Assistant Commissioner, Agro-Consumer Services

• Jul 2021 - Present

Agro-Consumer Services consists of the Agricultural Commodities Commission, the Dairy Division, Commodities Promotion and Research and the Weights and Measures Divisions.

Director, Weights and Measures

• Apr 2017 - Jul 2021

Weights and MeasuresThe Division of Weights and Measures regulates many aspects of commerce and trade throughout the state. The division ensures that equity prevails in the marketplace for both buyers and sellers by inspecting over 100,000 commercial weighing, measuring, metering and scanning devices. In addition, any commodity sold by weight, measure or count is subject to inspection to ensure consumers are getting what they pay for. Items inspected include food and dairy products, household products, gardening products, firewood and hundreds of other products purchased daily by consumers and businesses.http://www.ldaf.state.la.us/consumers/consumer-protection/ Show less

Director, Louisiana Egg Commission

• Sep 2014 - Mar 2017

Assistant Director, LSU AgCenter

• Aug 2008 - Sep 2014

Coordinate local support initiative statewide with over 150 cooperative agreements currently in place in all 64 parishes with police juries, parish governments, school boards, municipalities and other local partners. Annual value is currently over $3.5 million. Provide leadership for urban Cooperative Extension Service.

Regional Director

• Jul 2010 - Jun 2013

Supervise 16 parish LCES offices, three agricultural experiment research stations and one regional office in Southeast Louisiana with 140 plus faculty and staff. The regional office is located at the Hammond Research Station.

Louisiana Master Gardener coordinator

• Aug 2008 - Jul 2010

Coordinated over 25 parish chapters of the Louisiana Master Gardener program statewide reaching over 1,700 active volunteers who contributed over 50,000 volunteer hours annually. Over 350 volunteers were trained annually with over 40 hours of research based educational programs. In return, these trained volunteer give back a minimum of 40 hours of vokunteer service within 12 months of graduating from the class.

Area Horticulture Agent, Lafourche, St. Mary and Terrebonne parishes.

• Oct 1998 - Aug 2008

Coordinated commercial and consumer horticultural outreach, established Louisiana Master Gardener volunteer chapter, managed over 100 volunteers, contributed over 400 weekly news columns to local newspapers and websites and one hour call in horticulture radio programs on 100.3 FM, KLRZ.

Assistant to the Director of Cooperative Extension Service, Administrative Intern

• Jan 2007 - Jun 2008

Coordinated local funding with parish governments, school boards, municipalities, sheriffs, and other local partners. 80% appointment

4-H agent, County Agent

• Sep 1991 - Oct 1998

Coordinated 4-H youth development programs in over 30 school clubs reaching 1,200 to 1,500 school aged children annually. In addition, served as agriculture and natural resource county agent for livestock and horticulture related programs from 1996 to 1998 plus parish chair (office and staff administrator).

4-H Agent

• Mar 1989 - Sep 1991

Coordinated 4-H youth development in 30 school clubs reaching 1,000 to 1,200 youth annually.