| State | South East Region Organizations (SERO) | Geographic Service Areas | Contact | Phone | |
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| AL | Alabama State Association of Cooperatives | Counties: Choctaw, Clarke, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Marengo, Monroe, Perry, Pickens, Sumter, Washington, Wilcox | Pamela Madzima | pamelamadzima@federation.ccop | (205) 499-0827 |
| AL | Alabama A&M University | 38 underserved counties including 23 economically-depressed areas in the Black Belt region | Dr. Duncan M. Chembezi | duncan.chembezi@aamu.edu | (256) 372-4970 |
| AL | Tuskegee University | The Black Belt and adjacent counties of South-central Alabama | Dr. Robert Zabawa | rzabawa@tuskegee.edu | (334) 727-8114 |
| FL | Center for Community & Economic Development, Inc. | 40 counties in North Florida along or near the I-10 corridor from Escambia to Duval counties & the I-75 corridor from Lowndes to Monroe counties | Patricia McGill, PhD | pbwmcgill@theccedunited.org | (850) 294-4994 |
| FL | Florida International University | South Florida | Mahadev Bhat | bhatm@fiu.edu | (305) 348-1210 |
| FL | North South Institute, Inc. | Counties in Florida, Alabama & Georgia | Dr. Samuel Scott | nsied2002@aol.com | (954) 434-8220 |
| GA | Athens Land Trust, Inc. | Counties: Barrow, Clarke, Elbert, Greene, Jackson, Jasper, Madison, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Walton, Wilkes | Mallory O'Steen | mallory@athenslandtrust.org | (706) 613-0122 |
| GA | Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund | Counties in Georgia: Baker, Clay, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Mitchell, Worth. Counties in Mississippi:Forrest, Holmes, Jeff Davis, Kemper, Lamar, Noxubee, Perry, Winston. Counties in South Carolina: Beaufort, Berkley, Colleton, Charleston, Dorchester, Georgetown. Counties in Louisiana: Avoyelles, Evangeline, Pointe Coupee, Rapides, St. Laundry | Cornelius Key | corneliuskey@federation.coop | (404) 765-0991 |
| GA | Global Growers Network Inc. | Metro Atlanta | Diana Bui | diana@globalgrowers.org | (404) 254-6175 |
| GA | In Her Shoes, Inc. | Mississippi Delta Counties: Bolivar, Coahoma, Desoto, Holmes, Leflore, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha | Marquitrice Mangham | inhershoesinc@outlook.com | (678) 898-2285 |
| GA | Stag Vets, Inc. | Georgia | Jonathan Jackson | jon@stagvetsinc.org | (706) 577-9236 |
| GA | Golden Triangle RC&D Council | Counties of Southern Georgia: Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Colquitt, Clay, Crisp, Dooly, Decatur, Early, Dougherty, Grady, Macon, Miller, Mitchell, Peach, Randolph, Seminole, Stewart, Taylor, Terrell, Thomas, Wilcox, Worth | Rhonda Gordon | rgordon@goldentrianglercd.org | (229) 723-3841 |
| GA | Southwest Georgia Project for Community Education | Georgia | Gail Morman | Morman.g@swgaproject.com | (229) 430-9870 |
| KY | Kentucky State University | Kentucky | Marion Faye Simon | marion.simon@kysu.edu | (502) 316-5423 |
| MS | Alcorn State University Educational Building Corporation | Counties: Adams, Bolivar, Claiborne, Coahoma, Hinds, Holmes, Issaquena, Jefferson, Lincoln, Pike, Rankin, Sharkey, Tunica, Walthall, Warren, Washington, Yazoo | Carolyn Banks, Anthony B. Reed | cbanks@alcorn.edu reed@alcorn.edu |
(601) 877-6260 (601) 877-2305 |
| MS | Alcorn State University Policy Research Center | 18 states with 1890 universities | Eloris Speight | espeight@alcorn.edu | (601) 877-6601 (601) 877-6235 |
| MS | Tri-County Agricultural Cooperative University | Mississippi Delta Region | Robert Gates | rgates@tricountycoop.org | (601)624)5682 |
