Lawn & Garden
Meet the Team – Home Grounds
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The Alabama Home Grounds Garden and Pests program serves all 4 million Alabamians by addressing topics essential to their needs, including turf management, vegetable gardening, ornamental plants, irrigation, and urban forestry. Our work enhances community well-being by promoting safer homes, improving food security, increasing property values, and fostering community development.
Home Grounds Team
| Name | Title | Geographical Responsibility |
|---|---|---|
| Team Coordinator | ||
| Sonja Thomas | Extension Specialist | Statewide |
| Team Members | ||
| Brian Brown | Regional Extension Agent | Cherokee, DeKalb, Etowah, and Marshall Counties |
| Dani Carroll | Regional Extension Agent | Chambers, Clay, Coosa, Lee, Macon, Randolph, and Russell Counties |
| Carmen Flammini | Regional Extension Agent | Baldwin, Butler, Conecuh, and Escambia Counties |
| Marcus Garner | Urban Regional Extension Agent | Limestone, Madison, and Marshall Counties |
| Makahla Holloway | Regional Extension Agent | Colbert, Fayette, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale, and Marion Counties |
| Hayes Jackson | Urban Regional Extension Agent | Calhoun County |
| Megan Jones | Regional Extension Agent | Barbour, Bullock, Dale, Henry, and Houston Counties |
| Mallory Kelley | Regional Extension Agent | Autauga, Elmore, Lowndes, and Montgomery Counties |
| Jack LeCroy | Regional Extension Agent | Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, and Washington Counties |
| Bronson Lubresky | Urban Regional Extension Agent | Jefferson and Tuscaloosa Counties |
| Jayne Luetzow | Regional Extension Agent | Limestone, Lawrence, Morgan, Cullman, Winston and Walker Counties |
| Bethany O'Rear | Regional Extension Agent | Blount, Jefferson, and St. Clair Counties |
| Lilly Oaks | Regional Extension Agent | Jackson and Madison Counties |
| Joel Potter | Urban Regional Extension Agent | Baldwin and Mobile Counties |
| Allyson Shabel | Urban Regional Extension Agent | Lawrence and Morgan Counties |
| Jacob Turner | Regional Extension Agent | Calhoun, Cleburne, Talladega, Bibb, Chilton, and Shelby Counties |
| Emily Wismer | Regional Extension Agent | Coffee, Covington, Crenshaw, Geneva, and Pike Counties |
| Vacant | Regional Extension Agent | Choctaw, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Marengo, Perry, Pickens, Sumter, Tuscaloosa, and Wilcox Counties |
| Emily Burchfield | Volunteer Training Coordinator, Alabama Extension Master Gardener, and Alabama Master Naturalist programs | Statewide |
| Kassie Conner | Extension Specialist and Director of AU Plant Diagnostic Lab | Statewide |
| David Han | Associate Professor and Extension Specialist, Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences | Statewide |
| Xing Ping Hu | Professor and Extension Specialist, Entomology & Plant Pathology | Statewide |
| Jim Jacobi | Extension Specialist and Director of CBH Center Plant Diagnostic Lab | Statewide |
| Brianne Minton | Program Coordinator, Alabama Drought Reach | Statewide |
| John Nabors | Alabama Green Industry Training Center Outreach Coordinator | Statewide |
| Steve Li | Associate Professor and Extension Specialist, Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences | Statewide |
| Rudy Pacumbaba | Extension Specialist, Alabama A&M University | Statewide |
| Meredith Shrader | Extension Entomologist and Plant Pathologist | Statewide |
| Edward Sikora | Professor and Extension Specialist, Entomology & Plant Pathology | Statewide |
| Kerry Smith | Outreach Programs Administrator III | Statewide |
| Amanda Strayer-Scherer | Assistant Professor & Extension Specialist, Entomology & Plant Pathology | Statewide |