2026-27 Executive Board

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President
Christine Zellers
Rutgers Cooperative Extension
355 Court House/So. Dennis Road (Route 657), Cape May Courthouse, New Jersey 08210
Phone: (609) 465-5115 
Term Ends: 9/2027

Immediate Past President
Dianne Christensen
New Mexico State University 
1510 Menaul Ext Blvd NW, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87107
Phone: (505) 243-1386
Term Ends: 9/2027

President-Elect
Cindy Thompson
Iowa State University
218 S. Main Street PO Box 700, Fayette, Iowa, 52142
Phone: (319) 334-8013
Term Ends: 9/2027

Treasurer
Jesse Ketterman
University of Maryland Extension
1 Commerce Drive, Cumberland, Maryland 21502
Phone: (301) 724-3320
Term Ends: 9/2027

Secretary
Ivelisse Colon
North Carolina Cooperative Extension
1020 US-70 W., Suite 130, Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278
Phone: (919) 245-2055
Term Ends: 9/2028

VP Awards and Recognition
Carla Farrand
Colorado State University Extension
PO Box 1112, 1001 Railroad Avenue, Rifle, Colorado 81650
Phone: (970) 625-3969
Term Ends: 9/2027

VP for Member Resources
Danielle Day
New Mexico State University Extension

Phone: 
Term Ends: 9/2028

VP Professional Development
Courtney Aldrich
Michigan State University Extension
705 N. Zeeb Rd., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48103
Phone: (517) 993-8649
Term Ends: 9/2028

VP Public Affairs
Dhruti Patel
University of Maryland Extension
97 Dairy Lane, Gambrills, Maryland 21054
Phone: (301) 226-7476
Term Ends: 9/2027

Central Region Director
Melissa Rupp
Ohio State University Extension
8770 State Route 108 Suite A, Wauseon, Ohio 43567
Phone: (419) 337-9210
Term Ends: 9/2027

Eastern Region Director

Shauna Henley
University of Maryland
1114 Shawan Rd., Ste 2, Cockeysville, Maryland 21030
Phone: (410) 8878090
Term Ends: 9/2028

Southern Region Director
Joy West
University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension
649 Jackson Rd 917, Newport, Arkansas 72112
Phone: (870) 523-7450
Term Ends: 9/2027

Western Region Director
Mary Evans
University of Wyoming Extension
57 Antelope Gap Rd., Wheatland, Wyoming 82201
Phone: (307) 322-3667
Term Ends: 9/2028

Historian
Christine Kniep
2391 Katy Court, Oshkosh, WI 54904
Phone: (920) 231-4468 / (920) 279-4468
Term Ends: 4/2029