CAPS: How to Contact Us
See a listing of Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey (CAPS) program personnel for Florida.
Please note that since CAPS is a cooperative program, most counties will be covered by both a state and a federal representative.
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry:
Leroy Whilby, DPM
Bureau Chief of Entomology Nematology and Plant Pathology
Gainesville
1-888-397-1517 Helpline
(352) 395-4600 (Helpline Number, Outside of the United States)
DPIHelpline@FDACS.gov
Brad Danner
State Survey Coordinator
Gainesville
(352) 395-4649
Vacant
GIS/Mapping Specialist
Gainesville
(352) 395-4656
Krystal Ashman
Pest Survey Specialist
North Florida Region
Gainesville
(352) 395-4756
Maximilian Carfagno
Agriculture Technician
West Florida Region
Palmetto
(941) 737-1700
Dr. Lilliam (Lilly) Otero Pujol
Pest Survey Specialist
South Florida Region
Miami
(786) 732-8942
Phellicia Perez
Agricultural Technician
South Florida Region
Florida City
(239) 707-0133
Cyndi Moncrief
Information Specialist
Gainesville
(352) 395-4648
Sara Furgeson
Laboratory Technician
Gainesville
(352) 395-4768
Alejandro Montoya
Laboratory Technician
Gainesville
(352) 395-4650
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ):
Richard Miranda
State Plant Health Director
Gainesville
(352) 313-3040
James "Jim" Walker
Assistant State Plant
Health Director
Gainesville
(352) 313-3040
James "Jim" Walker
CAPS Pest Survey Liaison
SITC Area Manager
Gainesville
(352) 313-3045
Robert Leahy
Pest Survey Specialist
North Florida Region
Gainesville
(352) 395-4793
Doug Restom Gaskill
Pest Survey Specialist
West Florida Region
Palmetto
(941) 723-8916
Scott Weihman
Pest Survey Specialist
Central and East Florida Region
Cocoa Beach
(321) 417-1238
Julieta Brambila
Entomologist Identifier
Eastern Region U.S.
Gainesville
(352) 395-4792
