STATEWIDE STAFF LISTING BY AREA OFFICE

Southcentral Region Office
1801 S. Margaret Drive, Suite 12
Palmer, Alaska 99645
Phone: 907-745-7200
Fax: 907-745-7112

Director's Office
David W. Schade	Director	907-761-3867	david.w.schade 'at' alaska.gov
Administration
Jordan Rubio	Administrative Officer I	907-761-3870	jordan.rubio 'at' alaska.gov
John Whipple	Publications Specialist II	907-761-3874	john.whipple 'at' alaska.gov
Agricultural Land & Sales Management
Erik M. Johnson	Natural Resource Specialist II	907-761-3863	erik.johnson 'at' alaska.gov
Agricultural Revolving Loan Fund
Mandy Toong	Natural Resource Specialist III	907-761-3853	mandy.toong 'at' alaska.gov

Agriculture Market & Inspection Services Manager
Glenda Grawe	Natural Resource Manager II	907-761-3864	glenda.grawe 'at' alaska.gov
Market Services/Grants
Catherine Cheadle	Grants Administrator II	907-761-3851	catherine.cheadle 'at' alaska.gov
Amanda Swanson	Program Coordinator I	907-761-3869	amanda.swanson 'at' alaska.gov
Inspection & Certification Program
Mia Kirk	Natural Resource Manager I	907-761-3866	mia.kirk 'at' alaska.gov
Chris Secary	Natural Resource Specialist II	907-761-3858	christopher.secary 'at' alaska.gov
Janelle Curtis	Agricultural Inspector	907-761-3881	janelle.curtis 'at' alaska.gov

Plant Materials Center
5310 S. Bodenburg Spur
Palmer, Alaska 99645
Phone: 907-745-4469
Fax: 907-746-1568

PMC Manager
Robert Carter	Agronomist III	907-745-8127	robert.carter 'at' alaska.gov

Administration
Alicia Holladay	Administrative Assistant III	907-745-8104	alicia.holladay 'at' alaska.gov

Production
Certified Seed Potatoes
Christine Macknicki	Microbiologist II	907-745-8021	christine.macknicki 'at' alaska.gov
Trees, Grasses, Forbs, and Other Crops
Rusty Foreaker	Agronomist I	907-745-8092	rusty.foreaker 'at' alaska.gov
Seed Technology
Vacant	Agronomist I
State Seed Laboratory Fax: 907-745-8230
Lyubomir Mahlev	Agronomist II	907-745-8782	lyubomir.mahlev 'at' alaska.gov
Pathology Laboratory
Todd Steinlage	Agronomist I	907-745-8138	todd.steinlage 'at' alaska.gov
Maintenance & Operations
David Edgerton	Equipment Operator	907-745-8142	david.edgerton 'at' alaska.gov

Environmental Services
Invasive Plants & Agricultural Pests
Dan Coleman	Natural Resource Specialist III	907-745-8721	daniel.coleman 'at' alaska.gov
Native Plant Commercialization, Revegetation & Reclamation
Phil Czapla	Agronomist I	907-745-8747	phil.czapla 'at' alaska.gov
Casey Dinkel	Agronomist I	907-745-8108	casey.dinkel 'at' alaska.gov

Northern Region Office
3700 Airport Way
Fairbanks, Alaska 99709
Phone: 907-374-3716
Fax: 907-328-1951

Inspection & Certification Program
Curtis Knight	Development Specialist I	907-374-3716	curtis.knight 'at' alaska.gov

Department of Natural Resources Directors of Agriculture
January 2019 - Present	David W. Schade
February 2016 - January 2019	Arthur J. Keyes IV
December 2015 - February 2016	Robert Carter, Acting
August 2007 - December 2015	Franci A. Havemeister
June 2007 - July 2007	Douglas R. Warner, Acting
February 2005 - May 2007	Larry DeVilbiss
July 2004 - January 2005	Douglas R. Warner, Acting
May 2003 - June 2004	John Torgerson, Acting
December 2002 - May 2003	Dean Brown, Acting
October 1997 - December 2002	Robert Wells
June 1997 - October 1997	Ed Arobio, Acting
August 1995 - June 1997	Jay Kerttula
November 1991 - August 1995	John Cramer
May 1988 - November 1991	Frank Mielke
March 1987 - May 1988	Mark Weaver
December 1986 - March 1987	Dean Brown, Acting
February 1983 - December 1986	Bill Heim
February 1979 - January 1983	Nick Carney
June 1975 - February 1979	Allen Linn
1972 - December 1974	Bill Lewis
1967-1972	Roland Snodgrass
July 1962 - 1967	Sig Restad
1953 - 1962	James Wilson
1949 - 1953	Clyde Sherman
1945 - 1949	George Gasser

Department of Natural Resources Division of Agriculture