Headquarters Staff Directory

Jerry Baron
Executive Director
(919) 515-3166 (office)
(908) 627-4213 (mobile)
jjbaron@ncsu.edu

Debbie Carpenter
Associate Director for Regulatory Sciences & National Laboratory Director
(919) 515-1162 (office)
(215) 913-5931 (mobile)
dcarpen3@ncsu.edu

Alice Axtell
Biology Team Lead and Principal Entomologist
(919) 515-3055 (office)
aaxtell@ncsu.edu

Krystal Chojnacki
National Chief of Staff
(919) 515-3079 (office)
kmchojna@ncsu.edu

Cristina Marconi
Registration Manager and Senior Study Director
(919) 515-8723 (office)
(956) 854-9467 (mobile)
cmarche@ncsu.edu

Johanna Mazlo
National Quality Assurance Unit Manager
(919) 515-3066 (office)
jmazlo@ncsu.edu

Thomas Pike
Submission Manager and Senior Study Director
(919) 515-1342 (office)
tjpike@ncsu.edu

Allison Ballantyne
Senior Operations Associate
alballan@ncsu.edu

Bill Barney
Biopesticide Regulatory Manager
(919) 515-3541 (office)
wpbarney@ncsu.edu

Roger Batts
Principal Biologist – Weed Scientist
(919) 515-3054 (office)
rbbatts@ncsu.edu

Susan Bierbrunner
Data Administrator
(609) 360-0102 (office)
bierbrunner@njaes.rutgers.edu

Jimmy Byrtus
Study Director
(919) 515-3017 (office)
jpbyrtus@ncsu.edu

Christina Dineen
Chemist and Study Director
(919) 515-6596 (office)
cdineen2@ncsu.edu

Jane Forder
Lead Quality Assurance Auditor –
Northeast and North Central Region
(919) 515-1683 (office)
jforder@ncsu.edu

Shiayi Huang
Data Applications Manager
(919) 515-1075 (office)
shuang28@ncsu.edu

Grace Lennon
Senior Regulatory Associate
galennon@ncsu.edu

Jessica Macari
Study Director
(919)515-1811 (office)
jessica_macari@ncsu.edu

Philip Moore
Biopesticide Regulatory Coordinator and Study Director
(919) 515-3647 (office)
(615) 423-6175 (mobile)
pmoore@ncsu.edu

Scott Muir
Lead Quality Assurance Auditor –
Analytical Chemistry
(919) 515-1437 (office)
rsmuir@ncsu.edu

Sherita Normington
Senior Quality Assurance Auditor
smnormin@ncsu.edu

Jaimin Patel
Principal Plant Pathologist
(919) 515-4287 (office)
jpatel38@ncsu.edu

Josh Peterson
Quality Assurance Auditor
(919) 513-3059 (office)
jlpeter3@ncsu.edu

Hannah Ross
National Information and Communications Officer
(919) 515-3099 (office)
hross2@ncsu.edu

David Schnatter
Interim Research Assistant
(919) 515-1552 (office)
drschnat@ncsu.edu

Van Starner
Senior Management Associate
vrstarne@ncsu.edu

Juliet Thompson
Research and Audit Specialist – Quality Assurance
(919) 515-1391 (office)
jthomp24@ncsu.edu

Robert Welker
Study Director
(919) 515-1804 (office)
(919) 426-5711 (mobile)
rmwelker@ncsu.edu