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Assistant & Associate Deans

The assistant and associate deans execute college-wide efforts to support alumni, faculty, staff, students and other important stakeholders through their specific offices and units.

Alumni Affairs & Development

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Sharon Detzer

Associate Dean

Alumni Affairs and Development

Sharon Detzer

Academic Programs & Student Success

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Sarah Giroux

Associate Professor of the Practice

Department of Global Development

Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Strategic Programs

Office of Academic Programs

Sarah Giroux
Decompositional Methods
Demography of Inequality and Poverty
Empirics Of Development and Inequality
Ann LaFave
Ann LaFave

Assistant Dean of Academic Programs and Student Success

Office of the Dean

Ann LaFave

Capital Projects & Facility Services 

Andy Vail, assistant dean and senior director for the Office of Capital Projects and Facilities Services
Andy Vail

Assistant Dean and Senior Director

Office of Capital Projects and Facilities Services

Andy Vail

Communications & Marketing

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Anne Brandt

Assistant Dean of Communication and Marketing

Office of Marketing and Communications

Anne Brandt
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Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station

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Margaret Smith

Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Plant Breeding and Genetics Section

Professor

Department of Global Development

Associate Dean and Director

Cornell AES

Margaret Smith
Maize breeding and genomics
Abiotic stress tolerance
Insect and disease resistance

Cornell AgriTech

Olga Padilla-Zakour
Olga Padilla-Zakour

Interim Director

Cornell AgriTech

Director of the Cornell Food Venture Center

Cornell AgriTech

Professor

Food Science

Olga Padilla-Zakour

Cornell Cooperative Extension

Jenny Kao-Kniffin
Jenny Kao-Kniffin

Associate Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Horticulture Section

Interim Director

Cornell Cooperative Extension

Jenny Kao-Kniffin
Weed science
Urban ecology
Rhizosphere biology

Finance & Administration

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Peter Paradise

Associate Dean

Office of Finance and Administration

Peter Paradise

Land-Grant Affairs

Julie Suarez
Julie Suarez

Associate Dean

Office of Land-Grant Affairs

Julie Suarez

Research & Innovation

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Xingen Lei

Professor

Animal Science

Associate Dean of Research and Innovation

Office of the Dean

Xingen Lei