Positions Held by Doctor of Plant Medicine (D.P.M.) Graduates

Agribusiness / Crop Consulting

• Stephanie Bledsoe, D.P.M.
  President, Plant Health Care Professionals
  Tavares, FL
• Tina Bond, D.P.M.
  Area Manager and Aquatics Specialist
  Red River Specialties, Inc,
  Davenport, FL
• Eduardo Canova, D.P.M.
  Research and Development
  Hermann Englemann Greenhouses, Inc
  Apopka, FL
• Keun Ho Cho, D.P.M.
  Orchid Specialist
  Jaxma Greenhouse, Inc
  Green Cove Springs, FL
• Adriana Espinosa, D.P.M.
  Technical Development Representative
  Seminis-Monsanto Company
  Salinas, CA
• Megan Gilbert, D.P.M.
  Head Grower, Young Plants
  Knox Nursery, Inc
  Winter Garden, FL
  
  Elizabeth Malek, D.P.M.
  Crop Consultant, Vegetable
  Glades Crop Care, Inc
  Jupiter, FL
• Michael Merida, D.P.M.
  Head, Pest & Disease Management
  & Foliage Plant Production, Costa Farms
  Goulds, FL
• Christian Miller, D.P.M.
  Crop Consultant
  Vegetables and Ornamentals
  Glades Crop Care, Inc
  Jupiter, FL
• Clay Pederson, D.P.M.
  Agronomist
  Black Gold Potato
  Live Oak, FL
• John Porter, D.P.M.
  Research & Development
  Agricultural Scientist, A.D.
  Makepeace, Wareham, MA
• Rachel Ribbeck, D.P.M.
  Crop Consultant
  Vegetables, Glades Crop Care, Inc
  Jupiter, FL
• Brianne Schobert, D.P.M.
  Technical Service Representative - PDP
  BASF Crop Protection
  Raleigh, NC
• Daniel Sonke, D.P.M.
  Program Manager - Protected Harvest
  Senior Scientist
  Professional Services, Sure Harvest
  Soquel, CA
• Mary Sullivan, D.P.M.
  Landscape Management Supervisor
  Nature Works Landscape Services, Inc
  Walpole, MA
• Shawron Weingarten, D.P.M.
  Pest Management Specialist
  OrangeCo, Inc
  Arcadia, FL
• Diagnostics

• Oscar Ruiz, D.P.M.
  Agronomist & Diagnostic Specialist
  A & L Analytical Laboratories, Inc
  Memphis, TN
• Rajya Shukla, D.P.M.
  Molecular Support Scientist
  USDA - APHIS/PPQ
  Beltsville, MD
• Raghuwinder Singh, D.P.M.
  Coordinator and Lecturer
  Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic
  Louisiana State University
  Baton Rouge, LA
• 
  Extension

• Anthony Camerino, D.P.M.
  County Extension Agent Horticulture
  Texas Cooperative Extension
  Houston, TX
• Monica Cooper, D.P.M., Viticulture Farm Advisor and County Director
  University of California Cooperative Extension
  Napa, CA
• Mark Mossler, D.P.M.
  Assistant in Pesticide Information
  UF, Southern Region IPM Center
  Gainesville, FL
• Joseph Strickland, D.P.M.
  Regional Specialist Extension Agent
  Brooksville, FL
• 
  Law

• Katherine Dover, D.P.M., J.D.
  Intellectual Property Attorney
  Registered with U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
  Hollywood, FL

Plant Pest Risk Assessment & Management , and Other Governmental Agencies

• Osmond Baron, D.P.M.
  Agriculturist - Team Leader
  USDA - APHIS/PPQ
  Riverdale, MD
• Brian Jackson, D.P.M.
  Conservation Agronomist
  USDA - National Resource Conservation Service (NRCS). Euphrata, WA
• Angela Jurick, D.P.M.
  Agricultural Program Specialist
  USDA - Farm Service Agency
  Washington, DC
• Lisa Myers, D.P.M.
  Senior Research Director
  Plant Protection unit, Ministry of Agriculture
  St. Catherine, Jamaica
• Esther Serrano, D.P.M.
  Insect Identifier
  USDA - APHIS, PPQ
  Ft. Lauderdale, FL
• Rajya Shukla, D.P.M.
  Molecular Support Scientist
  USDA - APHIS/PPQ
  Beltsville, MD
• Adam Silagyi, D.P.M.
  Foreign Service Agricultural Development Officer
  USAID, Guatemala
• Denise DeBusk, D.P.M.
  Natural Resource Specialist
  US Naval Facilities Command, NAVFAC
  Norfolk, VA 
• Leroy Whilby, D.P.M.
  Plant Pest Survey Specialist
  FDACS-DPI-CAPS
  Gainesville, FL
• Johanna Welch, D.P.M.
  Pest Survey Specialist
  USDA - APHIS - PPQ
  Pensacola, FL

Teaching / Research

• Heidi Bowman , D.P.M.
  Research Fellow
  North Carolina State University
  Beltsville, MD
• Tomas Chiconela, D.P.M., Ph.D.
  Agronomy - Professor & Chair
  Faculty of Agronomy & Forestry
  Eduardo Mondlane University
  Maputo, Mozambique
• Tim Durham, D.P.M.
  Instructor - University Colloquium
  Department of Biological Sciences
  Florida Gulf Coast University
  Fort Myers, FL
• Javier Garces, D.P.M.
  Director - Horticulture
  Valencia C.C., Orlando, FL
  Co-owner, ECO Herbs & Vegetables
  East Palatka, FL
• Jamba Gyeltshen, D.P.M.
  Dean of Students & Plant Health Lecturer
  Royal University of Bhutan
  Thimbu, Bhutan
• Jeffery Pack, D.P.M., Associate Professor
  Escuela Agricultura Panamericana
  Tegucigalpa, Honduras
• Jessica Palenchar, D.P.M.
  Assistant in Research
  Florida State University - FCR-STEM
  Tallahassee, FL
• Shubin Saha, D.P.M., Ph.D.
  Vegetable Extension Specialist
  Southwest Purdue Agrciultural Center
  Purdue University
  Vincennes, IN
• Raghuwinder Singh, D.P.M.
  Coordinator and Lecturer
  Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
• Jodi White, D.P.M.
  PhD Candidate, UF-IFAS
  Gainesville, FL
• Jimmy Wilkerson, D.P.M.
  Agricultural Instructor
  Suwannee High School
  Suwannee, FL