Cornell Cooperative Extension

Orange County

CCEOC Staff and Board

ADMINISTRATION

Lucy T. Joyce, Executive Director  ltj1@cornell.edu
Cindy Blomquist, Finance Manager  cb965@cornell.edu

Jahiem Azeez, HR Coordinator  jsa249@cornell.edu

Alison Stroh, Bookkeeper,  ats99@cornell.edu
Bobbi Waltenberg, Park Facilities Manager  rlw297@cornell.edu
Raychel Gilles, Operations Coordinator  rg755@cornell.edu

Justine Shaffer, Operations Coordinator  js3644@cornell.edu

Andrew Graham, Communications Coordinator acg239@cornell.edu
Gerald Reinhardt, Clerk - Printer  glr9@cornell.edu
Jill Van Aken, Community Liaison jd863@cornell.edu

Amanda Sostre, Senior Administrative Assistant  aas423@cornell.edu

2025 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Gordon Dean, President
Amy Minutolo, Vice President
Thomas Manza, Treasurer
Kathi Nywening, Secretary
Rachel Carr
Edwin Estrada
Tamara Lajara
Richard Mayfield
Jill Marie

Nancy Proyect Rider

Lagwana Tyler
Paul Ruszkiewicz, Orange County Legislative Representative
Paul Wiley , Orange County Executive Representative
Adam Hughes, Cornell Cooperative Extension State Specialist

4-H YOUTH DEVELOPMENT

Suzy McCormack, Interim 4-H Youth Development Issue Leader  sm2678@cornell.edu
Kathy Leo, 4-H Youth Development Educator  kal64@cornell.edu
Deanna Sardella-Matthews, Resource Educator  ds2285@cornell.edu
Carol McLaughlin, 4-H Administrative Assistant  cm798@cornell.edu

Adhara Jimenez-Banse, 2 Gen Family & Youth Program Manager aj485@cornell.edu

Leah Brown, 4-H Program Educator  lbr72@cornell.edu

FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCES

Suzy McCormack, Family & Consumer Sciences Issue Leader  sm2678@cornell.edu
Julika von Stackelberg, Parenting Coordinator  jv426@cornell.edu
Caitlin O'Brien, RAPP Program Manager  cmo223@cornell.edu
Luis Hernandez, EFNEP Nutrition Program Educator  as488@cornell.edu
Olivia O'Connor, Nutrition Educator  oco8@cornell.edu
Adhara Jimenez-Banse, 2 Gen Family & Youth Program Manager  aj485@cornell.edu
Carol McLaughlin,  FCS Administrative Assistant  cm798@cornell.edu

Yaneisi Conton, Community Resilience Program Coordinator  ycc25@cornell.edu

SNAP-ED NEW YORK

Shayna Russo, MS, Project Manager, Hudson Valley Region  smr255@cornell.edu
Erica Dahl, BS, Special Projects Coordinator  edd58@cornell.edu
Megan Dhanabala, Nutritionist, Dutchess County  mem353@cornell.edu
Bintou Hinds, Regional Team Leader, Hudson Valley  fh272@cornell.edu
Sara Flores-Amper, Nutritionist, Orange County,  sf639@cornell.edu
Josephine Quiocho, Nutritionist, Putnam County  jmq24@cornell.edu
Meghan Young, Nutritionist  my498@cornell.edu
Maria Vele, Nutritionist, Westchester County  msv23@cornell.edu
Steven Alihonou, MS, Data Manager  sa2277@cornell.edu
Jenna Ricker,Operations Coordinator  jr2283@cornell.edu
Dawn Maurizzio, Bookkeeper  dmm437@cornell.edu

AGRICULTURE

Maire Ullrich, Agriculture Issue Leader  mru2@cornell.edu
Susan Ndiaye, Resource Educator  sgn32@cornell.edu
Erik Schellenberg, Commercial Horticulture and Natural Resources Educator  jk2642@cornell.edu
Stiles Najac, Food Security Coordinator  srn28@cornell.edu
Nathaniel Lartey,  GAPs & New Farmer Educator  nl498@cornell.edu
Allison Salte, Administrative Assistant  as4398@cornell.edu

Katy Boula, Master Gardener Program Coordinator  keb332@cornell.edu

Zoe Lockburner, Livestock/4-H Livestock, Equine, Dairy Program Manager  zrl7@cornell.edu 

Sabrina Moss, Gleaning Program Coordinator  scm257@cornell.edu

Javier Acosta, Agriculture Program Manager  jba78@cornell.edu

Last updated May 12, 2025

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