Extension Organizational Chart

• Institutions of Higher Learning Board

• President of Mississippi State University – Dr. Mark Keenum

• Vice President for Agriculture, Forestry, & Veterinary Medicine – Dr. Keith Coble

• Director, MSU Extension Service - Dr. Gary Jackson

  • Associate Director Ag & Natural Resources – Dr. Steve Martin

    • MSU Horse Park – Ms. Bricklee Miller

    • Boll Weevil Management Corp – Mr. Cal Crawford

    • Civil rights Coordinator – Mr. Marcus Davis

    • Regional Coordinators

      • Central – Ms. Theresa Hand
        • Central Region Agents
      • Coastal – Ms. Tawnya Holliman
        • Coastal Region Agents
      • Delta– Dr. Curt Lacy
        • Delta Region Agents
      • Northeast – Dr. Linda Mitchell
        • Northeast MS Region Agents

    • Office Of Nutrition Education – Dr. Sylvia Byrd

    • Center for 4-H Youth Development – Dr. Linda Mitchell (Interim)

  • Assistant Director & Fiscal Administrator – Mr. Richard Swann

  • R&E Center Heads

    • Central R&E – Raymond – Dr. Sherry Surrette
    • Coastal R&E – Biloxi – Dr. James Henderson
    • Delta R&E – Stoneville – Dr. Jeff Gore (Interim)
    • North MS R&E – Verona - Dr. Jane Parish

  • Centers/Institutes

    • Extension Center for Technology Outreach – Dr. Randy Loper
    • Office of Agricultural Communications – Ms. Elizabeth Gregory North
    • Extension Center for Government & Community Development – Mr. Sumner Davis
    • Geosystems Research Institute – Dr. Robert Moorhead
    • Southern Rural Development Center – Dr. John Green
    • Center for Continuing Education  –  Mr. Richard Swann (Interim) 
    • Office Of Nutrition Education – Dr. Sylvia Byrd
    • Center for 4-H Youth Development – Dr. Linda Mitchell (Interim)

  • Comprehensive Department Heads

    • Plant & Soil Sciences – Dr. Darrin Dodds
    • School of Human Sciences – Dr. Michael Newman
    • Ag & Bio Engineering – Dr. Alex Thomasson
    • Poultry – Dr. Mary Beck
    • BCHEPP* – Dr. Jeff Dean
    • Landscape Architecture – Prof. Sadik Artunc
    • FSNHP** – Dr. Ashli Brown (Interim)
    • Animal & Dairy Sciences – Dr. Jane Parish (Interim)
    • Forestry – Dr. Don Grebner
    • WFA*** – Dr. Andrew Kouba
    • Sustainable Bioproducts – Dr. Rubin Shmulsky
    • Ag Economics – Dr. Ardian Harri (Interim)

• Family and Consumer Sciences
* Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology, and Plant Pathology
**Food Science, Nutrition, and Health Promotion
***Wildlife, Fisheries, and Aquaculture