Faculty
Raymond Whelihan, Department Chair
Phone: (518) 255-5695
Email: WhelihRD@cobleskill.edu
- Assistant Professor
- Course focus: Introduction to Equine Training
- Introduction to English and Western Equitation
- Introduction to Riding Instruction
- Equine Competition Riding
- Light Horse Management
- Dressage Principles
- Training Thoroughbred Horses
Lynn Dunn
Phone: (518) 255-5670
Email: DunnL@cobleskill.edu
- Professor
- Course focus: Equine/Companion Animal Nutrition
- Equine Breeding and Genetics
- Equine Exercise Physiology
- Light Horse Management
- Care and Training of the Driving Horse
- Care and Training of the Equine Athlete
Stephen Mackenzie
Phone: (518) 255-5671
Email: MackenSA@cobleskill.edu
- Professor
- Course focus: Care and Training of the Working Dogs
- Equine Breeding and Genetics
- Tackless Training
- Principles of Genetics
- Canine Management
- Small Animal Management
- Domestic Animal Behavior
John Shear
Phone: (518) 255-5224
Email: ShearJF@cobleskill.edu
- Professor
- Course focus: Agricultural Business Operations
- Farm Appraisal
- Agricultural Business Industry
- Environmental Issues in Agriculture
- Agricultural Economics and Geography
- Agricultural Credit
- Equine Forage Management Practices
David Thompson
Phone: (518) 255-5868
Email: ThompsD@cobleskill.edu
- Assistant Professor
- Course focus: Introduction to Animal Science
- Dairy Record Management
- Artificial Insemination
- Agricultural Sales and Sales Management
- Landscape Graphics
- Landscape Contracts
- Gardens of the World
- Advanced Landscape Contracts
David Tisch
Phone: (518) 255-5409
Email: TischDA@cobleskill.edu
- Professor
- Course focus: Feeds and Feeding
- Advanced Ruminant Nutrition
- Principles of Parasitology
- Fish Nutrition
- Feed Milling
- Principles of Animal Anatomy and Physiology
- Microcomputer Applications
John Tryon
Phone: (518) 255-5330
Email: TryonJ@cobleskill.edu
- Professor
- Course focus: Selection and Showing of Dairy Cattle
- Advanced Dairy Cattle Judging
- Dairy Herd Practicum I
- Dairy Herd Practicum II
- Animal Science Field Studies
- Advanced Animal Science Field Studies
- Dairy Herd Management Seminar
- Dairy Cattle Management
- Animal Science Field Studies
Farm Staff
Gary Butler
Phone: (518) 255-5675
- Farm Manager
Donna Cappadona
Phone: (518) 255-5262
- Farmer
Deb Gerard
Phone: (518) 255-5815
- Horse Barn Manager
Paul Gridley
Phone: (518) 255-5675
- Instructional Support Assistant
Steve Smith
Phone: (518) 255-5615
- Herdsperson
Meat Lab Staff
Tom Cirillo
Phone: (518) 255-5686
- Instructional Support Associate
Bill DelSonno
Phone: (518) 255-5676
- Instructional Support Associate
Dean Totes
Phone: (518) 255-5676
- Instructional Support Associate