NEPDN Regional Contacts
Contacts by State
| Connecticut | Name | Location/Web Site Link | Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Yonghao Li | Connecticut Agriculture Experiment Station | 203-974-8601 |
| Diagnostician | Abby Beissinger | Home & Garden Education Center- University of Connecticut | 860-486-6271 |
| State Plant Health Director (SPHD) | Kate Aitkenhead | State Plant Health Director | 203-741-5644 |
| State Plant Regulatory Official (SPRO) | Kirby Stafford | State Plant Regulatory Official | 203-974-8485 |
| IT Support | Bruce Wilbur | University of Connecticut | 860-486-0099 |
| Delaware | Name | Location/Web Site Link | Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diagnostician | Nancy Gregory | UD Plant Diagnostic Clinic | 302-831-1390 |
| State Plant Health Director (SPHD) | Darryl Moore | State Plant Health Director | 302-655-1492 |
| State Plant Regulatory Official (SPRO) | Faith Kuehn | State Plant Regulatory Official | 302-698-4587 |
| Maine | Name | Location/Web Site Link | Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diagnostician | Alicyn Smart | Insect and Plant Disease Diagnostic Lab | 207-581-3883 |
| Diagnostician | Clay Kirby | Entomologist- University of Maine | 207-581-2963 |
| State Plant Health Director (SPHD) | Terry Bourgoin | State Plant Health Director | 207-848-5199 ext.15 |
| State Plant Regulatory Official (SPRO) | Gary Fish | State Plant Regulatory Official | 207-287-7545 |
| Maryland | Name | Location/Web Site Link | Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diagnostician | Karen Rane | University of Maryland Plant Diagnostic Laboratory | 301-405-1611 |
| Diagnostician | David Clement | University of Maryland | 410-531-5556 |
| State Plant Health Director (SPHD) | Matt Travis | State Plant Health Director | 410-288-5540 |
| State Plant Regulatory Official (SPRO) | Kim Rice | State Plant Regulatory Official | 410-841-5933 |
| IT Support | Greg Hess | Entomology- University of Maryland | 301-405-8911 |
| Massachusetts | Name | Location/Web Site Link | Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diagnostician | Angie Madeiras | University of Massachusetts Diagnostics Laboratory | 413-545-3209 |
| Diagnostician | Nick Brazee | Extension Plant Pathologist- University of Massachusetts | 413-545-3208 |
| Diagnostician | Robert Wick | Plant Pathology- University of Massachusetts | 413-545-1045 |
| State Plant Health Director (SPHD) | Kate Aitenhead | State Plant Health Director | 203-741-5644 |
| State Plant Regulatory Official (SPRO) | Taryn LaScola | State Plant Regulatory Official | 617-626-1776 |
| New Hampshire | Name | Location/Web Site Link | Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diagnostician | Cheryl Smith | UNH-Plant Diagnostic Lab | 603-862-3841 |
| State Plant Health Director (SPHD) | Stephen Lavallee | State Plant Health Director | 802-369-3208 |
| State Plant Regulatory Official (SPRO) | Piera Siegert | State Plant Regulatory Official | 603-271-2561 |
| IT Support | Michael Toepfer | Cooperative Extension- University of New Hampshire | 603-862-3989 |
| New Jersey | Name | Location/Web Site Link | Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diagnostician | Rich Buckley | Plant Diagnostic Lab- Rutgers University | 732-932-9140 |
| Diagnostician | Sabrina Tirpak | Plant Diagnostic Lab- Rutgers University | 732-932-9140 |
| State Plant Health Director (SPHD) | George Nelson | State Plant Health Director | 609-259-5242 |
| State Plant Regulatory Official (SPRO) | Joseph Zoltowski | State Plant Regulatory Official | 608-406-6940 |
| IT Support | Rob Muldowney | Rutgers University | 732-932-9763 ext. 118 |
| New York | Name | Location/Web Site Link | Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director, diagnostician | Karen Snover-Clift | Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic- Cornell University | 607-255-7860 |
| Diagnostician | Sandra Jensen | Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic- Cornell University | 607-255-7850 |
| Diagnostician | Jason Dombroskie | Insect Diagnostic Clinic- Cornell University | 607-255-6530 |
| Diagnostician | Margery Daughtrey | Long Island Hort. Research & Exten. Center- Cornell University | 631-727-3595 |
| Diagnostician | Dan Gilrein | Entomologist, Long Island Hort. Research & Exten. Center- Cornell University | 631-727-3595 |
| Diagnostician | Margaret McGrath | Long Island Hort. Research & Exten. Center- Cornell University | 631-727-3595 |
| State Plant Health Director (SPHD) | Edward Chen | State Plant Health Director | 804-226-5262 |
| State Plant Regulatory Official (SPRO) | Christopher Logue | State Plant Regulatory Official | 518-457-2087 |
| Pennsylvania | Name | Location/Web Site Link | Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diagnostician | Sara May | Plant Disease Clinic- The Pennsylvania State University | 814-865-2204 |
| Diagnostician | Seong H. Kim | Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture | 814-865-2204 |
| State Plant Health Director (SPHD) | Timothy Newcamp | State Plant Health Director | 717--241-0121 |
| State Plant Regulatory Official (SPRO) | Dana Rhodes | State Plant Regulatory Official | 717-772-5205 |
| Rhode Island | Name | Location/Web Site Link | Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diagnostician | Heather Faubert | Cooperative Extension Education- University of Rhode Island | 401-874-2967 |
| State Plant Health Director (SPHD) | Kate Aitkenhead | State Plant Health Director | 203-741-5644 |
| State Plant Regulatory Official (SPRO) | Kenneth Ayars | State Plant Regulatory Official | 401-222-2781 |
| Vermont | Name | Location/Web Site Link | Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diagnostician | Ann Hazelrigg | UV Plant Diagnostic Clinic | 802-656-0493 |
| State Plant Health Director (SPHD) | Stephen Lavallee | State Plant Health Director | 802-369-3208 |
| State Plant Regulatory Official (SPRO) | Judy Rosovsky | State Plant Regulatory Official | 802-828-1319 |
| IT Support | Sarah Kingsley-Richards | University of Vermont | 802-656-0475 |
| West Virginia | Name | Location/Web Site Link | Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diagnostician | Mafuz Rahman | Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic- West Virginia University | 304-293-8838 |
| State Plant Health Director (SPHD) | Eric Ewing | State Plant Health Director | 304-343-8587 |
| State Plant Regulatory Official (SPRO) | Mike Arnold | State Plant Regulatory Official | 304-558-2212 |
| IT Support | Joyce Bower | West Virginia University | 304-293-4221 ext. 3405 |