Meet Our Staff


Missouri Department of Agriculture
Office of the Director
P.O. Box 630
1616 Missouri Blvd.
Jefferson City, MO 65102
(573) 751-4211
aginfo@mda.mo.gov

Office of the Director

Administration

Katie Smith, Director
(573) 751-3359
Fax: (573) 751-1784

Jennifer Alexander, Assistant to the General Counsel
(573) 522-1533

Buffy Berendzen, Assistant to the Deputy Director
(573) 751-2613

Matt Boatright, Deputy Director
(573) 526-0948

Dan Engemann, Agriculture Resources Coordinator
(573) 522-1796

Chris Klenklen, Ag Policy Development
(573) 751-5514

Jane McIntosh, Grants Manager
(573) 522-1955

Robin Perso, Director of Administration/Budget
(573) 526-4892

Chris Roark, Receptionist
(573) 751-3378

Kurt Valentine, General Counsel
(573) 751-5625

Human Resources
Fax: (573) 522-5692
hr@mda.mo.gov

Steve Allison, Human Resources Manager
(573) 751-1199

Denise Horn, Personnel Analyst II
(573) 751-7751

Public Information

Misti Preston, Public Information Administrator
(573) 751-8596

Fiscal Office
Fax: (573) 526-9573

Alan Clements, Fiscal & Administrative Manager
(573) 751-6639

Angie Kleindienst, Administrative Office Support Assistant
(573) 751-3393

Dana Kliethermes, Accountant
(573) 751-5630

Bob Phillips, Account Clerk II
(573) 751-5629

Karen Wood, Accountant
(573) 751-5631