作为东北地区中心的副主任，国家工厂诊断网络（NPDN）的一部分，我的职责包括维护一个能够支持12个东北部门诊断需求的区域中心。我的职责还包括与土地格兰特大学诊断人员，软件工程师，大学部门椅子和国家和国家监管人员的密切互动。我代表全国NPDN运营委员会的所有NPDN会员诊断人员。作为诊断委员会的计划区域经理，我提供了在建立标准操作程序，协调高度复杂，识别程序培训活动的领导，并维持重要事件的积极沟通。作为国家数据库委员会的计划区域经理，我提供了在普渡大学向国家储存库提交诊断标识的上传指南的领导，并在审查宿主和病原体EPA害虫代码以获得适当的内容和准确性。Serving as the National Quality Manager for the NPDN’s System for True, Accurate and Reliable Diagnostics (STAR-D) requires that I establish a strategic plan and oversee the STAR-D project development, prioritize activities, work with the NPDN executive and operations committees to establish a STAR-D Board, serve as liaison between the STAR-D Board, the auditor team and NPDN diagnosticians, manage the auditors’ preparedness and readiness, develop workshops and training modules to introduce NPDN members to STAR-D components, and provide diagnostic content for the development of the STAR-D documents. My extension teaching programs are geared toward audiences that include Master Gardeners, Extension Educators, other green industry members, and students. They focus on basic plant pathology, plant disease diagnostics, and the operation of the NEPDN. I am responsible for overseeing the diagnosis of plant diseases on a wide range of host plants such as woody ornamentals, herbaceous plants, fruits, vegetables, turfgrasses, and field crops, as well as conducting large scale surveys searching for harmful, introduced pathogens of high concern and those pathogens that are capable of causing significant damage to agricultural or natural environments and may be intentionally or accidentally introduced.
