NJAES Administration

Laura Lawson
Executive Director, NJAES
Phone: 848-932-3600
Email: ljlawson@njaes.rutgers.edu
Website: execdeanagriculture.rutgers.edu

Cooperative Extension

Office of the Director

Brian Schilling
Director, Cooperative Extension
Senior Associate Director, NJAES
Phone: 848-932-3591
Email: schilling@njaes.rutgers.edu
Website: njaes.rutgers.edu/extension

+ Administration

Kathleen Howell
Associate Director of Administration and Personnel, Cooperative Extension
Phone: 848-932-3581
Email: howell@njaes.rutgers.edu

Rhonda Breen-Simone
Department Administrator Supervisor, Cooperative Extension
Phone: 848-932-3703
Email: rbsimone@njaes.rutgers.edu

Nicholas Polanin
Associate Director, Cooperative Extension
Chair/Program Leader, Dept. of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Phone: 848-932-3590
Email: polanin@njaes.rutgers.edu
Website: njaes.rutgers.edu/anr

Michele Bakacs
Statewide Coordinator, Rutgers Environmental Stewards
Phone: 732-398-5274
Email: bakacs@njaes.rutgers.edu
Website: envirostewards.rutgers.edu

[vacant position]
Statewide Coordinator, Rutgers Master Gardener Program
Email: polanin@njaes.rutgers.edu
Website: njaes.rutgers.edu/master-gardeners

Rachel Lyons
Associate Director, Cooperative Extension
Chair/Program Leader, Dept. of 4-H Youth Development
Phone: 848-932-3715
Email: lyons@njaes.rutgers.edu
Website: nj4h.rutgers.edu

Ben Clawson
Director, Lindley G. Cook 4-H Youth Center for Outdoor Education
Phone: 973-948-3550, ext. 21
Email: clawson@njaes.rutgers.edu
Website: nj4hcamp.rutgers.edu

Sara Elnakib
Associate Director, Cooperative Extension
Chair/Program Leader, Dept. of Family and Community Health Sciences
Phone: 848-932-3661
Email: elnakib@njaes.rutgers.edu

Mark Robson
Director, Continuing Professional Education
Phone: 848-932-9271
Email: robson@njaes.rutgers.edu
Website: cpe.rutgers.edu

Karen Plumley-Luepke
Director of Leadership and Organizational Development, Cooperative Extension
Phone: 732-735-2659
Email: plumley@njaes.rutgers.edu

Richard Alomar
Director, Urban Extension and Engagement
Phone: 848-932-5266
Email: richard.alomar@rutgers.edu
Website: urbanextension.rutgers.edu

Michael L. Westendorf
Representative, Extension Specialists, Cooperative Extension
Phone: 848-932-9408
Email: westendorf@njaes.rutgers.edu
Website: njaes.rutgers.edu/extension-specialists

Debra Palmer-Keenan
State Coordinator, Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program
Phone: 732-932-9853
Email: dkeenan@njaes.rutgers.edu
Website: njaes.rutgers.edu/efnep

+ County Extension Department Heads

Richard W. VanVranken
Atlantic County
Phone: 609-625-0056
Email: vanvranken@njaes.rutgers.edu
Website: rutgers-atlantic.org

Joel S. Flagler
Bergen County
Phone: 201-336-6781
Email: flagler@njaes.rutgers.edu
Website: bergen.njaes.rutgers.edu

William J. Bamka
Burlington County
Phone: 609-265-5050
Email: bamka@njaes.rutgers.edu
Website: burlington.njaes.rutgers.edu

Mike Haberland
Agriculture & Natural Resources County Agent II, Cooperative Extension of Burlington County
Phone: 856-216-7130, ext. 1
Email: haberland@njaes.rutgers.edu
Website: burlington.njaes.rutgers.edu

Gary C. Pavlis
Cape May County (Interim)
Phone: 609-465-5115, ext. 3601
Email: pavlis@njaes.rutgers.edu
Website: capemay.njaes.rutgers.edu

Salvatore Mangiafico
Cumberland County
Phone: 856-451-2800, ext. 1
Email: mangiafico@njaes.rutgers.edu
Website: cumberland.njaes.rutgers.edu

Amy A. Rowe
Essex County
Phone: 973-287-6360
Email: rowe@njaes.rutgers.edu
Website: essex.njaes.rutgers.edu

Michelle Infante-Casella
Gloucester County
Phone: 856-224-8040
Email: minfante@njaes.rutgers.edu
Website: gloucester.njaes.rutgers.edu

