Columbus and Wooster Campus Personnel: 

Valente Alvarez (614) 292-7765 
Food Science & Technology
Food Industries Center 
Dairy Products & Processing 

Bonnie Ayars (614) 688-3143
Animal Sciences
Extension Associate, Dairy 

Naomi Botheras (614) 292-3776
Animal Sciences
Animal Welfare

Maurice Eastridge (614) 688-3059 
Animal Sciences 
Nutrition 

Jeffrey Firkins (614) 688-3089 
Animal Sciences 
Nutrition

Joseph Hogan (330) 263-3801 
Animal Sciences 
Mammary Health 

Ann Ottobre (614) 292-7135 
Animal Sciences 
Reproductive Physiology 

Joseph Ottobre (614) 688-3144 
Animal Sciences 
Reproductive Physiology 

Jon Rausch (614) 292-4504
Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering
Extension Associate, Waste Management

Floyd Schanbacher (330) 263-3803 
Animal Sciences 
Mammary & Lactation Biology 

Gustavo Schuenemann (614) 292-9453
Veterinary Preventive Medicine
Animal Health and Reproduction

Normand St-Pierre (614) 292-6507 
Animal Sciences 
Herd Management 

Mark Sulc (614) 292-9084 
Horticulture and Crop Science 
Forage Production 

Cameron Thraen (614) 292-2702
Agricultural, Environmental and Developmental Economics
Milk Marketing

William Weiss (330) 263-3622 
Animal Sciences 
Nutrition and Forages 

Lingying Zhao (614) 292-2366
Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering
Animal Facilities and Environment

 

Agricultural Technical Institute:

Royce Thornton (330) 264-3911 
Animal Genetics 

Wesley Greene (330) 264-1312 
Herd Management 

County and Center Personnel: 

Glen Arnold (419) 523-6294 
Extension Educator, Putnam County 
Animal Housing & Management 

Roger Bender (513) 498-7239 
Extension Educator, Shelby County 
Animal Housing & Ventilation 
Animal Behavior 

David Marrison (440-576-9008)
Extension Educator, Ashtabula County
Herd Management

Gene McCluer (419) 674-2297 
Extension Educator, Hardin County 
Animal Housing & Ventilation 

Duane Rader (419-747-8755)
Extension Educator, Richland County
Herd Management

Dianne Shoemaker (330) 263-3831
Wooster Center Specialist 
Farm Management 

John Smith (419) 738-2219 
Extension Educator, Auglaize County 
Animal Comfort

Julia Woodruff (419) 281-8242
Extension Educator, Ashland County
Human Resource Management

Chris Zoller (330) 339-2337 
Extension Educator, Tuscarawas County 
Human Resource Management