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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

Melanie Brill

Family & Community Health Sciences Program Associate II

Email: melanie.brill@rutgers.edu

Healther Doerr

Family & Community Health Sciences Program Associate II

Email: heather.doerr@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

Shanna Sykes

SNAP-Ed Senior Program Coordinator Supervisor

Email: ss5378@njaes.rutgers.edu

Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Camden County

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Julie Frazee

Family & Community Health Sciences Sr. Program Administrator Supervisor

Phone: 856-631-0061

Email: julie.frazee@rutgers.edu

Chantielle Harris

Family & Community Health Sciences Program Associate II, SNAP-Ed

Phone: 856-215-9540

Email: clh275@njaes.rutgers.edu

Abigail Reed

Family & Community Health Sciences Program Associate II, SNAP-Ed

Phone: 856-397-7148

Email: abby.reed@rutgers.edu

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Carly Truett

Family & Community Health Sciences Sr. Program Coordinator Supervisor, SNAP-Ed

Phone: 856-631-0113

Email: carly.truett@rutgers.edu

Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Cape May County

Brooke Chiera

Family and Community Health Sciences Program Secretary

Phone: 609-465-5115, ext. 3609

Email: brooke.chiera@co.cape-may.nj.us

Anneliese Kuemmerle, MS, RDN

Family & Community Health Sciences Program Associate II

Phone: 609-465-5115, ext. 3614

Email: anneliese.kuemmerle@njaes.rutgers.edu

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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 Health Sciences Educator III (Eqv. to Asst. Professor)

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

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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 Mercer County

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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

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

Phone: 609-989-6830

Email: ricardo.kairios@rutgers.edu

Expertise: Enhancing food security and improving access to safe and nutritious food in resource-limited communities through systematic, policy-driven, and site-specific initiatives. These efforts are designed to promote healthy behaviors and optimize food practices, fostering an equitable and sustainable food system. Using an intersectional approach to address barriers faced by marginalized communities, with a particular emphasis on advancing health equity and liberation for LGBTQIA2S+ individuals.

Odalis Macario

Family & Community Health Sciences Program Associate II

Family & Community Health Sciences Program Assistant

Email: omm49@njaes.rutgers.edu

Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County

Meredith Taylor

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

Email: mrt102@sebs.rutgers.edu

Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Monmouth County

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Rachel Tansey, MA

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

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 Ocean County

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Kathleen Cullinen

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

Phone: 732-349-1247

Email: cullinen@njaes.rutgers.edu

Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Passaic County

Kirsten Cowan

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

Email: kc1638@njaes.rutgers.edu

Jennifer Salt Taylor

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