[vacant position]
Hudson County
Website: hudson.njaes.rutgers.edu

Alexandra Grenci
Hunterdon County
Phone: 908-788-1342
Email: grenci@njaes.rutgers.edu
Website: hunterdon.njaes.rutgers.edu

Chad Ripberger
Mercer County
Phone: 609-989-6830
Email: ripberger@njaes.rutgers.edu
Website: mercer.njaes.rutgers.edu

William T. Hlubik
Middlesex County
Phone: 732-398-5262
Email: hlubik@njaes.rutgers.edu
Website: middlesex.njaes.rutgers.edu

Matthew Newman
Monmouth County
Phone: 732-431-7260, ext. 7266
Email: m.newman@njaes.rutgers.edu
Website: monmouth.njaes.rutgers.edu

Peter J. Nitzsche
Morris County
Phone: 973-285-8304
Email: nitzsche@njaes.rutgers.edu
Website: morris.njaes.rutgers.edu

Joanne Kinsey
Co-Ocean County
Phone: 609-625-0056
Email: jkinsey@njaes.rutgers.edu
Website: ocean.njaes.rutgers.edu

Douglas Zemeckis
Co-Ocean County
Phone: 732-349-1152
Email: zemeckis@njaes.rutgers.edu
Website: ocean.njaes.rutgers.edu

Cecilia Diaz
Passaic County
Phone: 973-305-5748
Email: cd765@njaes.rutgers.edu
Website: passaic.njaes.rutgers.edu

Alexandra DelCollo
Salem County
Phone: 856-769-0090
Email: delcollo@njaes.rutgers.edu
Website: salem.njaes.rutgers.edu

Lisa Rothenburger
Somerset County
Phone: 908-526-6644
Email: rothenburger
Website: somerset.njaes.rutgers.edu

Stephen Komar
Sussex County
Phone: 973-948-3040
Email: komar@njaes.rutgers.edu
Website: sussex.njaes.rutgers.edu

Karen M. Ensle
Union County
Phone: 908-654-9854, ext. 1
Email: ensle@njaes.rutgers.edu
Website: ucnj.org/rutgers-cooperative-extension-of-union-county/

Alayne Torretta
Warren County
Phone: 908-475-6502
Email: torretta@njaes.rutgers.edu
Website: warren.njaes.rutgers.edu

Research

Office of the Director

Wendie Cohick
Director of Research
Senior Associate Director, NJAES
Phone: 848-932-3777
Email: cohick@njaes.rutgers.edu
Website: sebsnjaesresearch.rutgers.edu

Michael Christian
Business Specialist, NJAES
Phone: 848-932-3773
Email: christian@njaes.rutgers.edu

Lucas Marxen
Associate Director of Research and Technology, Research Analytics
Phone: 848-932-4543
Email: ljmarxen@njaes.rutgers.edu
Website: ora.rutgers.edu

Kevin Sullivan
Assistant Director of Statistical Analysis, Research Analytics
Phone: 848-932-4662
Email: sullivan@njaes.rutgers.edu
Website: ora.rutgers.edu

Joseph Cronin
Director, Grants Facilitation
Phone: 848-932-3751
Email: joseph.cronin@rutgers.edu
Website: sebsnjaesresearch.rutgers.edu/grants-facilitation/

Diane French
Senior Program Administrator, NJAES
Phone: 848-932-3567
Email: dfrench@njaes.rutgers.edu

+ Centers & Farms

Clint Burgher
Director and Farm Manager, Animal Farm
Phone: 848-932-9415
Email: burgher@njaes.rutgers.edu
Website: njaes.rutgers.edu/animal-care

Karyn Malinowski
Director, Equine Science Center
Phone: 848-932-4220
Email: malinowski@njaes.rutgers.edu
Website: esc.rutgers.edu

James Murphy
Director, Center for Turfgrass Science
Phone: 848-932-6326
Email: murphy@njaes.rutgers.edu
Website: turf.rutgers.edu

Henry John-Alder
Director, Pinelands Field Station
Phone: 848-932-1064
Email: henry.john-alder@rutgers.edu
Website: pinelands.camden.rutgers.edu

Richard G. Lathrop
Director, Grant F. Walton Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis
Phone: 732-932-1580
Email: lathrop@crssa.rutgers.edu
Website: crssa.rutgers.edu

Dina Fonseca
Director, Center for Vector Biology
Phone: 848-932-3146
Email: dina.fonseca@rutgers.edu
Website: vectorbio.rutgers.edu

Gloria Dominguez-Bello
Director, New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health
Phone: 848-932-3500
Email: mg.dominguez-bello@rutgers.edu
Website: ifnh.rutgers.edu

Resource and Economic Development

Office of the Director

Photo: Margaret (Peggy) Brennan-Tonetta.

