PSEP Contacts

Sonja Thomas
Auburn University
Alabama Pesticide Safety Education Program
204 Extension Hall
Auburn, Alabama 36849
(334)844-8832
sbt0010@auburn.edu
http://www.aces.edu/anr/pesticidemgt/

Casey Matney
University of Alaska, Fairbanks
(907) 262-5824
camatney@alaska.edu
https://www.uaf.edu/ces/ah/psep/

Phillip Kaspari
pnkaspari@alaska.edu

Paul Brown
University of Arizona
P.O. Box 210038
Tucson, AZ 85721-0038
(520) 621-7205
pbrown@ag.arizona.edu
https://cals.arizona.edu/apmc/psep.html

Peter Ellsworth
peterell@ag.arizona.edu

Al Fournier
afournie@email.arizona.edu

Ples Spradley
University of Arkansas,
2301 S. University, Little Rock,
Arkansas 72204
(501) 944-0941
pspradley@uaex.edu
https://www.uaex.edu/farm-ranch/pest-management/education-licensing.aspx

Lisa Downey Blecker
University of California – Davis,
2801 Second St.,
Davis, California, 95618
(530) 750-1251
lblecker@ucanr.edu
http://ipm.ucanr.edu/GENERAL/pesticides.html

Thia Walker
Colorado State University,
1177 Campus Delivery,
Fort Collins, Colorado 80523
(970) 491-6027
thia.walker@colostate.edu
http://cepep.agsci.colostate.edu/

Candace L. Bartholomew
University of Connecticut,
Suite 262
270 Farmington Ave
Farmington, CT 06032
(860) 570-9067
candace.bartholomew@uconn.edu
http://psep.extension.uconn.edu/

Kerry H. Richards
University of Delaware
531 South College Ave.
122 Townsend Hall,
Newark, DE 19716
(814) 880 0013
krichardsaapse@gmail.com
http://extension.udel.edu/ag/psep/

Fred M. Fishel
University of Florida
P.O. Box 110710 Building 164
Gainesville, Florida 32611
(352) 392-4721
weeddr@ufl.edu
http://pested.ifas.ufl.edu/

Milton (Mickey)Taylor
University of Georgia
463 Biological Sciences Bldg. 120 Cedar
St. Athens, Georgia 30602
(706) 540-4108
mickeyt@uga.edu
http://extension.uga.edu/programs-services/pesticide-safety-education.html

Charles Nagamine
University of Hawaii
Department of Plant and Environmental Protection Services
3190 Maile Way, Room 307
Honolulu HI 96822
(808) 956 6007
cynagami@hawaii.edu
http://pestworld.stjohn.hawaii.edu/epp/pat.html

Ronda E. Hirnyck
University of Idaho
322 E. Front St. Suite 120
Boise, Idaho 83702
(208) 364-4046
rhirnyck@uidaho.edu
http://www.uidaho.edu/extension/ipm/pesticide

Michelle Wiesbrook
University of Illinois
1102 S. Dorner Dr.
Urbana, Illinois 61801
buesinge@illinois.edu
http://web.extension.illinois.edu/psep/

Travis Cleveland
tclevela@illinois.edu

Fred Whitford
Purdue University
Lilly Hall 915 W. State St.
West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
(765) 494-1284
fwhitford@purdue.edu
https://ppp.purdue.edu/

Kristine Schaefer
Iowa State University
8 Insectary
Ames, Iowa 50011-1050
(515) 294-4286
schaefer@iastate.edu
https://www.extension.iastate.edu/psep/

Frannie Miller
Kansas State University
600 West Woodside
McPherson, Kansas 67460
(620) 241-1523
fmiller@ksu.edu
http://www.ksre.k-state.edu/pesticides-ipm/

Ric Bessin
University of Kentucky
S-225 Ag. Science Center North
University of Kentucky, Lexington, 40546-0091
(859) 257-7456
rbessin@email.uky.edu
http://pest.ca.uky.edu/PSEP/welcome.html

Kim Pope Brown
Pesticide Safety Education Coordinator,
Louisiana State University,
268 Knapp Hall,
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803
(225) 578-3018
kpope@agcenter.lsu.edu
http://www.lsuagcenter.com/portals/our_offices/departments/wa-callegari-environmental-center/pesticide_ed/pesticide-safety-education-program-psep

