
| Sara Tomis | Public Service Technician - IPM, 4-H | sara.tomis@uconn.edu | |
| Becca Toms | Public Service Technician - Communication Coordinator | rebecca.toms@uconn.edu | |
 | Dianisi Torres | Educational Program Assistant - Nutrition | dianisi.torres@uconn.edu | 860‑774‑9600 |
 | Indu Upadhyaya | Food Safety Assistant Extension Educator | indu.upadhyaya@uconn.edu | 860‑871‑0776 |
| Edith Valiquette | 4-H STEM Youth Development | edith.valiquette@uconn.edu | 203‑207‑3264 |
| Zoraida Velazquez | Nutrition Education – EFNEP Extension Program Education Liaison | zoraida.velazquez@uconn.edu | 203‑407‑3169 |
 | Yahshua W.S. | Urban Farmer Special Project Coordinator | yahshua.ws@uconn.edu | |
 | Victoria Wallace | Center Coordinator & Sustainable Turf & Landscape Extension Educator | victoria.wallace@uconn.edu | 860‑885‑2826 |
| Mary Welch | Family and Consumer Sciences Extension Educator | mary.welch@uconn.edu | 860‑885‑2829 |
 | Emily Wilson | CLEAR NEMO Associate Extension Educator | emily.wilson@uconn.edu | (860) 345‑5226 |
| Sandra Wilson | Master Gardener Coordinator | sandra.wilson@uconn.edu | 203‑ 207‑3262 |
 | Michelle Winkler | Master Gardener Coordinator | michelle.winkler@uconn.edu | 860‑626‑6240 |
| Paula Wolf | Educational Program Assistant 1 | paula.wolf@uconn.edu | |
 | Thomas Worthley | Forestry Stewardship Associate Extension Educator, & Center Coordinator | thomas.worthley@uconn.edu | 860‑345‑5232 |
 | Bonnie Burr | Department Head and Assistant Director | bonnie.burr@uconn.edu | 860‑486‑8944 |
 | Stacey Lackman | Administrative Assistant - Associate Dean's Office | stacey.lackman@uconn.edu | |
 | Joshua Mindek | Computer Support Technician II | joshua.mindek@uconn.edu | |
 | Jeantyl Norze | Evaluation Specialist | jeantyl.norze@uconn.edu | |
| Amber Guillemette | Administrative Program Support 3 | amber.guillemette@uconn.edu | 860‑486‑7178 |
 | Stacey Stearns | Educational Program Administrator | stacey.stearns@uconn.edu | 860‑486‑9228 |
 | Nancy Wilhelm | Educational Program Coordinator - 4-H Youth | nancy.wilhelm@uconn.edu | 860‑486‑4127 |