NIFA is organized into the institutes of Bioenergy, Climate and Environment; Food Production and Sustainability; Food Safety and Nutrition; and Youth, Family and Community.
Below are NIFA Institutes, and the associated Divisions, Division Directors (or Acting Division Directors), National Program Leaders (NPL), and National Science Liaisons (NSL).
Institute of Bioenergy, Climate and Environment
- Deputy Director (Acting): Keith Harris
Division of Bioenergy
- Division Director: Keith Harris
- NPL: Victoria Finkenstadt
- NPL: William Goldner
Division of Environmental Systems
- Division Director: Peter Thompson
- NPL: Daniel Cassidy
- NPL: Jim Dobrowolski
- NPL: Sandeep Kumar
- NPL: Diomides "Diomy" Zamora
Division of Climate
- Division Director (Acting): Peter Thompson
- NPL: Kaushlendra Tingi
- NPL: Adam Wilke
Institute of Food Production and Sustainability
- Deputy Director: Kal Kalavacharla
Division of Agricultural Systems
- Division Director: Melvin Carter
- NPL: Kelly Garbach
- NPL: Rachel Seman-Varner
- NPL: Steve Thomson
- NPL: Charlotte Tuttle
Division of Animal Systems
- Division Director: Robert Godfrey
- NPL: Kathe Bjork
- NPL: Amber Campbell
- NPL: Michelle Colby
- NPL: Kamilah Grant
- NPL: Tim Sullivan
- NPL: Angelica Van Goor
Division of Plant Systems-Production
- Division Director (Acting): Mathieu Ngouajio
- NPL: Tom Bewick
- NPL: John Erickson
- NPL: Bisoondat "Mac" Macoon
- NPL: Vance Owens
- NPL: Jessica Shade
Division of Plant Systems-Protection
- Division Director (Acting): Emmanuel Byamukama
- NPL: Amer Fayad
- NPL: Erica Kistner-Thomas
- NPL: Vijay Nandula
- NPL: Christopher Philips
Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition
- Deputy Director (Acting): "Steve" Shoushan Zeng
Division of Food Safety
- Division Director (Acting): Jodi Williams
- NPL: Junia Jean-Gilles Beaubrun
Division of Nutrition
- Division Director: Jodi Williams
- NPL: Carinthia Cherry
- NPL: Kristopher Grimes
- NPL: Pascale Jean
- NPL: Lydia Kaume
- NPL: Mallory Koenings
Institute of Youth, Family and Community
- Deputy Director: Rubella Goswami
Division of Community and Education
- Division Director (Acting): Manoharan Muthusamy
- NPL: Ray Ali
- NPL: Christopher Green
- NPL: Solomon Haile
- NPL: Kellyann Jones-Jamtgaard
- NPL: Rizana Mahroof
- NPL: Carlos Ortiz
- NPL: Erin Riley
- NPL: Michelle Schelske-Santos
- NPL: Janyce Woodard
Division of Family and Consumer Sciences
- Division Director: Martha Ray Sartor
- NPL: Edwin Lewis
- NPL: Brenda Martin
- NPL: Ashley Mueller
- NPL: Courtenay Simmons
Division of Youth and 4-H
- Division Director (Acting): Martha Ray Sartor
- NPL: Jeff Sallee
- NPL: Maurice Smith
- NPL: Bonita Williams
National Science Liaison Team
Supports the agency’s national research, education and Extension portfolio; advance NIFA programs; and serve as expert resources in Washington, D.C.
- NSL: Sheila Fleischhacker (Food Safety and Nutrition)
- NSL: Mark Mirando (AFRI; Animal Health and Production)
- NSL: Mat Ngouajio (Plant Production and Protection; Organic Farming)
- NSL: Eric Norland (Environmental and Natural Resources)
Page last updated: June 23, 2025