Leaders
Dr. Paul R. Nester, Extension Program Specialist II – IPM, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension. Dr. Nester led the effort to develop the Youth module. He is co-leader of the Youth Content work team, which maintains current youth content and develops additional content. He is also leader of the FAQ team.
Dr. Robert Puckett, Assistant Professor and Extension Entomologist, Texas A&M University AgriLife Extension (Department of Entomology) at the Rollins Urban and Structural Entomology Facility. Dr. Puckett has over a decade of experience working with red imported fire ants and other invasive social insects.
CoP Membership – U. S. A.
Alabama
Auburn University, Alabama Cooperative Extension System – Thomas Agee, Chris Becker, Chuck Browne, Danny Cain, Danielle Carroll, Doug Chapman, Bethany Cleveland, Kenneth Creel, Tim Crow, Willie Datcher, Henry Dorough, William East, Lucy Edwards, Josh Elmore, Henry Fadamiro, Kathy Flanders, Glenda Freeman, Ted Gilbert, Fudd Graham, Jonathan Gladney, Tony Glover, Gary Gray, Warren Griffith, Norm Haley III, Jerri Hammonds, Shane Harris, David Held, Mike Henshaw, Denise Heubach, Ping Hu, Ellen Huckabay, Jennifer Johnson, James D. Jones, Ken Kelley, Mallory Kelley, David Koon, Willie Lampley, Maggie Lawrence, Sallie Lee, Grant Lyons, Mario Lightfoote, Ayanava Majumdar, Landon Marks, Paul Mask, Hunter McBrayer, Gerald (Mike) McQueen, James Miles, Kim Mullenix, Bethany O’Rear, Rudy Pacumbaba, Kelly Palmer, Charles Pinkston, Dan Porch, Timothy Reed, Mike Reeves, Roosevelt Robinson, Sergio Ruiz-Córdova, Eric Schavey, Allyson Shabel, Donna Shanklin, Kerry P. Smith, Jimmy Smitherman, Sonja Thomas, Anthony Wiggins, Tyler Weldon, Kathryn Wendland, Emery Tschetter, M. Virginia White
Alabama A&M University – Rufina Ward, Ken Ward
Alabama A&M University, Alabama Cooperative Extension System – Eddie Wheeler
Tuskegee University – William Hodge, George Hunter
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service – Rory Stephens, April Jones
Arkansas
University of Arkansas – Scott Akin, Ricky Corder, Kelly Loftin, John Hopkins, Skip Armes, Sim Barrow
University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension System – Ed Brown, Jerry Clemons, John Gavin, Mike McCarter, Michelle Mobley, Doug Petty, Amy Simpson, Tony Windham
California
California Department of Food and Agriculture – Mohammad Azhar
Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District – Bobbye Dieckmann, Jeremy Wittie, Greg White, Jill Oviatt, Jennifer Henke
County of Los Angeles, CA – Greg Creekmur
Riverside County Agriculture Department, CA – Bill Oesterlein
County of San Diego Agriculture Weights & Measures – Tracy Ellis
Orange County Vector Control District, California – Charlie Cassidy, Jim Green, Cynthia Ross
University of California, Riverside – Les Greenburg
Colorado
USDA Regional Program Manager – Katie Hough
Delaware
University of Delaware – Dewey Caron
Florida
University of Florida – Rebecca Baldwin, Daniel Culbert, Phil Koehler, Faith Oi, Roberto Pereira, Joe Walter, Jonael Bosques-Mendez
University of South Florida, St. Petersburg – Deby Cassill
Florida Atlantic University – Danielle Romais
Georgia
University of Georgia – William Carlan, Lisa Craigue, Sharon Dowdy, Louise Estabrook, Wayne Gardner, Mike Hayes, Ray Hicks, Hal Peeler, Karan Rawlins, Mary Carol Sheffield, April Sorrow, Dan Suiter, Will Hudson
Hawaii
University of Hawaii – Arnold Hara, Julian Yates, Andrea Kawabata
Kentucky
