2021-22 Executive Board

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President
Susan Routh
Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service
611 SW C Ave., Lawton, OK 73501
Phone: (580) 355-1176
Term Ends: 9/2022

President-Elect
Julie Garden-Robinson
North Dakota University 
EML 316 Dept. 7270 Box 6050, Fargo, ND 58108
Phone: (701) 231-7187
Term Ends: 9/2022

Immediate Past President
Dianne Gertson
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
1402 Band Rd, Suite 100, Rosenburg, TX 77471
Phone: (281) 342-3034
Term Ends: 9/2022

Treasurer
Glenn Sturm
Virginia Cooperative Extension
PO Box 156, Gloucester, Virginia 23061
Phone: (804) 693-2602
Term Ends: 9/2023

Secretary
Kate Shumaker
Ohio State University Extension, Holmes County
111 East Jackson St., Millersburg, OH 44654
Phone: (330) 674-3015 
Term Ends: 9/2022

VP Awards and Recognition
Samantha Kennedy
University of Florida
84 Cedar Avenue, Crawfordville, Florida 32327
Phone: (850) 926-3931
Term Ends: 9/2023

VP Member Resources
Michelle Wright
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
1 E Main St, Bellville, TX 77418
Phone: (979) 865-2072
Term Ends: 9/2022

VP Professional Development
Pat Brinkman
Ohio State University Extension, Fayette
1415 US Rt 22 SW, Suite 100, Washington Court House, OH 43160
Phone: (740) 335-1150
Term Ends: 9/2022

VP Public Affairs
Jennifer Bridge
University of Kentucky 
1041 Old Ekron Rd., Brandenburg, KY 40108
Phone: (270) 422-4958
Term Ends: 9/2023

Central Region Director
Cindy Thompson
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach
2141 Horseshoe Dr., Independence, IA 50644
Phone: (319) 334-8013
Term Ends: 9/2023

Eastern Region Director

Lisa McCoy
University of Maryland
7303 Sharpsburg Pike, Boonsboro, MD 21713
Phone: (301) 791-1304
Term Ends: 9/2022

Southern Region Director
Keishon Thomas
University of Georgia Cooperative Extension
145 First Street, Macon, GA 31201
Phone: (478) 751-6338
Term Ends: 9/2023

Western Region Director
Rick Griffiths
New Mexico State University 
213-A South Oliver Drive, Aztec, NM 87410
Phone: (505) 334-9496
Term Ends: 9/2022

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