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Rural Business-Cooperative Service Contacts

Office of the Administrator
USDA Rural Development
Rural Business-Cooperative Service
1400 Independence Ave. SW, Rm 5803-S STOP 3201
Washington, DC 20250-3201
Office of the Administrator
Betsy Dirksen Londrigan Administrator betsy.dirksenlondrigan@usda.gov
Leroy Garcia Chief of Staffleroy.garcia@usda.gov
Gbenga Ajilore, Ph.D.Equity Senior Advisorolugbenga.ajilore@usda.gov
Gray HarrisFood Systems Finance Senior Advisorgray.harris@usda.gov
John HebertSpecial Policy Advisorjohn.hebert@usda.gov
John McAuliffClimate Policy Advisorjohn.mcauliff@usda.gov
Robert LyonsSpecial Advisor to the Administratorrobert.lyons@usda.gov
JoBeth DelawderSpecial Assistant, IRA Implementationjobeth.delawder@usda.gov
Wyethea ChoiceAdministrative Management Assistantwyethea.choice@usda.gov
Ronee A. WatsonSpecial Assistant ronee.watson@usda.gov
Office of the Deputy Administrator
Victoria Collin          Deputy Administratorvictoria.collin@usda.gov
James E. Jordan, Jr., Dr.B.A.Associate Deputy Administratorjames.jordan3@usda.gov
Kelly BogleAssistant Deputy Administratorkelly.bogle@usda.gov
Jeff Carpenter HBIIP Program Managerjeff.carpenter@usda.gov
Anthony CrooksEnergy Specialistanthony.crooks@usda.gov
Jeanette WatersSpecial Projects Coordinatorjeanette.waters@usda.gov
Christopher WidelAdministrative Specialistchristopher.widel@usda.gov 
Program Operations Office
Deb YocumSupervisordebra.yocum@usda.gov
Candace BecklesBusiness Loan & Grant Analystcandace.beckles@usda.gov
Maria CartagenaBusiness Loan & Grant Analyst maria.cartagena@usda.gov
Rachel CerrutiBusiness Loan & Grant Analyst rachel.cerruti@usda.gov
Virginia DixonBusiness Loan & Grant Analyst virginia.gilchrist@usda.gov
Renie LanganEnergy Specialist renie.langan@usda.gov
Shekhar MistryBusiness Loan & Grant Analyst shekhar.mistry@usda.gov
Lisa NotySupervisor, Business Loan & Grant Analyst lisa.noty@usda.gov
John StubbsBusiness Loan & Grant Analystjohn.stubbs@usda.gov
Clearesa HoodManagement Assistantclearesa.hood@usda.gov
Nathan Anderson  Climate Fellow – Fertilizer Grantsnathan.anderson2@usda.gov
Natreka Kelly Climate Fellow – Rural Energy Grantsnatreka.kelly@usda.gov
Caroline Kos Climate Fellow – Rural Energy Grantscaroline.kos@usda.gov
Edmund O'CallaghanClimate Fellow - Alternative Fuels Grantsedmund.ocallaghan@usda.gov
Robert RobertsClimate Fellow - Fertilizer Grantsrobert.roberts@usda.gov
Field Office Regional Coordinators
John BeelerRegional Coordinator Northeastjohn.beeler@usda.gov
Brenda Heinen Regional Coordinator Westbrenda.heinen@usda.gov 
Tonya MosleyRegional Coordinator Midwesttonya.mosley@usda.gov
Deb Yocum Regional Coordinator Southdebra.yocum@usda.gov
Program Processing Division
Brian WilesDirector of Guaranteed Lendingbrian.wiles@usda.gov
James E. Campbell IIIEnergy Specialistjames.campbell3@usda.gov
Chris CassidyEnergy Specialistchris.cassidy@usda.gov
David ChesnickRBIP Program Managerdavid.chesnick@usda.gov
Tommie McFallsBusiness Program Techniciantommie.mcfalls@usda.gov
Underwriting Branch
Brenda GriffinBranch Chiefbrenda.griffin@usda.gov
Nathan BrownBusiness Loan & Grant Analystnathan.brown2@usda.gov
Robert CanepaBusiness Loan & Grant Analystrobert.canepa@usda.gov
Brandon ClarkeBusiness Loan & Grant Analystbrandon.clarke@usda.gov
Katelyn CurryBusiness Loan & Grant Analystkatelyn.curry@usda.gov
Tyrone DavisBusiness Loan & Grant Analysttyrone.davis2@usda.gov 
Maureen HesselBusiness Loan & Grant Analystmaureen.hessel@usda.gov
Tammy LaizureBusiness Loan & Grant Analysttammy.laizure@usda.gov
Evan PrussBusiness Loan & Grant Analystevan.pruss@usda.gov
