Project Staff
Cheryl Macias
Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Congressional Affairs, USDA

Kevin N. Monroe
White House Fellow, USDA

Joel Berg
Director of National Service, USDA

Laura Trivers
Deputy Press Secretary, USDA

Johanna Ramos Public Affairs Specialist, USDA

Fabiola Rodriguez
Public Affairs Specialist, USDA

Edith P. Thomas, Ph.D.
National Program Leader
Nutrition and Food Security
CSREES, USDA

Genevieve Lucas
Program Analyst CSREES, USDA

Debbie Smith
Copy Editor, USDA

Kimberly Johnson
Program Assistant CSREES, USDA

Diane Behrens (retired)
Office of Communications, USDA

Donna Hines
Anti-Hunger Coordinator,
USDA AmeriCorps Program

Ron DeMunbrun
Administrative Coordinator
USDA AmeriCorps Program

Charles Sims,
FSA Coordinator,
USDA AmeriCorps Program

Katherine Gibney
Coordinator of Communications
USDA AmeriCorps Program

Dee Defiore
Program Analyst
USDA AmeriCorps Program

Team Consultants
Bob H. Robinson, Administrator,
Cooperative State Research, Education,
and Extension Service, USDA

A.J. Dye
Special Assistant to the Administrator
CSREES, USDA

Partner Consultation Team
Glenda Warren, M.S., R.D.
Associate Professor
Extension Nutritionist-EFNEP
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Steven M. Garrett, M.S., R.D.
County Extension Faculty
CES Washington State University
Tacoma, WA

Darlene Forester, Ph.D., R.D.
Assistant Director
Home Economics Extension
University of Kentucky

April C. Mason, Ph.D.
Assistant Director, Consumer
and Family Sciences Extension
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN

Errol G. Rhoden, Ph.D.
Coordinator/Associate Professor
Plant and Soil Sciences
Tuskegee University
Tuskegee, AL

Robin Orr, Ph.D.
Extension Specialist
EFNEP/FNP
University of Illinois
Urbana, IL

Special Thanks
Thomas R. Fox, Attorney
Office of the General Counsel, USDA

Michael F. Kiely, Attorney
Office of the General Counsel, USDA

Gladys Gary Vaughn, Ph.D.