University of Kentucky – Lori Bowling, Ivelin Denev, Suellen Zornes, Janet Lensing, Joe Collins
Louisiana
Louisiana State University – Denyse Cummins, Frankie Gould, Carol Pinnell-Alison, Tom Merrill, Robert Turley, Ed Twidwell, Dennis Ring
Louisiana State University, AgCenter – Keith Fontenot, Stuart Gauthier, Dale Pollet, Carlos Smith, Bobby Fletcher, Linda Hooper-Bui, Seth Johnson
Volunteer Entomologist, Rapides County – Bobbe Fitzgibbon
Minnesota
University of Minnesota – Karen Jeannette
Mississippi
Mississippi State University – Blake Layton, Joe MacGown
Missouri
University of Missouri Extension – Richard Houseman
New Mexico
New Mexico State University – David Thompson, Alvaro Romero
North Carolina
North Carolina State University – Charles Apperson, Mark Blevins, Art Bradley, Linda Brandon, Silas Brown, Douglas Clement, Jr., Anne Edwards, Wendi Hartup, Gary Pierce, Jenifer Reynolds, Cliff Ruth, Kenneth Sorensen, Frank Winslow, Greg Traywick, Randy Wood, John Vining, Debbie Roos, Mark Danieley, Charlotte Glen, Susan Brown, Lewis Smith, Cyndi Lauderdale, Peter Hertl, Colby Griffin
North Carolina Department of Agriculture – Kathleen Kidd
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry – Jeanetta Cooper
Oklahoma State University – Richard Grantham, Eric Rebek
South Carolina
Clemson University – Brian Beer, Eric Benson, Vicky Bertagnolli-Heller, Bob Bett, Stephen Compton, Tim Davis, Paul (Mac) Horton, Ray McCauley, Bob Brouillet
Tennessee
Tennessee State University – Alicia Bray, Jason Oliver, Nadeer Youssef, Karla Addesso
University of Tennessee – Frank Hale, John Skinner, Karen Vail, Emily Gonzalez
University of Tennessee CES – Ron Blair, Ray Burden, John Goddard, Jerry Lamb, Heath Nokes, Grant Palmer, Sheldon Barker, Jimmy Todd
University of Tennessee County Agent/Educator – Creig Kimbro, James Griffin
Texas
Prairie View A&M University, Cooperative Extension Program – Rene McCracken
Texas A&M University System’s Texas AgriLife Extension Service and Research – Brent Batchelor, Wizzie Brown, Allan Cranfill, Bart Drees (emeritus), Jeff Floyd, Roger Gold, Wade Hibler, Joe Janak, Molly Keck, Darlene Locke, Michael Merchant, Paul Nester, Bradleigh Vinson, Carol Clark, Robert Puckett, Danny McDonald, Randy Reeves, Allen Knutson, Juliana Rangel, Erfan Vafaie
Texas Department of Agriculture – Awinash Bhatkar
Texas Tech University – Harlan Thorvilson
United States Department of Agriculture
USDA Forest Service, Emeritus – John Moser
USDA APHIS Plant Protection & Quarantine – Richard Johnson, Carol Russell, Stacy Scott, Justin Wall, Denny Hamon
USDA APHIS Plant Protection & Quarantine, Center for Plant Health Science and Technology – Anne-Marie Callcott
USDA ARS Center for Medical. Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology – David Oi, Sanford Porter, Robert Vander Meer, Steven Valles
USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) – Herb Bolton
USDA ARS Beltsville, Maryland – Daniel Strickman
Virginia
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University – Karen Carter, Peter B. Schultz, Scott McElfresh, Deborah Waller, Keith Starke, Watson Lawrence
Virginia Cooperative Extension – Dan Nortman
Virginia Dept of Agriculture & Consumer Service – Edward Burlett
eXtension Staff – Nick Broady, Terry Meisenbach, Ivelin Denev
Other – Alejandro Calixto
CoP Membership – Outside U. S. A.
FBA Consulting, New Zealand – Viv Van Dyk
National Taiwan University – Chin-Cheng “Scotty” Yang
Queensland Primary Industries and Fisheries – John James