Meet our Blackberry and Raspberry Information Portal Staff

Jim Ballington avatar
Dr. Jim Ballington Professor Emeritus
jim_ballington@ncsu.edu Horticultural Science
Gina Fernandez avatar
Dr. Gina Fernandez Extension Specialist (Small Fruits Breeding and Production)
(919) 513-7416 gina_fernandez@ncsu.edu Horticultural Science
Katie Jennings avatar
Dr. Katie Jennings Extension Specialist (Vegetable and Small Fruit Weed Science)
(919) 740-4500 kmjennin@ncsu.edu Horticultural Science
Hannah Lepsch avatar
Hannah Lepsch Research Assistant - Horticulture
hannah_lepsch@ncsu.edu Mountain Hort Crops Research & Extension Center
Lorena Lopez avatar
Lorena Lopez Assistant Extension Professor
(919) 515-4415 llopezq@ncsu.edu Entomology & Plant Pathology
Wayne Mitchem avatar
Wayne Mitchem Southern Region Small Fruit Consortium Coordinator and Fruit Weed Management
(704) 472-4369 wayne_mitchem@ncsu.edu Horticultural Science
Penelope Perkins-Veazie avatar
Dr. Penelope Perkins-Veazie Professor
(704) 250-5419 penelope_perkins@ncsu.edu Horticultural Science
Lisa Rayburn avatar
Serves 4 Counties
Lisa Rayburn Area Agent, Agriculture - Commercial Horticulture
(910) 455-5873 lisa_rayburn@ncsu.edu Based out of Onslow County Center
Roderick Rejesus avatar
Dr. Roderick Rejesus Department Extension Leader, Extension Specialist & Professor
(919) 513-4605 rod_rejesus@ncsu.edu Agricultural & Resource Economics
Daniel Tregeagle avatar
Dr. Daniel Tregeagle Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist, Specialty Crops Economics
(919) 515-6091 tregeagle@ncsu.edu Agricultural & Resource Economics
Sara Villani avatar
Dr. Sara Villani Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist-Fruit and Ornamental Pathology
(828) 585-3535 sara_villani@ncsu.edu Entomology & Plant Pathology