Education/Training
B.S. in Agribusiness, 1986, Southeastern Louisiana University
M.S. in Vocational Education, 1994, Louisiana State University
Horticulture Specialty, 2001, LSU AgCenter
Ph. D. in Human Resource Education with a minor in Horticulture, 2006, Louisiana State University
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Areas of Specialization/Research
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Commercial vegetable program (including best management practices (BMPs), variety demonstrations, farmers markets and field days)
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Commercial citrus program (including BMPs, demonstration plots, marketing and field days)
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Resource person for retail and commercial nursery owners, athletic field directors and golf course managers
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Pest management resource for commercial producers
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Environmental horticultural programming (consumer horticultural BMPs)
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Lawn and turf management
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Pest management (insects, diseases and weeds)
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Louisiana Yards and Neighborhoods program coordinator
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Louisiana Junior Master Gardener coordinator
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Professional Experience
Regional Director, Southeast Region, July 1, 2010 to present. Twenty percent appointment as Assistant Director of the Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service, "Local Support" initiative.
Interim Regional Director, Southeast Region, September 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010.
Assistant Director, Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service, parish programming, Louisiana Master Gardener program coordinator August 15, 2008 to present. Also served as Louisiana Master Gardener program coordinator from August 15, 2008 to June 30, 2010.
Assistant to the Director for Special Programs, Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service, providing administrative leadership in building local financial and administrative support (through cooperative agreements) with parish government partners (police juries, parish councils and school boards) statewide, January 2007 through June 30, 2008
Area Agent (Horticulture) in Lafourche, St. Mary and Terrebonne parishes, November 1998 to August 2008
Assistant/Associate/County Agent (4-H, agriculture and horticulture) in Iberia Parish, September 1991 to November 1998
Assistant County Agent (4-H) in Terrebonne Parish, March 1989 to September 1991
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