Meet the CEFS Team
For general information about CEFS please contact us at cefs_info@ncsu.edu or 919-513-0954.
You can also view the CEFS staff contacts directory in table format.
Leadership Team | Research Unit Coordinators | Programs and Initiatives | CEFS-Affiliated Faculty | Support and Extension
Leadership Team
Shorlette Ammons
Equity in Food Systems Extension Associate
Committee on Racial Equity in the Food System
Dr. Dara Bloom
Assistant Professor and Local Foods Extension Specialist
Youth, Family, and Community Sciences
NC State
Dr. Rebecca Dunning
Research Assistant Professor
NC State
Project Manager, Supply Chain Initiatives/NC Growing Together
Dr. Kenrett Jefferson-Moore
Associate Professor
Agribusiness, Applied Economics and Agriscience Education
N.C. A&T
Dr. Charles Raczkowski
Adjunct Associate Professor
Natural Resources and Environmental Design
N.C. A&T
Rhonda L. Sherman
Extension Solid Waste Specialist
Horticultural Science Department
NC State University
Dr. David H Suchoff
Extension Assistant Professor
Department of Crop & Soil Sciences
NC State
Dr. Francesco Tiezzi
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Animal Science
NC State
Dr. Stephanie H. Ward
Assistant Professor, Dairy Extension
Department of Animal Science
NC State
Dr. Jean-Marie Luginbuhl
Professor (Retired), Crop Science
NC State
Former Coordinator of CEFS’ Pasture-Based Meat Goat Unit
Dr. Steve Washburn
Professor (Retired), Animal Science
NC State
Former Coordinator of CEFS’ Pasture-Based Dairy Unit
| Position | Name | Program or Initiative | Phone | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CEFS Co-Director | Dr. Nancy Creamer | nancy_creamer@ncsu.edu | 919-515-9447 | |||
| CEFS Co-Director | Dr. Chyi Lyi (Kathleen) Liang | cliang@ncat.edu | 336-285-4683 | |||
| Superintendent | Andrew Meier | Cherry Research Farm | andrew.meier@ncagr.gov | 919-731-3270 | ||
| Assistant Director of Collaborative Research | Dr. Chris Reberg-Horton | chris_reberg-horton@ncsu.edu | 919-515-7597 | |||
| Assistant Director of Educational Programs | Dr. Michelle Schroeder-Moreno | Agroecology Programs | michelle_schroeder@ncsu.edu | 919-513-0085 | ||
| Pasture-Based Beef Unit Coordinator | Dr. Matt Poore | Research Units | matt_poore@ncsu.edu | 919-515-7798 | ||
| Organic Research Unit Coordinator | Dr. Chris Reberg-Horton | Research Units | chris_reberg-horton@ncsu.edu | 919-515-7597 | ||
| Farming Systems Research Unit Coordinator | Dr. Alan Franzluebbers | Research Units | alan.franzluebbers@ars.usda.gov | 919-515-1973 | ||
| Project Manager | Dr. Rebecca Dunning | Supply Chain Initiatives/NC Growing Together | rebecca_dunning@ncsu.edu | 919-389-2220 | ||
| Project Director | Laura Lauffer | EmPOWERing Mountain Food Systems | lwlauffe@ncsu.edu | 919-444-1478 | ||
| Program Director | Sarah Blacklin | NC Choices | sarah@ncchoices.com | 919-928-4771 | ||
| Technical Program Coordinator | Lee Menius | NC Choices | lamenius@ncsu.edu | 704.202.9348 | ||
| Statewide Coordinator | Robyn Stout | NC 10% Campaign | robyn_stout@ncsu.edu | 919-515-5362 | ||
| Project Manager | Caroline Stover | NC Farm to Early Care and Education | cmstover@ncsu.edu | 336-287-1620 | ||
| Training Project Coordinator | Shironda Brown | Farm to Early Care and Education | sewilli3@ncsu.edu | 919-413-8843 | ||
| Program Director | Abbey Piner | Community Food Strategies | abbey_piner@ncsu.edu | 919-515-5362 | ||
| Program Coordinator | Gini Knight | Community Food Strategies | gini_knight@ncsu.edu | 919-515-5362 | ||
| Program Coordinator | Llogan Walters | Community Food Strategies | lrwalte3@ncsu.edu | 919-515-5362 | ||
| Youth Organizer | Bevelyn Afor Ukah | Food Youth Initiative | bevelyn_ukah@ncsu.edu | 404-735-4377 | ||
| Equity in Food Systems Extension Associate | Shorlette Ammons | Committee on Racial Equity in the Food System | sammonss@ncat.edu | 336-285-4664 | ||
| Coordinator | Tes Thraves | Youth & Community-Based Food Systems | tes_thraves@ncsu.edu | 919-619-8897 | ||
| Outreach Assistant | Arneisha Smallwood | Farm to School | ansmallw@ncsu.edu | 252-455-3551 | ||
| Academic and Extension Initiatives Manager | Angel Cruz | CEFS | aecruz@ncsu.edu | 919-513-0954 | ||
| Academic and Extension Initiatives Manager | Angel Cruz | CEFS | aecruz@ncsu.edu | 919-513-0954 | ||
| CEFS Business Manager | Amber Polk | CEFS | amber_polk@ncsu.edu | 919-513-3924 | ||
| Special Assistant to the Director | Krystal M. Chojnacki | CEFS | kmchojna@ncsu.edu | 919-515-1207 | ||
| Communications and Website Manager | JJ Richardson | CEFS | jj_richardson@ncsu.edu | 919-889-8219 | ||
| Communications Specialist | Marcello Cappellazzi | CEFS | mcappel@ncsu.edu | 919-360-6435 | ||
| Program Associate | Drew Watson | CEFS | adwatso2@ncsu.edu | 919-513-3924 |