Contact Our Team

General Questions

Stacey Stearns
Extension Communications Specialist

860-486-9228
stacey.stearns@uconn.edu

Agriculture

Tessa Getchis

Tessa Getchis | UConn Bio

Senior Extension Educator
Aquaculture and Fisheries

tessa.getchis@uconnn.edu
860-367-4602

Shuresh Ghimire

Shuresh Ghimire | UConn Bio

Assistant Extension Educator
Vegetable Assistant Extension Educator

shuresh.ghimire@uconn.edu
860-875-3331

Evan Lentz

Evan Lentz | UConn Bio

Assistant Extension Educator
Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture

evan.lentz@uconn.edu
860-486-6449

Jenifer Nadeau

Jenifer Nadeau | UConn Bio

Associate Professor
Equine Extension

jenifer.nadeau@uconn.edu
860-486-4471

Community & Climate Resilience

Juliana Barrett

Juliana Barrett, Ph.D.  | UConn Bio

Associate Extension Educator Emerita
Coastal Habitats

juliana.barrett@uconn.edu
860-405-9106

Sarah Schechter

Sarah Schechter | UConn Bio

Assistant Extension Educator
Sustainable & Resilient Communities

sarah.schechter@uconn.edu
860-405-9215

Owen Placido

Owen Placido | UConn Bio

Assistant Extension Educator
Nature-Based Approaches to Resilience
owen.placido@uconn.edu

860-405-9108

Deborah-Visco-Abibou

Deborah-Visco-Abibou | UConn Bio

Assistant Extension Educator
Sustainable & Resilient Communities
deb.abibou@uconn.edu
203-407-3166

Mayra Rodríguez González

Mayra Rodríguez González | UConn Bio

Assistant Extension Educator
Urban and Community Forestry

mayra.rodriguez_gonzalez@uconn.edu
203-407-3166

s.uconn.edu/urban

Family and Home

Faye Griffiths Smith

Faye Griffiths-Smith | UConn Bio

Associate Extension Educator
Family Economics and Resources Management

faye.griffiths-smith@uconn.edu
203-407-3160

Mary Ellen Welch

Mary Ellen Welch

Extension Educator
Family & Consumer Sciences

mary.welch@uconn.edu
860-885-2829

Indu Upadhyaya

Indu Upadhyaya | UConn Bio

Assistant Extension Educator
Food Safety

indu.upadhyaya@uconn.edu
860-871-0776

Team Emeritus

Bob Ricard

Robert Ricard, Ph.D.

Retired Senior Extension Educator
Urban and Community Forestry
Human Dimensions of Natural Resources

Diane Wright Hirsch

Diane Wright Hirsch

Emeritus Extension Educator
Food Safety