James Dill
University of Maine
17 Godfrey Dr.
Orono, ME 04473-3692
(207) 581-3879
james.dill@maine.edu
https://extension.umaine.edu/ipm/pesticide-safety/

Kerry Bernard
kerry.bernard@maine.edu

Amy E. Brown
PSEP Coordinator,
University of Maryland,
Department of Entomology,
4112 Plant Science Bldg.,
College Park, Maryland 20742
(301) 405-3928
amybrown@umd.edu
http://pesticide.umd.edu/pesticide-safety-education.html

Natalia Clifton & Patricia Vittum
Natalia Clifton
Assistant Pesticide Coordinator,
University of Massachusetts – Amherst
French Hall, 230 Stockbridge Rd.,
Amherst, Massachusetts 01003
(413) 545-1044
nclifton@umass.edu

Patricia Vittum
Coordinator
University of Massachusetts – Amherst
104 Agricultural Engineering Building250 Natural Resources Rd
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003-9295
(413) 545-0268
pvittum@umass.edu
http://www.umass.edu/pested/

John Stone
Michigan State University,
1129 Farm Lane
Room B18
East Lansing, MI 48824-1302
(517) 353-5134
stonejo@msu.edu
http://www.ipm.msu.edu/pesticide_education_safety

Linda Johns
PSEE Associate Director & Coordinator
University of Minnesota Extension
Extension Regional Office, Andover
Bunker Hills Activities Center
550 Bunker Lake Blvd NW, Suite L-1
Andover, MN 55304-4122
Phone: (763) 737-3881 Toll Free: (888) 241-0719
Email: lindaj@umn.edu

M. Eugene Merkl, Jr.
Pesticide Safety Education Coordinator,
Mississippi State University,
PO Box 9775,
Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762-9775
(662) 325-5829
gm53@msstate.edu
http://extension.msstate.edu/agriculture/pesticide-applicator-certification

Lee Miller
University of Missouri
110 Waters Hall
Columbia, MO 65211
(573) 882-5623
millerger@missouri.edu
http://pat.missouri.edu/

Cecil Tharp
Pesticide Education Specialist,
Montana State University,
103 Animal BioScience, MSU,
Bozeman, Montana 59717-2900
(406) 994-5067
ctharp@montana.edu
http://pesticides.montana.edu/

Clyde L. Ogg
PSEP Coordinator,
University of Nebraska-Lincoln,
377F Plant Sciences Hall,
Lincoln, Nebraska 68583-0971
(402) 472-1632
cogg1@unl.edu
https://pested.unl.edu/

Heidi Kratsch
University of Nevada
504 S. Main St
P.O. Box 811
Yerington, NV 89447
(775) 345-5879
kratschh@unce.unr.edu
http://www.unce.unr.edu/programs/sites/pesticide/

Melody Hefner
hefnerm@unce.unr.edu

Rachel Maccini
PSEP Coordinator,
University of New Hampshire Coop. Extension,
329 Mast Rd., Suite 115,
Goffstown, New Hampshire 03045
(603) 351-3831
rachel.maccini@unh.edu
https://extension.unh.edu/Agriculture/Pesticide-Safety-Education-Program

Patricia Hastings
Rutgers University
Thompson Hall
96 Lipman Drive
New Brunswick, NJ 08907-8524
(848) 932-0176
hastings@njaes.rutgers.edu
http://pestmanagement.rutgers.edu/rutgers-pesticide-safety-education-program/

Phillip Lujan
New Mexico State University
MSC 3AE
P.O. Box 30003
Las Cruces, NM 88003-8003
(575) 646-1822
pl11@nmsu.edu
http://aces.nmsu.edu/pesticide/

Mary Centrella
New York PSEP
(607) 255-1866
mlc344@cornell.edu

Mike Helms
New York PSEP
(607) 254-6441
mjh14@cornell.edu

Wayne Buhler
Professor, North Carolina State University,
51 Kilgore Hall, NCSU Campus Box 7609,
Raleigh, North Carolina 27695
(919) 515-5369
wayne_buhler@ncsu.edu
https://pesticidesafety.ces.ncsu.edu/

