Agent Locator Map

 Administrative Staff

The administrative offices of Florida Sea Grant are housed at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Here the leadership and supporting teams work together to manage and run the state-wide program.

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
Nancy Montes
 Postdoctoral Associate
nancymontes@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 Sea Grant 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
Regional 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
Statewide Facilitation Agent
jhazell@ufl.edu
Scott Jackson
Extension Agent
Bay County
lsj@ufl.edu
Lisa Krimsky
Regional Specialized Agent
Water Resources
lkrimsky@ufl.edu
Shelly Krueger
Extension Agent
Monroe County
shellykrueger@ufl.edu
Erik Lovestrand
Extension Director
Franklin County
elovestrand@ufl.edu
Maia McGuire
Extension Agent
Flagler and St. Johns counties
mpmcg@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
Leslie Sturmer
Aquaculture Extension Agent
Statewide
lnst@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).

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.

Emeritus Staff

Served FSG professionally, are now retired, but remain connected with the program.