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Drenda Williams
Drenda Williams is currently the NIFA Associate Director for Operations at National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) – U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) extramural grant funding agency for agricultural research, education…
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Terry Radke
Terry Radke is a Biological Science Program Specialist in the Institute of Food Production and Sustainability where he works with national program leaders in administering competitive grant programs for the Division of Animal Systems…
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Christopher Petty
Christopher Petty MS, an enrolled Bear Clan member of the Iowa (Baxoje) Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska, serves as a Program Specialist within NIFA's Institute of Youth Family and Community. Petty assists with competitive and capacity…
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Logan Appenfeller
Logan Appenfeller joined the NIFA team in Kansas City, MO as a Program Specialist (Biological Science Specialist) for the Institute of Food Production and Sustainability’s Division of Plant Systems-Protection. In this position,…
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Ann E. Stapleton
Dr. Ann E. Stapleton is a National Program Leader in the Institute of Food Production and Sustainability, Division of Plant Systems – Production, and has extensive interagency collaboration and cross-USDA leadership experience. Dr…
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John E. Erickson
Dr. John E. Erickson is a National Program Leader in the Institute of Food Production and Sustainability, Division of Plant Systems – Production. Before joining NIFA, John served on the faculty of the Agronomy Department at the…
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Jace Ewalt
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Amer Fayad, Ph.D.
Dr. Fayad is a plant pathologist specialized in plant viruses and integrated pest management (IPM). His research experience has focused on the identification, epidemiology, biological and molecular diversity of viruses, virus movement,…
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Donna Hiatt
Donna Hiatt recently joined NIFA as an Institute of Youth, Family, and Community Program Specialist in Kansas City, Missouri. Prior to joining NIFA, Donna taught science at the middle and high school levels for 12 years and has…
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Olivia Moreno
Olivia is a Program Specialist with the Institute of Bioenergy, Climate, and Environment's Climate Change Division.
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Patricia Myers
Patricia is a Policy Specialist in the Policy and Oversight Division, Policy Branch of the Office of Grants and Financial Management, National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). In partnership with program staff, Patricia is…
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Steven I. Smith
Steve provides leadership for a wide range of research, extension and education projects related to animal production systems; he is the primary contact in the area of livestock nutrition; serves as liaison to a number of industry…
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Jeffrey Sweet
Mr. Sweet serves as the Branch Chief for the Financial Analysis Branch (FAB) of the Financial Management Division (FMD). FAB is comprised of 3 teams: Cash Reconciliation Team (CRT), Trial Balance Team (TBT) and the DATA Act Team …
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Megan S O'Reilly
Megan provides support for programs within the Plant Systems division, with a focus on specialty crops and organic agriculture.
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Ray A. Ali
Ray provides leadership for competitive scholarship and fellowship grant programs that span the undergraduate through postdoctoral levels of higher education. These include the Multicultural Scholars Program, National Needs Graduate…
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Denis Ebodaghe
Denis serves as a National Program Leader for small farm research and extension program development; through partnership and collaborative efforts with our land-grant university partners and other stakeholders, deal with small farm and…
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Mathieu Ngouajio
Dr. Mathieu Ngouajio is the National Science Liaison for Crop Production Systems. Prior to his National Science Liaison position, Dr. Ngouajio served as a National Program Leader from 2013 to 2019 in the Institute of Food Production…
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Joseph Perez
Joseph is the team leader for the RFA Team in the Policy Branch which is responsible, with the partnership of program staff, for developing, revising, and publishing of all NIFA’s program funding opportunities. He is the Office of…
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Desiree Rucker
PhD in Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication. Contact for Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Development Program.
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Lelan D. Dixon
Lelan serves as the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Management Resource Officer to coordinate program implementation and oversee the integrity and quality of the AFRI competitive process across NIFA's four science…
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Primary Contact Division of Nutrition (IFSN)
This is the primary contact information for NIFA's Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition (IFSN), Division of Nutrition
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Steven J. Thomson
Dr. Thomson serves as National Program Leader for projects and programs that focus on engineering processes that improve systems relevant to agriculture. He supports research, education, and extension activities in these areas. Dr…
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Sydney Turner
Sydney Turner serves as a Program Specialist in the Division of Family & Consumer Sciences. She provides programmatic grant support to competitive and non-competitive grant programs: Extension Risk Management Education, Farm Business…