Press Room
Key Contacts at ARS Office of Communications
Director
Heather Gossel Director, Office of Communications 5601 Sunnyside Ave., Room: 2-1121 Beltsville, MD 20705-5128 Voice: (970) 218-2195 Heather.Gossel@usda.gov
Purtilla Brown Program Support Assistant 5601 Sunnyside Ave., Room: 2-1309 Beltsville, MD 20705-5128 Voice: (202) 961-7553 Purtilla.Brown@usda.gov
External Communications Branch
AgLab , Down on the Farm , Podcasts , Scientific Discoveries , Social Media , Tellus , Under the Microscope
Todd Silver Branch Chief, External Communications 5601 Sunnyside Ave., Room: 2-1319 Beltsville, MD 20705-5128 Voice: (301) 787-0051Todd.Silver@usda.gov
Lee Burrows Digital Media Specialist 5601 Sunnyside Avenue Beltsville, MD 20705 Voice: (202) 389-2295Lee.Burrows@usda.gov
Scott Elliott Public Affairs Specialist 5601 Sunnyside Avenue Beltsville, MD 20705 Voice: (202) 384-4181 Scott.C.Elliott@usda.gov
Kathryn Markham Public Affairs Specialist 5601 Sunnyside Ave. Beltsville, MD 20705 Voice: (240) 429-8206 Kathryn.Markham@usda.gov
Nancy Vanatta Information Specialist/Digital Content 5601 Sunnyside Ave. Beltsville, MD 20705-5128 Voice: (202) 815-3376Nancy.Vanatta@usda.gov
Monica Williams Digital Content Specialist 5601 Sunnyside Ave. Beltsville, MD 20705 Voice: (202) 815-3399 Monica.Williams@usda.gov
Internal Communications
Axon
Kerry Hoerth Branch Chief, Internal Communications Voice: 616-250-7136 Kerry.Hoerth@usda.gov
Kristi Ware Axon Editor-In-Chief 2150 Centre Ave, NRRC Bldg D, Room 3012 Fort Collins, CO 80526 Voice: (970) 492-7173 kristi.ware@usda.gov
Chad Robbie Axon Deputy Editor 2150 Centre Ave, NRRC Bldg D, Room 3012 Fort Collins, CO 80526 Voice: (970) 492-7097 Chad.Robbie@usda.gov
Media Relations
Press Releases
Tanya Brown Branch Chief, Media Relations 5601 Sunnyside Ave. Beltsville, MD 20705 Voice: (202) 309-8045Tanya.Brown@usda.gov
Maribel Alonso Public Affairs Specialist 5601 Sunnyside Ave. Beltsville, MD 20705 Voice: (301) 467-0667 Maribel.Alonso@usda.gov
Autumn Canaday Public Affairs Specialist 5601 Sunnyside Ave. Beltsville, MD 20705 Voice: (202) 669-5480 Autumn.Canaday@usda.gov
Kim Kaplan Public Affairs Specialist 5601 Sunnyside Ave. Beltsville, MD 20705-5128 Voice: (301) 588-5314Kim.Kaplan@usda.gov
Jessica Ryan Public Affairs Specialist 5601 Sunnyside Ave. Beltsville, MD 20705-5128 Voice: (301) 892-0085 Jessica.Ryan@usda.gov
Jan Suszkiw Public Affairs Specialist 5601 Sunnyside Ave. Beltsville, MD 20705-5128 Voice: (202) 734-1176Jan.Suszkiw@usda.gov
Visual Information
Photography , Video , Visual Design
Douglas Rogers Branch Chief, Visual Information 5601 Sunnyside Ave. Beltsville, MD 20705-5128Douglas.Rogers@usda.gov
Stephen Ausmus Visual Information Specialist 5601 Sunnyside Ave. Beltsville, MD 20705-5128Steve.Ausmus@usda.gov
Maverick Dunavan Audio Visual Production Specialist 5601 Sunnyside Ave. Beltsville, MD 20705-5128Maverick.Dunavan@usda.gov
Peggy Greb Visual Information Specialist 5601 Sunnyside Ave., Room 2-0307 Beltsville, MD 20705-5128 Voice: (202) 815-1653Peggy.Greb@usda.gov
Andrea Krieg Visual Information Specialist 5601 Sunnyside Ave. Beltsville, MD 20705-5128Andrea.Krieg@usda.gov
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