Andrew Thostenson
North Dakota State University
NDSU Dept. 7060
P.O. Box 6050
Fargo, ND 58108-6050
(701)231-8050
andrew.thostenson@ndsu.edu
https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/pesticide/

Mary Ann Rose
Program Director,
Ohio State University,
256 Howlett Hall
Columbus, OH 43210
(614) 292-4070
https://pested.osu.edu/

Kevin Shelton
Oklahoma State University,
Dept of Entomology and Plant Pathology
127 Noble Research Center,
Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078
(405) 744-1060
kevin.shelton@okstate.edu
http://pested.okstate.edu/

Kaci J. Buhl
National Pesticide Information Center Deputy Director,
Oregon State University
310 Weniger Hall, Oregon State University,
Corvallis, Oregon 97331
(541) 737-8330
buhlk@oregonstate.edu
https://agsci.oregonstate.edu/statewide-pesticide-safety-education-program/statewide-pesticide-safety-education-program-psep

Jon Johnson
Director of Pesticide Education,
Penn State University,
222 Special Services Bldg.,
University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
(814) 863-0263
jmj5@psu.edu
https://extension.psu.edu/about-the-pesticide-education-program

Steven Alm
Professor,
University of Rhode Island
9 E. Alumni Ave., Suite 7,
Kingston, Rhode Island 02881
(401) 874-5998
stevealm@uri.edu
http://web.uri.edu/pse/pat-training/

Katie Moore
PSEP Coordinator
Clemson University
511 Westinghouse Rd.
Pendleton, South Carolina 29670
(803) 417-5198
kcrouch@clemson.edu
http://www.clemson.edu/extension/pest-ed/

Amanda Bachmann
South Dakota State University
412 W. Missouri Ave, Pierre, SD 57501
(605) 773-8120
amanda.bachmann@sdstate.edu

Darrell Hensley
PSEP Coordinator
University of Tennessee
2505 E. J. Chapman Dr., 370 PBB
Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-4560
(865) 974-7958
dhensley@utk.edu
https://ag.tennessee.edu/PSEP/Pages/default.aspx

Don Renchie
Extension Program Leader & PSEP Coordinator
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
101 Agronomy Field Lab
College Station, Texas 77843-2488
(979) 845-3849
drenchie@ag.tamu.edu
https://agrilifeextension.tamu.edu/programs/agricultural-environmental-safety/

Mike Wierda
Utah State University
Extension Assistant Professor
Pesticide Safety Education Program Director
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Davis County Extension
80 E 725 S Sego Lily Dr, Suite B, Kaysville, UT 84037
michael.wierda@usu.edu
435.919.1270 office
(435) 797-0573
michael.wierda@usu.edu

Richard Beard
Utah State University
2300 Old Main Hill
1498 North 800 East
Logan, UT 84322-2300
(435) 797-0573
richard.beard@usu.edu

Ann Hazelrigg
Extension Assistant Professor
University of Vermont
Jeffords Hall, 63 Carrigan Dr.
Burlington, Vermont 05405
(802) 656-0493
ann.hazelrigg@uvm.edu
http://pss.uvm.edu/pesp/

Sarah Kingsley-Richards
Sarah.Kingsley@uvm.edu

Daniel Frank
Director
Virginia Tech Pesticide Program
Virginia Tech Pesticide Programs, 302 Agnew Hall, MC 0409
Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
(540) 231-6543
dlfrank@vt.edu
http://www.vtpp.ext.vt.edu/

Carol Black
Extension Specialist
Washington State University
PO Box 645912
Pullman, Washington 99164-5912
(509) 335-9222
ramsay@wsu.edu
http://pep.wsu.edu/

Megan Wilkerson
Washington DC PSEP
(202)274-7190
megan.wilkerson@udc.edu

Dr. Carlos Quesada
carlos.quesada@mail.wvu.edu

Glenn Nice
University of Wisconsin
1575 Linden Dr.
Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1597
(608) 263-6358
http://fyi.uwex.edu/pat/

Jeff Edwards
Pesticide Applicator Training Coordinator,
University of Wyoming,
2753 State Highway 157,
Lingle, Wyoming 82223
(307) 837-2956
jedward04@uwyo.edu
http://uwyoextension.org/psep/