NCDA&CS Department Organization

This is the Text version of the Department's Organization Chart

• Board of Agriculture
• Commissioner - Steve Troxler
  • Executive Assistant II - Cheryl Tapanes
  • Chief of Staff - Zane Hedgecock
  • Executive Assistant I - Preston White
  • Executive Assistant I - Nikki Anson
    


• Public Affairs - Andrea Ashby


• Consumer Protection Assistant Commissioner - Christina Waggett
  • Agricultural Program Specialist - Anna Hayworth
  • Federal Liaison - Kelly Powell-McIver
  • Emergency Programs Division - Kelly Nilsson
  • Food and Drug - Anita MacMullan
  • Meat and Poultry Inspection - Dr. Karen Beck
  • Standards - Steve Benjamin
  • Structural Pest Control and Pesticides - James W. Burnette, Jr.
  • Veterinary - Dr.Michael Martin
  • ASC Complex Manager - Brenda Jackson

   

• General Counsel - Jon Lanier
  
  
  • Executive Assistant I - Kathy Turner
• Administration Chief Deputy Commissioner - N. David Smith

• Executive Assistant I - Vacant
• Internal Audit - Derek Allred
• Legislative Liaison - Cameron Dawson
• Public Safety - Anthony Prignano
• Agricultural Statistics - Dee Webb
• Budget and Finance - Catherine Stogner
• Human Resources (Acting) - Pamela Hess
• Property & Construction - Andrew Meier
• State Fair - Kent Yelverton
• Information Technology - Abe Costa
• Ag. Development & Farmland Preservation - Evan Davis

 

• Agricultural Services Assistant Commissioner - Dr. Alexander Stewart
  
  
  • Executive Assistant I - Vacant
  • Agricultural Programs Specialist - Beth Farrell
  • Environmental Programs Specialist - Vacant
  • Agronomic Services - Dr. Colleen Hudak-Wise
  • Food Distribution - Walter G. Beal
  • Marketing - Peter Thornton
  • Plant Industry - Dr. William R. Foote
  • Research Stations - Teresa Lambert
  • Soil & Water Conservation - Vernon Cox
  • Agricultural Research Specialist - Weston McCorkle

   

• WNC Ag Programs Assistant Commissioner - Kaleb Rathbone
  
  
  • Executive Assistant I - Diane Cook
  • Western NC AgCenter - Sean McKeon
  • Western NC Farmers Market - Phil Jacobus
  • Small Farms - Archie Hart

   

• NC Forest Service Assistant Commissioner - Scott Bissette


• Executive Assistant I - Renee Strickland
• Administrative Services - Amanda Poole
• State Forester - David Lane
  • Region 1 Coastal - Tommy Sports
  • Region 2 Piedmont - Kevin Harvell
  • Region 3 Mountain - Greg Smith
  • Forest Management & Development - Sean Brogan
  • Forest Protection - Greg Hicks
  • Safety, Planning & Analysis - Craig Clarke
  • Aviation & Engineering - Robert Delleo

Last updated November 9, 2021