2022-2023 Board of Directors

  • Dr. Mark Hoffmann – Chair

    (2022-2023)

    Assistant Professor and Small Fruits Extension Specialist

    Department of Horticultural Science

    North Carolina State University

    Campus Box 7609, Raleigh, NC 27695

    Phone: 919 513 0772

    Email: mhoffma3@ncsu.edu

  • Dr. Andreea Botezatu – Director

    (2022-2024)

    Assistant Professor and Extension Enology Specialist

    Department of Horticultural Sciences

    Texas A&M University

    2133 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843

    Phone: 979-845-8563

    Email: abotezatu@tamu.edu

  • Dr. William "Gill" Giese – Chair Elect

    (2022-2023)

    Arkansas State University

    College of Agriculture

    P.O. Box 1080, State University, AR 72467

    Phone: 870-972-2085

    Email: wgiese@astate.edu

  • Dr. Michela Centinari – Director

    (2022-2024)

    Assistant Professor of Viticulture

    Penn State

    218 Tyson Building

    University Park, PA 16802

    Phone: 814-867-0514

    Email: mzc22@psu.edu

  • Dr. Jim Willwerth – Past Chair

    (2022-2023)

    Scientist

    Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute

    Brock University

    St. Catharines, ON L2S 3A1

    Phone: 905 688 5550 x 5477

    Email: jwillwerth@brocku.ca

  • Dr. Matthew Clark – Director

    (2021-2023)

    Assistant Professor

    Department of Horticultural Science

    University of Minnesota

    342 Alderman Hall

    1970 Folwell Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55108

    Phone: 612-743-9083

    Email: clark776@umn.edu

  • Dr. Anna Katharine Mansfield – Section Representative

    (2022-2023)

    Associate Professor

    Cornell University

    New York State Agricultural Experiment Station

    107 Food Research Laboratory, Geneva, NY 14456

    Phone: 315-787-2268

    Email: akm87@cornell.edu

  • Michael Cook - Director

    (2022-2024)

    Regional Viticulture Extension Specialists-North Texas

    Texas A&M AgriLife

    401 W. Hickory St., Denton, TX 76201

    Phone: 940-349-2896

    Email: m.cook@tamu.edu

  • Dr. Elizabeth Chang – Treasurer

    (2020-2023)

    Enology Extension Specialist

    Virginia Tech

    Alson H. Smith Jr. AREC

    595 Laurel Grove Road

    Winchester, VA 22602

    Phone: 540-232-6050

    Email: eabc@vt.edu

  • Nathan Eason – Director

    (2021-2023)

    White County Extension

    Agriculture and Natural Resources Agent

    University of Georgia

    1241 Helen Highway, Suite 110, Cleveland, GA 30528

    Phone: 706-865-2832 


    Email: neason@uga.edu

  • Dr. Justin Scheiner – Secretary

    (2020-2023)

    Horticulture Extension Specialist - Viticulture

    Texas A&M AgriLife

    Horticulture/Forestry Building, Room 202

    College Station, TX 77843

    Phone: 979-845-1870

    Email: jscheiner@tamu.edu

  • Dr. Aude Watrelot – Director

    (2021-2023)

    Assistant Professor & Extension Enology Specialist

    Food Science and Human Nutrition

    Iowa State University

    536 Farm House Lane, Ames, IA 50011

    Phone: 515-294-0343

    Email: watrelot@iastate.edu

  • Dr. Renee Threlfall – Section Administrator

    Research Scientist

    University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture

    2650 North Young Avenue

    Fayetteville, AR 72704

    Phone: 479-575-4677

    Email: rthrelf@uark.edu