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
Stan Cook, Program Manager
(573) 751-4310
Jacob Fleig, Program Coordinator
(573) 526-4677
Ethan Willis, Consumer Protections Coordinator
(573) 418-3985
Madison Fink, Pet Food Coordinator
(573) 522-6786
Joyce Luebbering, Compliance & Enforcement Officer
(573) 469-1005
Eileen Pierson, Executive I
(573) 522-6784
Administrative Support Assistants
Laura Schaefer
(573) 526-3987
Erin Tice
(573) 751-4310
Megan Moore
(573) 751-5474
Feed Laboratory:
(573) 522-6785
Abby Vivas, Laboratory Manager
Mary Koestner, Quality Assurance Manager
Luke Malinski, Chemist III
Jamie Minter, Chemist I
Melissa Nichols, Chemist IV
Sheila Schaffer, Chemist III
Abbey Stieferman, Chemist III
Seed Laboratory:
(573) 751-4340
David Hoskins, Seed Analyst III
Andrea Taylor, Seed Analyst II
Feed & Seed Inspectors:
Area 1 Inspector
Blythe Dunlap
Area 2 Inspector
Ken Disselhorst
Area 3 Inspector
Macey Reed
Area 4 Inspector
Samantha Wright
Area 5 Inspector
Marissa Jack
Area 6 Inspector
Jeremy Barron
Area 7 Inspector
Meridee Haworth-Ryder
Bureau of Feed and Seed Inspector Territory Map
Hemp Program
Alan Freeman, Program Administrator
(573) 522-0351
Fax: (573) 751-0005
Produce Safety Program
Bart Hawcroft, Program Manager
(573) 751-8558
Fax: (573) 526-7777
Vacant, Program Coordinator
(573) 751-1134
Produce Safety Inspectors:
Riley Franklin
Pesticide Program
(573) 751-5504
Fax: (573) 751-0005
Dawn Wall, Program Administrator
(573) 751-5510
Program Coordinators:
Chrisee Wheeler
Certification Program Coordinator
(573) 522-1637
Kory Hubbard
Enforcement Program Coordinator
(573) 751-5511
Vacant
Pesticide Initiatives Program Coordinator
(573) 751-3498
Jamie Eiken
Pesticide Program Specialist
(573) 751-5791
Megan Troesser
Pesticide Program Specialist
(573) 751-2560
Diane Council
Administrative Office Support Assistant
(573) 751-5509
Vacant
Senior Office Support Assistant
(573) 751-5504
Missouri Pesticide Use Investigators:
Area 1: Turner Cotton
Area 2: Vacant
Area 3: Vacant
Area 4: Morgan Mattern
Area 5: John Battles
Area 6: Dalton Jones
Area 7: Vacant
Area 8: Kash Kruep
Area 9: Andrew Hughes
Area 10: Cassie Driskill
Area 11: Jake Eshleman
Area 12: Marc Bell
Pesticide Investigators Territory Map
Plant Pest Control
(573) 751-5505
Fax: (573) 522-1109
Collin Wamsley, State Entomologist/Program Administrator
(573) 751-5505
Tammie Bishop, Administrative Assistant
(573) 751-5505
Pam Henry, Senior Office Support Assistant
(573) 522-9948
Sarah Phipps
State Survey Coordinator
(573) 751-9334
Rosalee Knipp, Forest Pest Program Coordinator
(573) 522-1159
Dr. Krishna Puri, Plant Pathology Lab Supervisor
(573) 751-8319
Ashley Turner, Plant Pathology Lab Diagnostician
(573) 522-6120
Alyssa Dunnivan, Horticulturist & 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 - Sam Sergent, 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