Leadership & staff
Office of the chair
- Chair: Lori Leonard | ll536 [at] cornell.edu | (607) 255-8988
- Chair's assistant: Hannah Beardsley Moyal | hb466 [at] cornell.edu | (607) 255-3163
Administration
- Administrative manager: Ryan Bellows | ryan.bellows [at] cornell.edu
- Administrative assistant: Mariah Doyle-Stephenson | md2237 [at] cornell.edu
Graduate studies
- Director of graduate studies — Ph.D. in field of Development Studies: Rachel Bezner Kerr | rbeznerkerr [at] cornell.edu
- Director of graduate studies — MPS in field of Global Development: Terry Tucker | twt2 [at] cornell.edu | (607) 351-8389
- Graduate field coordinator: Allison Barrett | aeb238 [at] cornell.edu | (607) 255-7807
Undergraduate studies
- Director of undergraduate studies: Sarah Giroux | sh104 [at] cornell.edu | (607) 254-2896
- Undergraduate program coordinator: Lynn Morris | lm747 [at] cornell.edu
- Undergraduate coordinator of Education minor: Heidi Mouillesseaux-Kunzman | hmm1 [at] cornell.edu | (607) 255-0417
Extension
- Department Extension Leader: David Kay | dlk2 [at] cornell.edu | (607) 255-2123
Finance
- Administrative manager: Ryan Bellows | ryan.bellows [at] cornell.edu
- Finance specialist: Sherifa Abdalla | sra97 [at] cornell.edu | (607) 255-1704
- Finance specialist: Angie Smith | ams27 [at] cornell.edu | (607) 255-2274
Department Communications
- Communications specialist: Kelly Merchán | kim28 [at] cornell.edu | (607) 255-9505
Program & projects
Communications, media & technical support
- Stefan Einarson | se57 [at] cornell.edu
- Matt Hayes | mmh285 [at] cornell.edu | (607) 254-2276
- Chris Knight | ck536 [at] cornell.edu
- Nicole Rossi | nr399 [at] cornell.edu
- Dan Verderosa | dv242 [at] cornell.edu
AWARE
- Project director: Hale Ann Tufan | hat36 [at] cornell.edu | 607) 319-6812
- Project manager: Devon Jenkins | dlj67 [at] cornell.edu
Borlaug Fellowship Program
- Training program coordinator: Polly Endreny Holmberg | peh58 [at] cornell.edu
Borlaug Global Rust Initiative
- Project director: Maricelis Acevedo | ma934 [at] cornell.edu | (607) 255-1455
- Communications director: Matt Hayes | mmh285 [at] cornell.edu
Community Learning and Service Partnership (CLASP)
- Program director: Annalisa Raymer | alr26 [at] cornell.edu | (607) 255-4673
- Program coordinator: Beth Korson | elk78 [at] cornell.edu | (607) 255-2577
- Program liaison: Sasha Endo | ske5 [at] cornell.edu | (607) 255-7633
Cornell Farmworker Program
- Program director: Mary Jo Dudley | farmworkers [at] cornell.edu | (607) 254-5194
- Administrative assistant: Ana Ximena Alvis Gonzales | aa2547 [at] cornell.edu
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Crop Improvement
- Director: Stephen Kresovich | sk20 [at] cornell.edu
- Program manager: Devon Jenkins | djl67 [at] cornell.edu
- Business manager: Tammy Thomas | tjt2 [at] cornell.edu
- Program assistant: Monifa Morgan-Bell | mm2893 [at] cornell.edu | (607) 255-2234
- Communications director: Matt Hayes | mmh285 [at] cornell.edu
- Event coordination and travel: Anna Garber Hammond | ag556 [at] cornell.edu
Feed the Future Insect-Resistant Eggplant Partnership
- Project director: Maricelis Acevedo | ma934 [at] cornell.edu | (607) 255-1455
- Communications director: Matt Hayes | mmh285 [at] cornell.edu
Food Systems and Global Change
Faculty lead: Mario Herrero | mario.herrero [at] cornell.edu
Senior project manager: Cynthia Mathys | cjm296 [at] cornell.edu
Administrative assistant: Megan Hay | meh372 [at] cornell.edu
Communications specialist: Nicole Rossi | nr399 [at] cornell.edu
GREAT
- Project director: Hale Ann Tufan | hat36 [at] cornell.edu | (607) 319-6812
- Program assistant: Monifa Morgan-Bell | mm2893 [at] cornell.edu | (607) 255-2234
- Communications director: Matt Hayes | mmh285 [at] cornell.edu
Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship
- Program director: Ed Mabaya | em37 [at] cornell.edu | (607) 280-0264
- Associate director: Polly Endreny Holmberg | peh58 [at] cornell.edu
- Graduate assistant: Gretchen Hanson | grh76 [at] cornell.edu
LeadNY
- Program director: Lawrence Van De Valk | ljv4 [at] cornell.edu | (607) 255-6891
- Program/Extension Aide: Andrea Durmiaki | amd449 [at] cornell.edu | (607) 255-8709
Lund Fellows Program for Regenerative Agriculture
- Program coordinator: Carrie Simon | cns44 [at] cornell.edu (cns44)tld1 [at] cornell.edu (@cornell.edu)
Muhogo Bora
- Program co-director: Chiedozie Egesi | cne22 [at] cornell.edu | (607) 319-9105
- Program co-director: Hale Ann Tufan | hat36 [at] cornell.edu | (607) 319-6812
- Program assistant: Monifa Morgan-Bell | mm2893 [at] cornell.edu | (607) 255-2234
New York Youth Institute
- Training program coordinator: Polly Endreny Holmberg | peh58 [at] cornell.edu
NextGen Cassava
- Project director: Chiedozie Egesi | cne22 [at] cornell.edu | (607) 319-9105
- Project support specialist: Canaan Boyer | ceb363 [at] cornell.edu
- Communications director: Matt Hayes | mmh285 [at] cornell.edu
Polson Institute for Global Development
- Director: Mildred Warner | mew15 [at] cornell.edu | (607) 255-6816
Rust2Green
- Rust2Green Binghamton: Shorna Allred | srb237 [at] cornell.edu | (607) 255-2149
- Rust2Green Utica: Heidi Mouillesseaux-Kunzman | hmm1 [at] cornell.edu | (607) 255-0417
System of Rice Intensification
- Extension associate: Lucy Fisher | lhf2 [at] cornell.edu | (607) 257-8223
Tata-Cornell Institute
- Director: Prabhu Pingali | plp39 [at] cornell.edu | (607) 255-2352
- Assistant director: Mathew Abraham | ma947 [at] cornell.edu
- Administrator: Brenda Daniels-Tibke | bjd2 [at] cornell.edu
- Assistant to the director: Terry Mingle | tpm2 [at] cornell.edu
- Communications and outreach manager: Dan Verderosa | dv242 [at] cornell.edu
- Manager for strategic initiatives: Milorad 'Misha' Plavsic | mp2246 [at] cornell.edu
- Research support specialist: Ali Ilahi | mai55 [at] cornell.edu
- Research support specialist: Sage Grasso-Monroe | syg9 [at] cornell.edu