Mid-Atlantic Region, MARO

State Mid-Atlantic Region Organizations (MARO) Geographic Service Areas Contact Email Phone
MD Future Harvest Inc. Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia Amyrose Foll amyrose@futureharvest.org (410) 549-7878
MD University of Maryland Eastern Shore Southern Maryland (4 counties) & on the Delmarva Peninsula (6 counties) Catherine Bolek, Berran L. Rogers csbolek@umes.edu
blrogers@umes.edu
(410) 651-8993
(410) 651-6693
PA Pennsylvania Friends of Ag Pennsylvania Mimi Thomas-Brooker pavets@gmail.com (724) 691-1087
PA Food Moxie (Weavers Way) The Philadelphia Region Lisa Mosca lisa@foodmoxie.org (215) 843-8289
PR Puerto Rico Agricultural Extension Puerto Rico Alexandra Gregory alexandra.gregory@upr.edu (787) 265-3860
PR Puerto Rico Agricultural Extension Puerto Rico Professor Roberto Rigau robertoluis.rigaullorens@upr.edu (787) 765-8000 ext 3221
VA American Indian Higher Ed 37 TCUs that compose AIHEC operate in 16 states (Alaska, Arizona, California, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, N. Dakota, Oklahoma, S. Dakota, Washington, Wisconsin). AIHEC and TCUs support Indian reservations, Alaska Native villages, and surrounding agricultural communities John Phillips jphillips@aihec.org (703) 838-0400
VA Virginia State University Northern Neck to South West region of Virginia William A. Crutchfield wcrutchfield@vsu.edu (804) 524-6245
WV West Virginia State University Charleston & Huntington, WV Brad Cochran Bcochran2@wvstate.edu (304) 532-2304

USDA Liaisons serve as a key representative of USDA in communities across America. USDA Liaisons advise and assist communities, students, faculty, universities and colleges, farmers, ranchers, foresters, and others on USDA programs and initiatives. USDA liaisons develop and maintain partnerships with key USDA stakeholders in order to enhance greater outreach between USDA stakeholders and USDA agencies, mission areas, and staff offices.

State

USDA Liaison East Offices

Contact

Email

Phone

   

Allison Johnson, National Outreach Coordinator (Eastern)

Allison.Johnson@usda.gov

(202) 302-7255

DE

Delaware State University

Chandra Owens

Chandra.Owens@usda.gov

(202) 308-7687

MD

University of Maryland Eastern Shore

Lisa Purnell

Lisa.Purnell@usda.gov

(202) 306-7368

VA

Virginia State University

Travis Johnson, Acting Liaison

Travis.Johnson@usda.gov

(202) 596-4442