Plant Industries Staff
Administration
Paul Bailey, Division Director
(573) 751-2462
John Brunnert, Chief Technical Officer
(573) 751-5508
Lori Volkart
Division Secretary
(573) 751-2462
Bureau of Feed and Seed
(573) 751-4310
Fax: (573) 751-5500
Program Coordinator
Mary Koestner, Program Manager
(573) 751-4310
Blythe Freihage, Program Coordinator
(573) 526-4677
Ethan Willis, Consumer Protections Coordinator
(573) 418-3985
Rachel Kohne, Pet Food Coordinator
(573) 522-6786
Maghan Lage, Compliance & Enforcement Officer
(573) 526-0481
Eileen Pierson, Executive I
(573) 522-6784
Administrative Support Assistants
Laura Schaefer
(573) 526-3987
Taliaa Pendergrass
(573) 751-4310
Jessi Schweer
(573) 751-5474
Feed Laboratory:
(573) 522-6785
Melissa Nichols, Laboratory Manager
Abbey Stieferman, Quality Assurance Manager
Garrett Avery, Laboratory Scientist
Luke Malinski, Senior Laboratory Scientist
Sheila Schaffer, Senior Laboratory Scientist
Michaela Madison, Senior Laboratory Scientist
Seed Laboratory:
(573) 751-4340
David Hoskins, Seed Analyst III
Andrea Taylor, Seed Analyst II
Feed & Seed Inspectors:
Area 1 Inspector
Morgan Ferbert
Area 2 Inspector
Ken Disselhorst
Area 3 Inspector
Vacant
Area 4 Inspector
Marissa Jack
Area 5 Inspector
Taylor Otto
Area 6 Inspector
Jeremy Barron
Area 7 Inspector
Meridee Haworth-Ryder
Bureau of Feed and Seed Inspector Territory Map
Produce Safety Program
Bart Hawcroft, Program Manager
(573) 751-8558
Fax: (573) 526-7777
Produce Safety Inspectors:
Riley Boland
Blake Moore
Troy Wieberg
Pesticide Program
(573) 751-5504
Fax: (573) 751-0005
Kory Hubbard, Program Administrator
(573) 751-5510
Program Coordinators:
Emily Groner
Certification Program Coordinator
(573) 522-1637
Megan Troesser
Enforcement Program Coordinator
(573) 751-5511
Jamie Eiken
Pesticide Program Specialist
(573) 751-5791
Rachel Hasty
Pesticide Program Specialist
(573) 751-2560
Diane James
Administrative Office Support Assistant
(573) 751-5509
Kimberly Wehmeyer
Senior Office Support Assistant
(573) 751-5504
Missouri Pesticide Use Investigators:
Area 1: Turner Cotton
Area 2: Alan Perry
Area 3: Mark Brady
Area 4: Vacant
Area 5: John Battles
Area 6: Dalton Jones
Area 7: Scott Peters
Area 8: Vacant
Area 9: Andrew Hughes
Area 10: Stacy Ward
Area 11: Vacant
Area 12: Marc Bell
Pesticide Investigators Territory Map
Plant Pest Control
Rosalee Knipp, State Entomologist/Program Administrator
(573) 751-5505
Tammie Bishop, Lead Administrative Support Assistant
(573) 751-5505
Pam Henry, Senior Office Support Assistant
(573) 522-9948
Markos McAuliffe
State Survey Coordinator
(573) 751-9334
Alyssa Bernett, Forest Pest Program Coordinator
(573) 522-1159
Dr. Krishna Puri, Plant Pathology Lab Supervisor
(573) 751-8319
Dr. Matthew Cullen, Plant Pathology Lab Diagnostician
(573) 522-6120
Vacant, Export Certifications
(573) 526-1732
Plant Protection Specialists
Area 1 - Susan Ehlenbeck, Horticulturist
Counties: Franklin, Jefferson, St. Louis County
Area 2 - Catherine Smith, Horticulturist
Counties: Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Clay, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Holt, Northern Jackson, Livingston, Mercer, Nodaway, Platte, Ray, Worth
Area 3 - Ben Quisenberry, Horticulturist
Counties: Barry, Barton, Cedar, Christian, Dade, Dallas, Greene, Jasper, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton, Polk, Stone, Taney, Vernon, Webster
Area 4 - Dr. Yuhong Li, Plant Pathologist
Counties: Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Dunklin, Iron, Madison, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Perry, Reynolds, St. Francois, Ste. Genevieve, Scott, Stoddard, Washington, Wayne
Area 5 - Zach Starr, Horticulturist
Counties: Audrain, Clark, Knox, Lewis, Lincoln, Marion, Monroe, Montgomery, Pike, Ralls, St Charles, St. Louis City, Scotland, Shelby, Warren
Area 6 - Eze Pojmann-Ezeonyilo, Horticulturist
Counties: Camden, Cole, Carter, Crawford, Dent, Douglas, Gasconade, Howell, Laclede, Maries, Miller, Osage, Oregon, Ozark, Phelps, Pulaski, Ripley, Shannon, Texas, Wright
Area 7 - Amanda Tizon, Entomologist
Counties: Bates, Benton, Cass, Henry, Hickory, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis, St. Clair, Southern Jackson
Area 8 - Lee Conner, Forester
Counties: Adair, Boone, Callaway, Chariton, Cooper, Howard, Linn, Macon, Moniteau, Morgan, Putnam, Randolph, Saline, Schuyler, Sullivan