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Brian Farkas
Dean
befarkas@udel.edu
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Karen Roth Moline
Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives and Planning
kra@udel.edu
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Tanya Gressley
Associate Dean of Graduate Programs
gressley@udel.edu
 302-831-1940
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Erik Ervin
Interim Associate Dean, Interim Director of Cooperative Extension
eervin@udel.edu
 302-831-2504
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Jennifer Volk
Associate Director of Cooperative Extension
jennvolk@udel.edu
 302-730-4000
James Adkins
Interim Director of Carvel Research and Education Center
adkins@udel.edu
 302-856-7303
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Jake Bowman
Department Chair
Entomology and Wildlife Ecology
Interim Department Chair
Plant and Soil Sciences
jlbowman@udel.edu
 302-831-4621
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Erin Connor
Department Chair
Animal and Food Sciences
eeconnor@udel.edu
 302-831-2524
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Martin Heintzelman
Department Chair
Applied Economics and Statistics
mheintze@udel.edu
 302-831-1003
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Operation Leads

Dan Coleman
Director of STAR/South Campus IT
canr-support@udel.edu
 302-831-0921
Catherine Conrad
Operations Advisor
cmconrad@udel.edu
 302-831-2501
Scott Hopkins
Newark Farm Superintendent
hopkins@udel.edu
 302-831-8430
Lauren Kope
Director of UD Botanic Gardens
lckope@udel.edu
 
Dante LaPenta
Director of Communications
dlapenta@udel.edu
 302-831-1355
Jennifer Rodammer
Director of UDairy Creamery
jenrod@udel.edu
 302-831-2486
Emily Salanon
Director of College Human Resources
esalanon@udel.edu
 302-831-4900
Taylor Van Duyn
Director of College Facilities and Planning
tvanduyn@udel.edu
 302-540-3242

Administrative Support

Christy Duncan Fitzpatrick
Administrative Specialist for Associate Deans
cdfitz@udel.edu
 302-831-2501
Kaci Gravatt
Administrative Assistant III (Cooperative Extension)
kgravatt@udel.edu
 302-831-2504
Crystal Maccari
Administrative Assistant (PT)
maccari@udel.edu
 302-831-2501
Kelly Sakiewicz
Assistant to the Dean
kellyjs@udel.edu
 302-831-2501

Events

Lori Baiardi
Events Manager
lbaiardi@udel.edu
 302-831-2501

Grants Administration

Cindy O’Donnell
Manager of Grant Administration
cindyo@udel.edu
 302-831-1464

Advisory Board

Theodore H. Carski, Ph.D.

DuPont Ag Products (Retired)
CANR Advisory Board Member (2019–Present)
 

Ms. Jacqueline Cascio

VP of Specialty Sales, Perdue Farms
CANR Advisory Board Member (2018–Present)
 
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Robert B. Cohen, V.M.D.

Owner and VMD, Bay St. Animal Hospital
CANR Advisory Board Member (2015–Present)
 

Mr. James Collins, Jr.

Former CEO Corteva Agriscience,; Chair of the Board at Vestaron; ADM Board Member
CANR Advisory Board Member (2022–Present)
 

Mr. Gary D. Curl

Founder & President of Specialty Consultants, LLC
CANR Advisory Board Member (2014–Present)
 
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Mr. Gerard L. Esposito

Owner, Espo Enterprises LLC (Consultancy); Retired President Tidewater Utilities
CANR Advisory Board Member (2017–Present)
 
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Mr. Jerrold B. Harris

Owner, Mallard Haven LLC
CANR Advisory Board Member (2016–Present)
 

Mr. W. Edwin Kee Jr.

CANR Executive in Residence; DE Secretary of Agriculture (Retired); Cooperative Extension Specialist (Retired)
CANR Advisory Board Member (2013–Present)
 

Dr. Jennifer McEntire

Founder, Food Safety Strategy, LLC
CANR Advisory Board Member (2020–Present)
 
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Mrs. Jacqueline B. Perry

Volunteer UD Botanic Gardens
CANR Advisory Board Member (2017–Present)
 

Mr. Robert F. Rider, Jr.

President & CEO of O.A. Newton; University of Delaware Board of Trustees
CANR Advisory Board Member (2017–Present)
 

Mr. Terrence J. Schiff

President, Schiff Farms, Inc.
CANR Advisory Board Member (2018–Present)
 
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Mr. Andrew D. Schwartz

JalAgro
CANR Advisory Board Member (2017–Present)
 
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Scott H. Walter, C.F.A.

Head of Structure Finance Capital Markets and Syndicate, Goldman Sachs & Co. NYC
CANR Advisory Board Member (2018–Present)
 

Mr. William F. Willard, Sr.

CEO of Willard Agri-Service
CANR Advisory Board Member (2012–Present)
 

Mr. Randall C. Willin Jr.

Willin Farms, Inc.
CANR Advisory Board Member (2013–Present)
 

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