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Staff

Director Dr. Hannah Carter
Program Coordinator Rochelle Strickland
Executive Secretary Janice Barner

Advisory Council

Chairperson Dennis Wedgworth, Manager, Wedgworth Farms, Inc.
Vice Chairperson Nancy McDonald, Owner, NGM Productions, Inc.
Council Members
Linda Adams, Associate VP, Florida Nurserymen, Growers and Landscapers Association
Halsey Beshears, Manager, Simpson Nurseries
Erin Best, Partner, Best Associates, Inc.
Mike Branch, Government Affairs Manager, Smurfit Stone Corp.
Tracy Duda Chapman, Corporate Vice President, A. Duda & Sons, Inc.
Rex Clonts, President, Clonts Farms Inc./Clonts Groves Inc.
Pam Fentress, Office Manager, Lost Lake Groves, Inc.
Sylvia Gordon, President, Landscape by Sylvia Gordon, Inc.
Brad Hester, Attorney, Miller, South, Milhausen & Carr, PA
John Hoblick, President, Florida Farm Bureau Federation
Joseph Hodges, President, Douglass Fertilizer & Chemical, Inc.
Reggie Holt, Vice President, Farm Credit of Central Florida
Eric Hopkins, Vice President & Business Manager, Hundley Farms, Inc.
Frank Johns, Owner, Tater Farms
Burl Long, Faculty Advisor Emeritus
Danny Raulerson, Director of Marketing & International Trade, Florida Fruit & Vegetable Assoc.
Wes Wheeler, Partner, Wheeler & Traviss