Margaret (Peggy) Brennan-Tonetta
Director, Resource and Economic Development
Senior Associate Director, NJAES
Phone: 848-932-3776
Email: mbrennan@njaes.rutgers.edu
Website: ored.njaes.rutgers.edu

Michael Christian
Business Specialist, NJAES
Phone: 848-932-3773
Email: christian@njaes.rutgers.edu

Lori Dars
Associate Director, Economic Development and Innovation, NJAES
Phone: 848-932-4481
Email: lori.dars@rutgers.edu

Jeffrey Everett
Associate Director, Ag Retention, Development, and Conservation, NJAES
Phone: 848-932-3693
Email: jeffrey.everett@rutgers.edu

+ Centers, Institutes, Farms & Off-Campus Stations

Serpil Guran
Director, Rutgers EcoComplex - Clean Energy Innovation Center
Phone: 609-499-3600
Email: sg795@rutgers.edu
Website: ecocomplex.rutgers.edu

Nolan Lewin
Executive Director, Rutgers Food Innovation Center
Director, Rutgers Food Innovation Center - North
Director, Rutgers Food Innovation Center - South
Phone: 732-445-6137
Email: nl95@njaes.rutgers.edu
Website: foodinnovation.rutgers.edu

Thomas Hartman
Manager, Mass Spectrometry Facility
Phone: 848-932-5543
Email: hartmantg@aol.com

[vacant position]
Director, Farm Programs, NJAES

Peter J. Nitzsche
Director, Clifford E. & Melda C. Snyder Research and Extension Farm - Rutgers Center for Sustainable Agriculture
Phone: 848-932-7365
Email: nitzsche@njaes.rutgers.edu
Website: snyderfarm.rutgers.edu

Peter Oudemans
Director, Philip E. Marucci Center for Blueberry and Cranberry Research and Extension
Phone: 609-726-2537
Email: oudemans@njaes.rutgers.edu
Website: pemaruccicenter.rutgers.edu

Dean Polk
Director, Rutgers Specialty Crop Research and Extension Center
Phone: 848-932-6372
Email: polk@njaes.rutgers.edu
Website: njaes.rutgers.edu/cream-ridge

Stacy Bonos
Director, Rutgers Plant Science Research and Extension Farm
Phone: 848-932-6367
Email: bonos@njaes.rutgers.edu
Website: njaes.rutgers.edu/plant-science

Joseph Florentine
Director, Hort Farm III
Associate Director, Farm and Greenhouse Operations, NJAES
Director, Hort Farm I
Phone: 848-932-9034
Email: florentine@njaes.rutgers.edu

James Murphy
Director, Hort Farm II
Phone: 848-932-6326
Email: murphy@njaes.rutgers.edu

Christopher C. Obropta
Director, New Jersey Water Resources Research Institute
Phone: 848-932-5711
Email: obropta@envsci.Rutgers.edu
Website: njwrri.rutgers.edu

Daniel Ward
Director, Rutgers Agricultural Research and Extension Center
Director, New Jersey Center for Wine Research and Education
Phone: 856-391-7628
Email: dward@njaes.rutgers.edu
Website: njaes.rutgers.edu/rarec
Website: njvines.rutgers.edu

Richard Buckley
Director, Plant Diagnostic Lab and Nematode Detection Service
Phone: 732-932-9140
Email: clinic@njaes.rutgers.edu
Website: njaes.rutgers.edu/plant-diagnostic-lab

Stephanie Murphy
Director, Soil Testing Laboratory
Phone: 848-932-9295
Email: smurphy@njaes.rutgers.edu
Website: njaes.rutgers.edu/soil-testing-lab

Dave Bushek
Director, Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory
Phone: 856-391-7653
Email: bushek@hsrl.rutgers.edu
Website: hsrl.rutgers.edu

Mike De Luca
Director, New Jersey Aquaculture Innovation Center
Director, Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve
Phone: 848-932-3474
Email: deluca@marine.rutgers.edu
Website: aic.rutgers.edu
Website: jcnerr.org

Oscar Schofield
Acting Director, Rutgers Marine Field Station
Phone: 848-932-3265
Email: oscar@marine.rutgers.edu
Website: rumfs.marine.rutgers.edu