2025-2026 Board of Directors

  • Nathan Eason – Chair

    (2025-2026)

    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 – Chair Elect

    (2025-2026)

    Associate Professor and 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 – Past Chair

    (2025-2026)

    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. Demi Perry – Secretary

    (2023-2026)

    Assistant Professor of Enology and Extension Specialist
    Alson H. Smith Jr. AREC
    Virginia Tech
    595 Laurel Grove Road, Winchester, VA 22602
    Phone: 540-232-6046
    Email: dmperry@vt.edu

  • Dr. Elizabeth Chang – Treasurer

    (2023-2026)

    Enology Extension Educator
    Cornell University
    New York State Agricultural Experiment Station
    665 W North St, Geneva, NY 14456
    Email: eab54@cornell.edu

  • Dr. Anna Katharine Mansfield – Section Representative

    (2025-2026)

    Associate Director
    Cornell AgriTech @ NYSAES
    Associate Professor of Enology
    Cornell Craft Beverage Institute
    665 W North St, Geneva, NY 14456
    Phone: 315-787-2268
    Email: akm87@cornell.edu

  • Dr. Renee Threlfall – Section Administrator

    Associate Professor
    University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture
    2650 North Young Avenue
    Fayetteville, AR 72704
    Phone: 479-575-4677
    Email: rthrelf@uark.edu

  • Michael Cook - Director

    (2024-2026)

    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. Drew Harner – Director

    (2025-2027)

    Assistant Professor of Viticulture and Extension Specialist
    AHS Jr. Agricultural Research and Extension Center
    Virginia Tech
    595 Laurel Grove Rd., Winchester, VA 22602
    Phone: 540-232-6050
    Email: dharner@vt.edu   

  • Dr. Sarah Lowder – Director

    (2024-2026)

    Assistant Professor, Viticulture Extension Specialist
    University of Georgia
    1123 Miller Plant Sciences, Athens, GA 30602
    Phone: 704-574-4285
    Email: sarah.lowder@uga.edu

  • Dr. Lexie McDaniel – Director

    (2025-2027)

    Viticulture Research and Extension Scholar
    North Carolina State University 
    2721 Founders Dr. (Kilgore Hall)
    Raleigh, NC 27695-7609
    Phone:509-303-8512
    Email:almcdan2@ncsu.edu

  • Dr. Charlotte Oliver – Director

    (2023-2025)

    Assistant Professor and Regional Extension Specialist, Viticulture
    Office of Engagement and Extension
    Colorado State University
    3170 B 1/2 Road, Grand Junction, CO 81503
    Phone: 970-241-3346
    Email: cloliver@rams.colostate.edu

  • Jeremy Schuster– Director

    (2024-2026)

    Cornell Cooperative Extension
    Viticulture Extension Specialist
    3357 US Highway 9W
    Highland, NY 12528
    Phone: 845- 372-4780
    Email: jds544@cornell.edu