| MS | Trinity Educators Development Corporation, Inc. | Northcentral Mississippi | Clay Taylor | ctaylor@trinityinc.org | (662) 647-7250 |
| MS | Mississippi Assoc of Co-ops | Counties: Copiah, Forrest, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Noxubee, Perry, Jones, Simpson | Ben F. Burkett | Mac39202@gmail.com Benburkett601@gmail.com | (601) 944-0592 (601) 310-5223 (cell) |
| MS | Mississippi Minority Farmers Alliance | Counties: Calhoun, Chickasaw, Clay, Lee, Lowndes, Monroe, Oktibbeha, Pontotoc | Carolyn Jones | mmfa@netzero.net | (662) 213-2433 |
| NC | North Carolina A&T State University | North Carolina | Gregory Goins | gdgoins@ncat.edu | (336) 285-2191 |
| NC | Operation Spring Plant | Counties: Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin, Granville, Halifax, Johnston, Nash, Northampton, Orange, Person, Vance, Wake, Warren, Wilson | Dorathy Barker | operationspringplantinc67@gmail.com | (252) 431-5568 |
| NC | Whitaker Small Farm Group, Inc. | Eastern counties of Bertie, Franklin, Edgecombe, Gates, Beaufort, North Hampton, Harnett, Halifax, Johnson, Lenoir, Nash, Pender, Perquimans, Pasquotank, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Wayne, Wilson, Martin, Warren |
Charles L. Whitaker | c.l.w.whitaker@comcast.net | (919) 412-1432 |
| NC | East Carolina University | Counties: Bertie, Cumberland, Halifax, Lee, Nash, Robeson, Sampson, Wake, Warren, Duplin. | Robin Tutor Marcom, EdD, MPH, OTR | tutorr@ecu.edu | (252) 744-1008 |
| NC | Roanoke Economic Development, Inc./DBA The Roanoke Center | Counties: Bertie, Chowan, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, Perquimans | Sondra Dickens | sdickens@roanokecenter.org | (252) 539-4600 |
| SC | Center for Heirs Property Preservation | Counties: Allendale, Bamberg, Berkeley, Calhoun, Clarendon, Colleton, Dorchester, Georgetown, Hampton, Jasper, Lee, Marion, Marlboro, Orangeburg, Sumter, Williamsburg | Dr. Jennie L. Stephens | jstephens@heirsproperty.org | (843) 745-7055 |
| SC | South Carolina State University | South Carolina I-95 Corridor along the 16 of 19 USDA designated strike force counties | Edoe Agbodjan | eagbodjan@scsu.edu | (803) 533-3672 |
| SC | SCF-Organic Farms | Counties: Allendale, Chester, Clarendon, Darlington, Florence, Kershaw, Lee, Richland, Sumter, Willams | Fathiyyah Mustafa | azeezmustafa@yahoo.com | (803) 469-0116 |
| TN | Tennessee State University | Tennessee | Arvazena Clardy | aclardy@tnstate.edu | (615) 963-4887 |
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.
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USDA Liaison East Offices |
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Allison Johnson, National Outreach Coordinator (Eastern) |
(202) 302-7255 |
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AL |
Alabama A&M University |
Anthony Hudson |
(202) 570-3926 |
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AL |
Tuskegee University |
Rodney Stone |
(202) 306-9884 |
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FL |
Florida A&M University |
George Montgomery |
(202) 596-4605 |
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GA |
Fort Valley State University |
Karla Hollis |
(202) 253-4218 |
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KY |
Kentucky State University |
Ed L. Thompson, Jr. |
(202) 570-5202 |
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MS |
Alcorn State University |
Michael Trusclair |
(202) 596-0478 |
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NC |
North Carolina A&T State University |
Larry Hartsfield |
(202) 281-8214 |
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SC |
South Carlina State University |
Travis Johnson |
(202) 596-4442 |