This CoP includes Extension specialists, Extension agents, and academics from 1862- and 1890-Land Grant Universities. It also includes state department of agriculture employees, employees of USDA APHIS and USDA ARS, administrative personnel from state colleges and universities, employees of county and vector control districts, as well as participants in Extensión en Espanol. The CoP is inclusive, involving individuals and institutions that wish to participate, regardless of resource levels, provided they have a commitment to providing unbiased information on imported fire ants.

The subject matter component of our CoP has been in existence for at least 25 years. It is a sustainable group with participants from every affected state and territory. Each year, these experts meet to exchange ideas and information at the Imported Fire Ant Management Conference. The fire ant expert community has a long history of sharing material, while respecting the need for individual recognition. That will be continued as Imported Fire Ant eXtension is developed, according to the Guiding Principles of eXtension and Philosophy of Communities of Practice.

CoP Membership – U. S. A.

Alabama

Auburn University, Alabama Cooperative Extension System - Thomas Agee, Hubert Armstrong, Chris Becker, Robert Boozer, Chuck Browne, Danny Cain, Jerri Caldwell, Doug Chapman, Kenneth Creel, Willie Datcher, Thomas Daugherty, Henry Dorough, Rachel Dykes, William East, Henry Fadamiro, Kathy Flanders, Glenda Freeman, Tommy Futral, Ted Gilbert, Fudd Graham, Jonathan Gladney, Tony Glover, Gary Gray, Tinsley Gregg, Warren Griffith, Shane Harris, Taylor Hatchett, David Held, Mike Henshaw, Charles Hesselein, Ping Hu, Ellen Huckabay, James D. Jones, Ken Kelley, Mallory Kelley, David Koon, Willie Lampley, Maggie Lawrence, Sallie Lee, Grant Lyons, Mario Lightfoote, Ayanava Majumdar, Paul Mask, Charlie Mason, Gerald (Mike) McQueen, James Miles, M. Virginia Morgan, Charles Pinkston, Dan Porch, Timothy Reed, Kelly Ridley Palmer, Sergio Ruiz-Córdova, Terry Shackelford, Donna Shanklin, Kerry P. Smith, Jimmy Smitherman, Jimmy Todd, Wendy Ulrich, Carol A. Whatley, Anthony Wiggins, Bethany Cleveland, Roger Vines, Mike Reeves

Alabama A&M University - Rufina Ward, Ken Ward

Alabama A&M University, Alabama Cooperative Extension System - Eddie Wheeler

Tuskegee University - William Hodge, George Hunter

USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service - Rory Stephens

Arkansas

University of Arkansas - Scott Akin, Ricky Corder, Kelly Loftin, John Hopkins

University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension System - Ed Brown, Jerry Clemons, John Gavin, Mike McCarter, Michelle Mobley, Doug Petty, Amy Simpson, Rebecca Thomas, Tony Windham

California

California Department of Food and Agriculture - Mohammad Azhar

Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District - Bobbye Dieckmann, Victor Teran, Jeremy Wittie

County of Los Angeles, CA - Greg Creekmur

Riverside County Agriculture Department, CA - Bill Oesterlein, Greg White

County of San Diego Agriculture Weights & Measures - Tracy Ellis

Orange County Vector Control District, California - Charlie Cassidy

University of California, Riverside - Les Greenburg

Orange County Vector Control Investigator, California - Jim Green, Cynthia Ross

Colorado

USDA Regional Program Manage - Katie Hough

Delaware

University of Delaware - Dewey Caron

Florida

University of Florida - Rebecca Baldwin, Daniel Culbert, Phil Koehler, Faith Oi, Roberto Pereira

University of South Florida, St. Petersburg - Deby Cassill

Georgia

University of Georgia - R.J. Byrne, William Carlan, Lisa Craigue, Sharon Dowdy, Louise Estabrook, Wayne Gardner, Mike Hayes, Ray Hicks, Hal Peeler, Karan Rawlins, Mary Carol Sheffield, April Sorrow, Dan Suiter

