Sherry Larkin
Director
slarkin@ufl.edu
Maia McGuire
Associate Director, Extension and Education
mpmcg@ufl.edu
Charles Sidman
Associate Director
Research
csidman@ufl.edu
Rodrigo Venegas
Assistant Director
Fiscal Operations
rodvenegas@ufl.edu
Rhett Register
Communications Coordinator
h.register@ufl.edu
Corina Guevara
Student and Education Coordinator
corina@ufl.edu
Sharon Cook
Administrative Assistant
scook@ufl.edu
Sandi Reveille
Administrative Assistant
Extension
sreveille@ufl.edu
Ben Murphy
Administrative Assistant
Communications
benjaminmurphy@ufl.edu
Extension Agents
Extension Agents directly deliver extension programming for target audiences, mostly within defined geographic areas and to varying degrees of specialization. They have pertinent graduate degrees and serve as either county, multi-county, regional specialized, or state-wide specialized agents. Click here to access an interactive map showing agent locations.
Holly Abeels
Extension Agent
Brevard County
habeels@ufl.edu
Savanna Barry
Regional Specialized Extension Agent
Nature Coast
savanna.barry@ufl.edu
Victor Blanco
Extension Agent
Taylor County
victorblancomar@ufl.edu
Ray Bodrey
Extension Agent
Gulf County
rbodrey@ufl.edu
Libby Carnahan
Extension Agent
Pinellas County
lcarnahan@co.pinellas.fl.us
Angela Collins
Extension Agent
Manatee, Hillsborough and Sarasota Counties
abcollins@ufl.edu
Vincent Encomio
Extension Agent
Martin and St. Lucie Counties
vencomio@ufl.edu
Brittany Hall-Scharf
Extension Agent
Hernando County
bhallscharf@ufl.edu
Joy Hazell
State Specialized Extension Agent
Statewide
jhazell@ufl.edu
Scott Jackson
Regional Specialized Extension Agent
Bay County
lsj@ufl.edu
Lisa Krimsky
Regional Specialized Extension Agent
Southeast Florida
lkrimsky@ufl.edu
Shelly Krueger
Extension Agent
Monroe County
shellykrueger@ufl.edu
Erik Lovestrand
Regional Specialized Extension Agent
Franklin County
elovestrand@ufl.edu
Rick O’Connor
Extension Agent
Escambia County
roc1@ufl.edu
Michael Sipos
Extension Agent
Collier County
sipos624@ufl.edu
Betty Staugler
Extension Agent
Charlotte County
staugler@ufl.edu
Laura Tiu
Extension Agent
Okaloosa and Walton Counties
lgtiu@ufl.edu
Armando Ubeda
Extension Agent
Sarasota County
aubeda@ufl.edu
Chris Verlinde
Extension Agent
Santa Rosa County
chrismv@ufl.edu
Ana Zangroniz
Extension Agent
Miami-Dade County
azangroniz@ufl.edu
Extension Specialists
As subject-matter experts, Extension Specialists support extension agents’ programs in a variety of ways (e.g., workshops, extension products for dissemination, in-service training), as well as deliver university expertise directly to industry/resource agency professionals over broader geographic areas (e.g. state-wide, SE regional, national).They generally have terminal degrees for their field (e.g. PhD, DVM, JD).
Anna Braswell
Extension Specialist
Coastal Ecosystems and Watersheds
a.braswell@ufl.edu
Razieh Farzad
Extension Specialist
Seafood Safety
rfarzad@ufl.edu
Maurizio Martinelli
Florida Coral Disease Response Coordinator
mmartinelli1@ufl.edu
Andrew Ropicki
Extension Specialist
Economics
aropicki@ufl.edu
Thomas Ruppert
Extension Specialist
Coastal Planning
truppert@ufl.edu
Monica Wilson
Extension Specialist
Oil Spill Research
monicawilson447@ufl.edu
Affiliate Faculty
Florida Sea Grant member institutions have many faculty members and departments whose expertise align with the mission and focus areas of FSG. Typical engagement of these affiliate researchers with FSG includes serving as expert advisors, supporting extension programming, and/or collaborating on grants.
- Michael Allen – Nature Coast Biological Station
- Christine Angelini – Environmental Engineering Sciences Department
- Tom Ankersen – Levin College of Law
- Frank Asche – School of Forest Resources and Conservation
- Shirley Baker – Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Program
- Don Behringer – Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Program
- Eric Cassiano – Tropical Aquaculture Lab
- Ed Camp – Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Program
- David Chagaris – Nature Coast Biological Station
- Mark Clark – Soil and Water Sciences Department
- Christa Court – Food and Resource Economics Department
- Matt DiMaggio – Tropical Aquaculture Lab
- Ruth Francis-Floyd – Large Animal Clinical Sciences Department
- Andrew Kane – Environmental & Global Health Department
- Dail Laughinghouse – Agronomy Department
- Kai Lorenzen – Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Program
- Charlie Martin – Nature Coast Biological Station
- Martha Monroe – School of Forest Resources and Conservation
- Naim Montazeri – Food Science and Human Nutrition Department
- Debra Murie – Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Program
- Cortney Ohs – Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Program
- Todd Osborne – Soil and Water Sciences Department
- Will Patterson – Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Program
- Joshua Patterson – Tropical Aquaculture Lab
- Hector Perez – Environmental Horticulture Department
- Ed Phlips – Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Program
- Laura Reynolds – Soil and Water Sciences Department
- Ashley Smyth – Soil and Water Sciences Department
- Huiping Yang – Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Program
- Roy Yanong – Tropical Aquaculture Lab