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Family & Community Health Sciences Personnel

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Sara Elnakib, PhD, MPH, RDN

Family & Community Health Sciences Educator II (Eqv. to Assoc. Professor)

Chair/Program Leader

Phone: 848-932-3661

Email: elnakib@njaes.rutgers.edu

Deborah Blain

Family & Community Health Sciences Administrative Assistant

Phone: 848-932-3604

Email: deborah.blain@rutgers.edu

Erin Comollo

Family & Community Health Sciences Program Development Administrator

Email: erin.comollo@rutgers.edu

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Jennifer Shukaitis, MPH

Family & Community Health Sciences Educator III (Eqv. to Asst. Professor)

Phone: 848-932-3718

Email: shukaitis@njaes.rutgers.edu

Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Burlington County

Dana Barqawi

Family & Community Health Sciences Program Assistant

Email: db1321@njaes.rutgers.edu

Melanie Brill

Family & Community Health Sciences Program Associate II

Email: melanie.brill@rutgers.edu

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Brian Quilty

Family & Community Health Sciences Program Associate 1 Supervisor

Phone: 609-265-5051

Email: brian.quilty@rutgers.edu

Sigrid Solis

SNAP-Ed Family & Community Health Sciences Program Associate II

Phone: 609-265-5051

Email: ss3757@njaes.rutgers.edu

Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Camden County

Sindy Ferreira

SNAP-Ed Program Associate II

Phone: 856-216-7130, ext. 1, option 5

Email: sindy.ferreira@rutgers.edu

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Julie Frazee

Family & Community Health Sciences Sr. Program Coordinator Supervisor

Phone: 856-216-7130 ext. 1, option 3

Email: julie.frazee@rutgers.edu

Chantielle Harris

SNAP-Ed Program Associate II

Email: clh275@njaes.rutgers.edu

Carly Truett

Family & Community Health Sciences Program Associate II

Phone: 856-216-7130 ext.1, option 4

Email: carly.truett@rutgers.edu

Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Cape May County

Morgan Gifford

Family & Community Health Sciences Program Secretary

Phone: 609-465-5115, ext. 3609

Email: morgan.gifford@co.cape-may.nj.us

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Chris Zellers, MPH

Family & Community Health Sciences Educator III (Eqv. to Asst. Professor)

Phone: 609-465-5115, ext. 3603

Email: zellers@njaes.rutgers.edu

Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Essex County

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Veronica Jones

Family & Community Sciences Educator III

Phone: 973-353-5959

Email: jonesve@njaes.rutgers.edu

Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Gloucester County

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Pierrera Brown

Family & Community Health Sciences Program Coordinator II

Phone: 856-225-6169

Email: pierrera.k.brown@rutgers.edu

Dan Dychtwald

SNAP-Ed Senior Program Administrator

Email: dd990@njaes.rutgers.edu

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Luanne J. Hughes, M.S., RDN

Family & Community Health Sciences Educator I (Eqv. to Professor)

Phone: 856-224-8040

Email: hughes@njaes.rutgers.edu

Expertise: Integration of health and food systems to support health and wellness; farm-to-school and school wellness initiatives; professional development programming and support in wellness policy, system and environmental change for school faculty, administration and staff; use of technology and social media in disseminating wellness messages

Dawn McGinnis

Family & Community Health Sciences Program Associate II

Email: dm1695@njaes.rutgers.edu

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Elizabeth Vargas

Family & Community Health Sciences Program Associate II

Phone: 856-224-8040

Email: ev275@njaes.rutgers.edu

Katelyn Waldeck

Family & Community Health Sciences Program Coordinator I

Phone: 856-224-8040

Email: katelyn.waldeck@rutgers.edu

Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Hudson County

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Delma Yorimoto

Family & Community Health Sciences Sr. Program Coordinator

Email: dy269@njaes.rutgers.edu

Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Hunterdon County

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Alexandra Grenci, MS, RDN, LDN, CDCES

Family & Community Health Sciences Educator II (Eqv. to Assoc. Professor)

Phone: 908-788-1342

Email: grenci@njaes.rutgers.edu

Expertise: Diabetes prevention/self-management; obesity prevention/weight management; chronic disease prevention; health promotion; goal setting and self-motivation; school, child, and family wellness; community collaborations in public health; food safety and home food preservation; garden-based nutrition education.

Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Mercer County

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Angela Alexander De Ramos

Family & Community Health Sciences Program Associate II

Phone: 609-989-6830

Email: angela.alexander@rutgers.edu

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Catherine Diamond

Family & Community Health Sciences Program Associate II

Email: cd1037@njaes.rutgers.edu

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Joan Healy

Family & Community Health Sciences Sr. Program Coord Supervisor

Phone: 609-989-6830

Email: healyj@njaes.rutgers.edu

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Ricardo Kairios

FCHS Educator

Phone: 609-989-6830

Email: rb671@njaes.rutgers.edu

Odalis Macario

Family & Community Health Sciences Program Assistant

Email: omm49@njaes.rutgers.edu

Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Monmouth County

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Rachel Tansey, MA

Family & Community Health Sciences Senior Extension Associate

Phone: 732-431-7260, ext. 7272

Email: tansey@njaes.rutgers.edu

Expertise: Health and wellness promotion, worksite wellness, healthy lifestyles, school wellness initiatives and community health education.

Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Passaic County

Jennifer Salt Taylor

Family & Community Health Sciences Educator (Eqv. to Professor)

Phone: 973-305-5746

Email: js3531@njaes.rutgers.edu

Sabrina Subhit

Family & Community Health Sciences Research Project Coordinator II

Email: sabrina.subhit@rutgers.edu

Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Somerset County

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Shailja Mathur, M.S., M.Ed., RDN

Family & Community Health Sciences Educator II (Eqv. to Assoc. Professor)

Phone: 908-526-6295

Email: mathur@njaes.rutgers.edu

Expertise: Chronic Disease Prevention in the community focusing on Diabetes and Stroke targeted to south Asian population in collaboration with Rutgers Medical School and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, nutrition education outreach at local farmers market, schools and senior centers, use of social media in disseminating wellness and disease prevention messages.

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Lisa Rothenburger

County Extension Dept. Head

Phone: 908-526-6644

Email: rothenburger@njaes.rutgers.edu

Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Union County

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Karen M. Ensle, EdD, RDN, FAND, CFCS

County Extension Dept. Head

Family & Community Health Sciences Educator I (Eqv. to Professor)

Phone: 908-654-9854, ext. 1

Email: ensle@njaes.rutgers.edu

Expertise: Obesity prevention; small steps to health and wealth; community transformation and environmental change for healthier cities; garden-enhanced nutrition education; wellness policy changes; nutrition, food safety and health education/training for professionals, limited resource audiences, seniors and the general consumer. Use of technology and social media in disseminating wellness messages

Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Warren County

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Sherri M. Cirignano, MS, RD, LDN

Family & Community Health Sciences Educator II (Eqv. to Assoc. Professor)

Phone: 908-475-6504

Email: cirignano@njaes.rutgers.edu

Expertise: Nutrition and cancer prevention, functional foods programming, food safety and food insecurity, and nutrition and physical activity needs for preschool aged children.

Teresa Coppola

Family & Community Health Sciences Keyboarding Clerk

Phone: 908-475-6504

Email: tcoppola@co.warren.nj.us