Hawaii

University of Hawaii - Arnold Hara, Julian Yates, Andrea Kawabata

Kentucky

University of Kentucky - Lori Bowling, Ivelin Denev, Suellen Zornes

Louisiana

Louisiana State University - Denyse Cummins, Frankie Gould, Carol Pinnell-Alison, Tom Merrill, Ashley Miller, Robert Turley, Ed Twidwell

Louisiana State University, AgCenter - Keith Fontenot, Stuart Gauthier, Dale Pollet, Carlos Smith, Bobby Fletcher, Linda Hooper-Bui, Seth Johnson, Karen Nix

Volunteer Entomologist,  Rapides  County - Bobbe Fitzgibbon

Minnesota

University of Minnesota - Karen Jeannette

Mississippi

Mississippi State University - Blake Layton

Missouri

University of Missouri Extension - Richard Houseman

Montana

Montana State University Extension Service - Kara Schile

New Mexico

New Mexico State University - David Thompson, Alvaro Romero

North Carolina

North Carolina State University - Charles Apperson, Mark Blevins, Art Bradley, Linda Brandon, Silas Brown, James Choate, Douglas Clement, J.B. Coltrain, Jr., Anne Edwards, Wendi Hartup, Gary Pierce, Dominic Reisig, Jenifer Reynolds, Jeff Rieves, Cliff Ruth, Scott Shoulars, Kenneth Sorensen, Frank Winslow, Greg Traywick, Randy Wood, John Vining, Debbie Roos, Mark Danieley, Mary Helen Ferguson

Oklahoma

Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry - Jeanetta Cooper

Oklahoma State University - Richard Grantham, Eric Rebek

South Carolina

Clemson University - Brian Beer, Eric Benson, Vicky Bertagnolli-Heller, Bob Bett, Stephen Compton, Tim Davis, Paul (Mac) Horton, Ray McCauley

Texas

Prairie View A&M University, Cooperative Extension Program - Rene McCracken

Texas A&M University System's Texas AgriLife Extension Service and Research - Brent Batchelor, Carlos Bogran, Wizzie Brown, Alejandro Calixto, Allan Cranfill, Bart Drees, Roger Gold, Wade Hibler, Joe Janak, Mark Johnsen, Molly Keck, Neal Lee, Darlene Locke, Michael Merchant, Paul Nester, Rebecca Parker, Melissa Sturdivant, Bradleigh Vinson, Carol Clark

Texas Department of Agriculture - Awinash Bhatkar

Texas Tech University - Harlan Thorvilson

University of Texas - John Abbott

Tennessee

Tennessee State University - Alicia Bray, Jason Oliver, Nadeer Youssef

University of Tennessee - Frank Hale, John Skinner, Michael Wilson, Karen Vail, Emily Gonzalez

University of Tennessee CES - Ron Blair, Ray Burden, Ruth Correll, John Goddard, Jerry Lamb, Heath Nokes, Grant Palmer, Sheldon Barker

University of Tennessee County Agent/Educator - Creig Kimbro, James Griffin

Tennessee Department of Agriculture - Mary Borthick

United States Department of Agriculture

USDA Forest Service, Emeritus - John Moser

USDA APHIS Plant Protection & Quarantine - Charles Brown, Carol Russell, Stacy Scott, Justin Wall

USDA APHIS Plant Protection & Quarantine, Center for Plant Health Science and Technology - Anne-Marie Callcott

USDA ARS Center for Medical. Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology - David Oi, Sanford Porter, Robert Vander Meer

USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) - Herb Bolton

USDA Research Molecular Biologist  -

Virginia

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University - Hamilton Allen, Karen Carter, Peter B. Schultz

Virginia Cooperative Extension - Susan French, Dan Nortman

eXtension Staff - Nick Broady

CoP Membership – Outside U. S. A.

FBA Consulting, New Zealand - Viv Van Dyk

National Taiwan University - Chin-Cheng "Scotty" Yang

Queensland Primary Industries and Fisheries - John James

Queensland, Australia Biosecurity - Marion Lawie

County Agent/Educator County Agent/Educator County Agent/Educator 

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