Kaci Buhl: PSEP Director
Kaci has led the OSU Pesticide Safety Education Program (PSEP) for five years, after coordinating the National Pesticide Information Center (NPIC) for a decade. She serves a national leadership role in the Pesticide Educational Resources Collaborative (PERC) and its sister project, PERC med. Kaci was a Pesticide Investigator at ODA, where she investigated complaints and worked with applicators to improve their practices. Kaci is a licensed Pesticide Consultant with training in entomology, pesticide toxicology, and IPM. Contact Kaci for questions related to: specific pesticides, the Worker Protection Standard (WPS), and related topics. She can be reached by phone at 541-737-8330.
Jennifer Duringer: PSEP Supervisor
Jennifer assists in supervision of PSEP employees and the planning and management of projects in the program. Her background is in Toxicology (PhD) and her research focuses on food safety in agricultural products with a lens on international impacts (BS Zoology and BA International Studies); she is also director of the Endophyte Service Laboratory.
Jade Petty: PSEP Education Project Assistant
Jade joined the PSEP program in 2020. She manages day-to-day operational tasks such as registration and logistics for recertification courses and webinars. If you have ever sent an email, registered for a webinar, or attended an in-person catered event, we have Jade to thank for everything running smoothly! Contact Jade for questions related to: marketing, event planning, or program metrics