Michael RichardsBusiness Loan & Grant Analystmichael.richards@usda.gov
Amber L. Roundtree, Ed.DBusiness Loan & Grant Analystamber.rountree@usda.gov
Kevin ScullyBusiness Loan & Grant Analystkevin.scully@usda.gov
Timothy ShipmanBusiness Loan & Grant Analysttimothy.shipman@usda.gov 
Shaun StehrBusiness Loan & Grant Analystshaun.stehr@usda.gov
Madison WoodsBusiness Loan & Grant Analystmadison.woods2@usda.gov 
Servicing Branch
Justin KirkingBranch Chiefjustin.kirking@usda.gov
Anthony AshbyBusiness Loan & Grant Analystanthony.ashby@usda.gov
Felicia BlueBusiness Loan & Grant Analystfelicia.baileyblue@usda.gov
April DahlagerBusiness Loan & Grant Analystapril.dahlager@usda.gov
Nichelle DanielsBusiness Loan & Grant Analystnichelle.daniels@usda.gov
Lisa EppleBusiness Loan & Grant Analystlisa.epple@usda.gov
Robin MooreBusiness Loan & Grant Analystrobin.moore@usda.gov
Andrea PattersonBusiness Loan & Grant Analystandrea.patterson@usda.gov
Jared SeilerBusiness Loan & Grant Analystjared.seiler@usda.gov  
Program Management Division
Sami ZarourDirectorsami.zarour@usda.gov
Nancy PletcherEnvironmental Coordinatornancy.pletcher@usda.gov 
Direct Programs Branch
Amy CavanaughBranch Chiefamy.cavanaugh@usda.gov
Johnathan BurnsBusiness Loan & Grant Analystjohnathan.burns@usda.gov
Mike DanielsBusiness Loan & Grant Analystmike.daniels@usda.gov
Marjorie GalanosBusiness Loan & Grant Analystmarjorie.galanos@usda.gov
Melinda MartinBusiness Loan & Grant Analystmelinda.c.martin@usda.gov
Natalie Melton Management & Program Analystnatalie.melton@usda.gov
Gail ThunerManagement & Program Analystgail.thuner@usda.gov
Greg YorkBusiness Loan & Grant Analystgreg.york@usda.gov
Colleen ColtonBusiness Loan & Grant Analystcolleen.colton@usda.gov
Intermediate Programs Branch
Will DodsonBranch Chiefwill.dodson@usda.gov
Kevin BooneBusiness Loan & Grant Specialistkevin.boone@usda.gov
Lori Pittman Business Loan & Grant Specialistlori.pittman1@usda.gov
Shamika N. JohnsonAdministrative Management Specialistshamika.johnson@usda.gov
Arti KshirsagarBusiness Loan & Grant Specialistarti.kshirsagar@usda.gov
Cindy MasonBusiness Loan & Grant Specialistcindy.mason@usda.gov
Rachel ReisterBusiness Loan & Grant Specialistrachel.reister@usda.gov
Lisa SharpBusiness Loan & Grant Specialistlisa.sharp@usda.gov
Business Development Division
Andrew JermolowiczDirectorandrew.jermolowicz@usda.gov
Dwendolyn MonroeAdministrative Assistantdwendolyn.monroe@usda.gov
Cooperative Service Branch
James WadsworthBranch Chiefjames.wadsworth@usda.gov
Margaret BauBusiness Loan & Grant Analystmargaret.bau@usda.gov
Charita ColemanBusiness Loan & Grant Technician charita.coleman@usda.gov
Robi Fauser FinkBusiness Loan & Grant Analystrobi.fauserfink@usda.gov
Thomas W. Gray, Ph.D.Rural Sociologistthomas.gray@usda.gov
Meegan MoriartyBusiness Loan & Grant Analystmeegan.moriarty@usda.gov
Debbie RauschBusiness Loan & Grant Analystdeborah.rausch@usda.gov
Judith RiveraLoan & Grant Technicianjudith.rivera2@usda.gov
Public-Private Partnerships Branch
Derek JonesBranch Chiefderek.jones@usda.gov
Adia HollandBusiness Loan & Grant Analystadia.holland@usda.gov
Jeff HudsonBusiness Loan & Grant Analystjeff.hudson@usda.gov
Christine KimballBusiness Loan & Grant Analystchristine.kimball@usda.gov
Fred PetokBusiness Loan & Grant Analystfrederick.petok@usda.gov
Landra SiegfriedBusiness Loan & Grant Analystlandra.siegfried@usda.gov
Traci SmithBusiness Loan & Grant Analysttraci.smith@usda.gov
Markus StevensonBusiness Loan & Grant Analystmarkus.stevenson@usda.gov
Vernell ThompsonProcurement Analystvernell.thompson@usda.gov
Christopher WarrenBusiness Loan & Grant Analystchristopher.warren@usda.gov
Honie TurnerBusiness Loan & Grant Analysthonie.turner@usda.gov