NACTA Campus Ambassadors
 
EASTERN REGION

Lurline Marsh
Department Chair
Department of Agriculture, Food
and Resources Sciences
30921 Martin Court
University of Maryland Eastern Shores
Princess Anne, MD 21853
Phone: (410) 621-3374
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Kimberly A. Bellah
Associate Professor
Hutson School of Agriculture
Murray State University
206 S. Applied Sciences
Murray, KY 42071
Phone: (270) 809-6924
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 John Lumkes
Professor
Department of Agricultural &
Biological Engineering
Purdue University
225 South University Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2093
Phone: (765) 494-1173
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John Ewing
Associate Professor
Ag Economics, Sociology & Education
Penn State University
215 Fergusson Bldg.
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: (814) 863-7463
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Tammy J. Stephenson
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Dept of Dietetics & Human Nutrition
University of Kentucky
203 Funkhouser Bldg.
Lexington, KY 40506-0054
Phone: (859) 257-2353
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Caryn Filson
Assistant Professor
Dept of Agricultural
Communication, Education, and Leadership

Ohio State University
200H Agricultural Administration
2120 Fyffe Road, Columbus, Ohio 43210
Phone: (614) 688-3602
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Missy Welsh
Assistant Clinical Professor
College of Agriculture & Natual Resources
University of Maryland College Park 
2102 Plant Sciences Building
4291 Fieldhouse Drive
College Park, Maryland 20742
Phone: (410) 479-4030
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 Tracy Rutherford
Department Head
Department of Agricultural,
Leadership, and Community Education
Virginia Tech 
214 Litton-Reaves Hall (0343)
175 West Campus Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Phone: (540) 231-8187
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SOUTHERN REGION
Allen F. Wysocki
Associate Dean and Professor
University of Florida
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
2002 McCarty Hall D
P.O. Box 110270
Gainesville, FL 32611-0270
Phone: (352) 392-1963
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Art Wolfskill
Associate Professor
Sam Houston State University
School of Agricultural Sciences
P.O. Box 2088
Huntsville, TX 77341-2088
Phone: (936) 294-1226
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 Krish Jayachandran (Dr. Jay)
Professor & PSM-EPM Director
Co-Director of Agroecology
Earth & Environment Department
Florida International University
11200 SW 8th St., AHC 5-383
Miami, FL 33199
Phone: (305) 348-6553
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Melissa Hendrickson
Coordinator of the Associate’s Program in
Agribusiness Management and Senior
Lecturer of Agribusiness Management
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 27695
Phone: (919) 515-7035
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Erica Irlbeck
Professor
Agricultural Education and Communications
Texas Tech University

P.O. Box 42131
Lubbock, TX 79409
Phone: (806) 834-6708
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Holli Leggette
Associate Professor
Department of Agricultural Education
2116 TAMU
Texas A & M University
College Station, TX 77843-2116
Phone: (979) 458-2744
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C. Robert Stark, Jr.
Professor
Department of Agricultural Economics
University of Arkansas at Monticello
P.O. Box 3508
Monticello, AR 71656
Phone: (870) 460-1414
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Donald R. Mulvaney
Associate Professor
Department of Animal Science
Auburn University
107 Comer Hall
Auburn University, AL 36849
Phone: (334) 844-1514
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Christopher Estepp
Associate Professor
Ag Education, Communications & Technology
University of Arkansas
205 Agriculture Building
Fayetteville, AR 72701
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Kirk A. Swortzel
Professor and Program Coordinator
Mississippi State University
214 Lloyd-Ricks-Watson Bldg. Box 9745
Mississippi State, MS 39762-9731
Phone: (662) 325-7837
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 Jean Bertrand
CAFLS Asso Dean for Academic Affairs
Clemson University
101 Barre Hall
Clemson, SC 29634-0303
Phone: (864) 656-3013
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W. Stephen Damron
Dean
College of Ag & Environmental Sciences
Tarleton State University
Box T-0180
Stephenville, TX 76402
Phone: (254) 968-9227
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CENTRAL REGION

Mickey A. Latour
Professor and Dean
College of Agricultural Sciences
Southern Illinois University
1205 Lincoln Avenue
Carbondale, IL 62901-4416
Phone: (618) 453-2469
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Prasanta K. Kalita
Professor
Soil & Water Resources Engineering
University of Illinois
332L AESB, MC-644
1304 Pennsylvania Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801
Phone: (217) 333-0945
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Indi S. Braden
Associate Professor
Department of Agriculture
Southeast Missouri State University
Room 312 Johnson Hall
One University Plaza
Cape Girardeau, MO 63701
Phone: (573) 651-2793
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Dann E. Husmann
Professor and Associate Dean
College of Ag Sciences and Natural Resources
103 Agricultural Hall
Lincoln, NE 68583-0702
Phone: (402) 472-7908
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Gaea Hock
Associate Professor
Department of Agricultural Education

Kansas State University
315 Umberger Hall
Manhattan, KS 66506
Phone: (785) 532-1166
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Indi Braden
Professor
Department of Sustainability

Southeastern Missouri State University 
One University Plaza, MS 6800
Cape Girardeau, Missouri 63701
Phone: (573) 651-2793
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Mark A. Hubbard
Professor
Agriculture Department
College of the Ozarks
Point Lookout, MO 65726
Phone: (417) 334-6411
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Cindy Haynes
Associate Professor
Department of Horticulture
Iowa State University

131 Horticulture Hall, Room 131
Ames, IA 50011
Phone: (515) 294-4006
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Shelly Sitton
Professor of Agricultural Communications
Department of Agriculture
Oklahoma State University
435 Agricultural Hall
Stillwater, OK 74078
Phone: (405) 744-3690
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Michel A. Wattiaux
Professor, Department of Dairy Science
University of Wisconsin-Madison
266 Animal Sciences Building
1675 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706-1205
Phone: (608) 263-3493
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 Dann E. Husmann
Professor
Department of Agricultural
Leadership, Education, and Communication
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Keim Hall (KEiM) 203
Lincoln NE 68583-0953
Phone: (402) 472-4101
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WESTERN REGION

Don Edgar
Professor
Agricultural and Extension Education Department
New Mexico State University
335 Knox Hall
Las Cruces, NM 88003-8003
Phone: (575) 646-3713
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 Lisa A. Kessler
Asso Professor & Interim Assoc Dean
Dept of Human Nutrition & Food Sci
Building 7, Room 118
California State University Pomona
3801 West Temple Avenue
Pomona, CA 91768
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  Randall Violett
Associate Professor
Department of Agriculture & Nutrition Science
Southern Utah University
351 W University Boulevard
Cedar City, UT 84720
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William S. Sakai
Professor of Horticulture
College of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural
Resources Management
University of Hawaii at Hilo
200 West Kawili Street
Hilo, HI 96720
Phone: (808) 974-7511
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 Celina Philips
Associate Professor
College of Agriculture
Room 227 Plumas
California State University Chico
400 West First Street
Chico, CA 95929-0310
Phone: (530) 898-4147
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 Lisa A. Kessler
Interim Dean
Cal Poly Pomona
Don B. Huntley College of Agriculture 
3801 West Temple Avenue
Pomona, CA 91768
Phone: (909) 869-2203
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 Rose Judd-Murray
Assistant Professor
Utah State University
College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences
4800 Old Main Hill,
Logan, UT 84322

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Tracy Dougher
Associate Dean
Montana State University
College of Plant Sciences & Plant Pathology 
202 Linfield Hall
Bozeman, MT 59717-2220
(406) 994-6772

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