Extension Employee News

New Hires, Transfers and Service Milestones

As of September 27, 2023

New Hires

Amie Mabe: 4-H Youth Development Agent, Greenville County
Jackie Gallagher: Rural Health Agent, Colleton and Hampton Counties
Brittney King: Commercial Horticulture Agent, Florence County
Destyni Perry Tucker: EFNEP Nutrition Educator, Kershaw County
Makayla Wyndham: Administrative Assistant, Berkeley County
Glen Payne: Horticulture Agent, Beaufort County
Susan Long: Administrative Assistance, Newberry County
Vivian Rodriguez Espinoza: Administrative Assistant, Calhoun County

Transfers

Lindsey Craig: Director of Livestock Improvement Programs
Susan Lunt: Extension Associate, Carolina Clear
Mallory Maher: Extension Associate, Natural Resources

Service Milestones

(Anthony) TJ Saverno: Forestry and Wildlife Agent, 20 years of service

As of July 20, 2023

Katie Dore: EFNEP Nutrition Educator, Florence County
Starr M. Dunbar: Rural Health Agent, Aiken County
Cassie Castleberry: Water Resources Agent, Sumter County
Hannah McAntyre: Administrative Assistant, Spartanburg County
Geraldine Cuypers: Water Resources Agent, Florence County

As of June 19, 2023

David Mansfield: Agribusiness Agent, Savannah Valley Region
Laura Hair: 4-H Youth Development Agent, Orangeburg County
Martin Hamilton: Director, South Carolina Botanical Gardens
Christina “Christi” Leard: Program Manager, Cooperative Extension
Haven Blackwell: 4-H Youth Development Agent, Cherokee County

As of May 23, 2023

Alicia Cleer: Upstate Lead Administrative Coordinator/Trainer, Greenville County.
Rob Last: Commercial Horticulture Agent, Lexington
Briana Naumuk: Urban Horticulture Agent, Oconee County.
Alexis Daymon: Administrative Assistant, Dillon County
Jena Broome: Administrative Assistant, Georgetown County

As of February 20, 2023

Ginger Long: Horticulture/HGIC

As of November 22, 2022

Julia Newsome: Rural Health and Nutrition Agent, Union and Cherokee Counties
Madison Parker: 4-H Agent, Charleston County
Eric Eliassen: 4-H Agent, Lexington County
Tiffine Forster: Rural Health and Nutrition Agent, Barnwell, Allendale and Bamberg Counties
Jennifer Weaver: Urban Horticulture Agent and Master Gardener Coordinator, Lexington and Aiken Counties
Sallie Thompson: Livestock and Forages Agent, Aiken County
Lacey Harrington: Administrative Assistant, Clarendon County
Caitlin Leigh Olive: 4-H Agent, Darlington County

Transfers

Patricia A. Whitener: Extension Associate, Lead for 4-H Natural Resources Program Area

Ashley Burns: South Carolina State 4-H Leader/Program Team Director

As of November 17, 2022

Kristin Kunde: 4-H Agent, York County

Transfers

Matt Fischer: Agribusiness Extension Associate for Livestock, Statewide

As of October 25, 2022

Kyle Smith: Agronomy Agent, Darlington and Marlboro Counties
Adam Petty: 4-H Agent, Laurens County
Catherine Watts: Water Resources Agent, Horry and Georgetown Counties
Jevencia Hill: Rural Heath Agent, Colleton and Hampton Counties
Justin Foxworth: Rural Health Agent, Dillon and Marlboro Counties

As of September 20, 2022

Ericka McClam: Administrative Assistant, Aiken County

As of August 16, 2022

Hannah Shifflette: Rural Health and Nutrition Agent, York and Chester Counties
Heather K. Shultz: Extension Associate, 4-H Agriculture and Animals Program
Hillary Winburn: 4-H Agent, Marion County.

As of July 19, 2022

Rogan Gibson: Agronomic Agent, Allendale and Hampton Counties

As of June 21, 2022

Misty Galloway: Administrative Assistant, Pickens County
Sophia Jackson: Administrative Assistant, Georgetown County
Amanda Rudd: Administrative Assistant, Calhoun County
Rachel Zeiders: Administrative Assistant, Fairfield County

As of February 2022

Colin Crippen: 4-H Agent, Spartanburg County
DeAndra Cooper: 4-H Agent, Williamsburg County
Iris A. McDuffie: Rural Health Agent, Florence County
Samantha B. Knight: Administrative Assistant, Chesterfield County

New Program Team Directors

Lee Van Vlake: Livestock and Forage Program Team Director
Troy Helms: Agricultural Education Program Team Director

As of September 2021

  • Harriet Palecek: Administrative Assistant, York County
  • Elizabeth Rowe: Rural Health Agent, Lancaster County
  • Emily Sweatt: Rural Health Agent, Darlington County
  • Brad Fowler: Horticulture Agent, Horry County
  • Julianna Lyle: Rural Health Agent, Anderson County

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