Contact Our SNAP-Ed Programs Faculty & Staff
Jamie Benedict
Associate Professor, Department of Nutrition
775-784-6445
Programs: Rethink Your Drink Nevada
Aurora Buffington
Public Health Nutrition Specialist
702-257-5534
Programs: Pick a Better Snack
Sarah Chvilicek
Program Coordinator
775-784-4848
Programs: Grow Yourself Healthy, Small Steps 4 Big Changes
Staci Emm
Mineral County Extension Educator
775-945-3444
Programs: Veggies for Kids
Anne Lindsay
Associate Professor, Exercise Science and Public Health
702-940-5434
Programs: All 4 Kids, Healthy Steps to Freedom
Susan Taylor
Program Manager
702-948-5944
Programs: All 4 Kids
Stephanie Cook
SNAP-Ed Policy Specialist – Program Administration
Nevada Department of Health and Human Services
Division of Welfare and Supportive Services
Email: sxcook@dwss.nv.gov
Tonya Wolf
SNAP-Ed Nutrition Specialist – Program Evaluator
Nevada Department of Health and Human Services
Division of Welfare and Supportive Services
Email: txwolf@dwss.nv.gov
Contact Our Partners
Washoe County
Food Bank of Northern Nevada
550 Italy Dr.
McCarran, NV 89434
Kerry Kelly
SNAP Outreach & Nutrition Education Manager
kkelly@fbnn.org
775-331-3663 x147
775-772-6280 (cell)
University of Nevada Reno-Dept of Agriculture, Nutrition and Veterinary Science
1664 N Virginia St
Reno NV 89557
Megan Wahrenburg
(847) 951-2590
On Common Ground
PO Box 2964
Reno NV, 89505
Shannon Dobbs
775-345-5227
Washoe County Health District
1001 East Ninth St, Building B
Reno, NV 89512
Stephanie Chen
775-328-2474
HELP of Southern Nevada
1640 E. Flamingo Road
Las Vegas, NV 89119
Kelly Robson
702-563-7279
Lutheran Social Services of Nevada
4323 Boulder Highway
Las Vegas, NV 89121
Tristan Hightower
218-251-4847
Three Square
4190 N Pecos Rd.
Las Vegas, NV 89115
Becky Beerenstrauch
rbeerenstrauch@threesquare.org
702-644-3663 Ext. 354
University of Nevada Cooperative Extension
8050 Paradise Rd, Suite 100
Las Vegas, NV 89123
Anne Lindsay
Statewide Lead
lindsaya@unce.unr.edu
702-257-5534
Southern Nevada Health District
280 S Decatur Blvd.
Las Vegas, NV 89107
Carlos Ayala
Southern Nevada Health District
ayala@snhd.org
702-759-1276
Healthy Communities Coalition of Lyon and Storey Counties
PO Box 517
Dayton NV 89403
Cortney Bloomer
Food Security Manager
cbloomer@healthycomm.org
775-246-7550
Nye Communities Coalition
1020 East Wilson Road
Pahrump, NV 89048
Amanda Hammar
Food Security Manager
amandah@nyecc.org
775-727-9970 x 237
Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone
525 Sunset St
Elko NV 89801
Tomas Shaw
Kid-Fit Coordinator
healthynativekids@frontiernet.net
(775)738-4881
c: (775)401-0770