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Tropical Technology Specialists

Name	Title	Location	Phone Number	Email
John H. (Bart) Lawrence	Tropical Technology Specialist	Mongmong, Guam	671.472.7447	John.Lawrence@pb.usda.gov
Edwin Más	Tropical Technology Specialist	University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus, Mayaguez, PR	787.832.4040 ext. 2442	emas@dumont.uprm.edu
Michael Robotham	Tropical Technology Specialist	University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI	808.956.8149	Michael.Robotham@hi.usda.gov

Senior NRCS Technology Staff

Name	Title	Location	Phone Number	Email
Jerry Lemunyon	National Tropical Agronomist	Ft. Worth, TX		jlemunyo@ftw.nrcs.usda.gov
Bruce Newton,	Director, West Region NTSC	Portland, OR		Bruce.Newton@usda.gov
Carolyn Adams	Acting Director, East Region NTSC	Greensboro, NC		Carolyn.Adams2@gnb.usda.gov
Vacant	SRC Hawaii
John H. (Bart) Lawrence	State Resource Conservationist	Mongmong, Guam	671.472.7447	John.Lawrence@pb.usda.gov
José A. Castro	State Resource Conservationist	San Juan, PR	787.766.5206 ext. 226	José A. Castro

Cooperative Extension Service / Agricultural Experiment Station

Name	Title	Location	Phone Number	Email
Alejandro Segarra	Associate Dean for Experimental Station	San Juan, PR		asegarra@uprm.edu
Ariel Ramirez	Associate Dean for Extension	San Juan, PR		a_ramirez@seam.uprm.edu
Greg Wiecko	Acting Associate Dean and Director, Cooperative Extension Service, Guam	University of Guam Mangilao, GU		gwiecko@uog9.uog.edu
Harold Keyser	Acting Assoc. Dean and Director, Cooperative Extension Service, Hawaii	Honolulu, HI	808.956.8139	extension@ctahr.hawaii.edu
Miguel Munoz	Director - Agronomy & Soils Dept. UPR	San Juan, PR		mmunoz@uprm.edu miguel_munoz@cca.uprm.edu
Samir El-Swaify	Professor and Chair, NREM Department	UH Manoa, Honolulu, HI	808.956.8708	Elswaify@hawaii.edu

Tropical Soils

Name	Title	Location	Phone Number	Email
Carmen L. Santiago	Staff Soil Scientist	San Juan, PR	787.766.5206 ext. 240	Carmen.Santiago@pr.usda.gov
Chris Smith	State Soil Scientist	Honolulu, HI	808.541.2600 ext. 119	Chris.Smith@hi.usda.gov
Robert T. Gavenda	Staff Soil Scientist	Maite, Guam	671.472.7182	Bob.Gavenda@pb.usda.gov
David Sotomayor	Soil Fertility, UPR	San Juan, PR		dsotomayor@uprm.edu
Fred Beinroth	Tropical Soils, UPR	UPR – Mayaguez Mayaguez, PR		fred_beinroth@cca.uprm.edu
Mohammed (Mike) Golabi	Assistant Professor, Soil Science	University of Guam Mangilao, GU	671.735.2134	mgolabi@guam.uog.edu
Jonathan Deenik	Assistant Specialist, Soil Fertility	University of Hawaii	808.956.6906	jdeenik@hawaii.edu

Tropical Plants and Crops

Name	Title	Location	Phone Number	Email
Bob Joy	Plant Materials Specialist	Hoolehua, HI	808.567.6885 ext. 109	Robert.Joy@hi.usda.gov
Vacant	Plant Materials Specialist	Florida, Caribbean Basin
Larry Shinshiro	State Agronomist	Honolulu, HI	808.541.2600 ext. 111
Vacant	State Agronomist	Caribbean Basin
Vacant	State Agronomist	Maite, Guam

Water Quality

Name	Title	Location	Phone Number	Email
Carl Evensen	Water Quality Extension Specialist, UH-Manoa	Honolulu, HI	808.956.8825	evensen@hawaii.edu
Hudson Minshew	State Water Quality Specialist, Hawaii NRCS	Honolulu, HI	808.541.2600 ext. 134	Hudson.Minshew@hi.usda.gov

Biology

Name	Title	Location	Phone Number	Email
David Duffy	Botany, ecology, UH-Manoa and Coordinator, Hawaii-Pacific Basin Cooperative Ecosystems Study Unit (CESU)	Honolulu, HI	808.956.8218	dduffy@hawaii.edu
Terrell Erickson	State Biologist, Hawaii NRCS	Honolulu, HI	808.541.2600 ext. 109	Terrell.Erickson@hi.usda.gov

Engineering

Name	Title	Location	Phone Number	Email
Damaris Medina	Engineer Division NRCS-CB	San Juan, PR	787.766.5206 ext. 232	Damaris.Medina@pr.usda.gov
Doug Toews	State Conservation Engineer	Honolulu, HI	808.541.2600 ext. 126	Doug.Toews@hi.usda.gov
Jeffrey C. Wheaton	Staff Conservation Engineer	Maite, Guam	671.472.7105	Jeffrey.Wheaton@pb.usda.gov
Jesse Wilson	State Conservation Engineer	Gainesville, FL		Jesse.Wilson@fl.usda.gov

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