Northeast Administrative Heads
Past Engagements
Directory (updated November 14, 2025)
University of Connecticut
Kumar Venkitanarayanan
Interim Dean and Director
College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources
George White Building, Room 114, University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT 06269
Ph 860-486-0947
kumar.venkitanarayanan@uconn.edu
​Cornell University
Benjamin Z. Houlton
Dean
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
215 Garden Avenue
Roberts Hall 260, Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853-5905
Ph 607-255-2241
​University of Delaware
Brian Farkas
Dean and Director
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Townsend Hall, University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716-2103
Ph 302-831-2501
​University of the District of Columbia
Dwane Jones
Dean and Director
College of Agriculture, Urban Sustainability & Environmental Sciences
4200 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Bldg. 52, Room 416E
University of the District of Columbia
Washington, DC 20008
Ph 202-274-7182
​University of Maine
Diane Rowland
Dean and Director
College of Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture
Winslow Hall, University of Maine
Orono, ME 04469-5782
Ph 207-581-3202
​​University of Maryland
Wendy Powers
Dean and Director
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Symons Hall, University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742-5565
Ph 301-405-2072
University of Massachusetts (Amherst)
Lynne McLandsborough
Assistant Vice Chancellor and Director
Center for Agriculture, Food and the Environment
Room 241, Chenoweth Laboratory, University of Massachusetts
100 Holdsworth Way
Amherst, MA 01003
Ph 413-545-1016
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University of Massachusetts (Boston)
Carol Thornber
Dean
School for the Environment
University of Massachusetts Boston
100 Morrissey Blvd.
Boston, MA 02125
Ph 617-287-7420
University of New Hampshire
Anthony S. Davis
Dean
College of Life Sciences and Agriculture
Rudman Hall, University of New Hampshire
46 College Road
Durham, NH 03824-2617
Ph 603-862-1453
Rutgers University
Laura J. Lawson
Executive Dean and Director
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
88 Lipman Drive, Rutgers-The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8525
Ph 848-932-3600
Penn State University
Troy Ott
Dean and Director
College of Agricultural Sciences
201A Agricultural Administration Building, Penn State
University Park, PA 16802
Ph 814-865-2541
​University of Rhode Island
Jean VanderGheynst
Dean and Director
College of the Environment and Life Sciences,
Center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Rhode Island
120 Flagg Rd.
Kingston, RI 02881-0804
Ph 401-874-2957
​University of Vermont
​Linda Prokopy
Dean
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
110 Morrill Hall, University of Vermont
Burlington, VT 05405
Ph 802-656-0137
West Virginia University
Jorge Atiles
Associate Vice President, Dean and Director
Davis College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Agricultural Sciences Building, West Virginia University
817 Knapp Hall
Morgantown, WV 26506-6108
Ph 304-293-5691