Theresa Long Pittman holds a bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Sciences from Virginia Tech, with minors in Agricultural and Extension Education and Agricultural and Applied Economics. A native of Virginia’s Eastern Shore, she returned to her family’s farm after graduation and began serving as Accomack County’s Agricultural and Natural Resources Extension Agent in 2011. She earned her Master’s in Food Safety and Biosecurity in 2016 and brings extensive experience in vegetable and grain production, rooted in her lifelong connection to a multi-generational farming family in Northampton County.