2020-21 Executive Board

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President
Dianne Gertson
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
1402 Band Road, Suite 100 Rosenburg, TX 77471
Phone: (281) 342-3034
Term Ends: 11/2021

President-Elect
Susan Routh
Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service
611 SW C Avenue Lawton, OK 73501
Phone: (580) 355-1176
Term Ends: 11/2021

Immediate Past President
Roxie Price
University of Georgia Cooperative Extension
1468 Carpenter Rd. S. Tifton, GA 31793
Phone: (229) 391-7980
Term Ends: 11/2021 

Treasurer
Barb Wollan
Iowa State University Extension & Outreach
311 Bank Street Webster City, IA 50595 
Phone: (515) 832-9597
Term Ends: 11/2021

Secretary
Kate Shumaker
Ohio State University Extension, Holmes County
75 E. Clinton St. Suite 109 Millersburg, OH 44654
Phone: (330) 674-3015 
Term Ends: 9/2022

VP Awards and Recognition
Julie Garden-Robinson
North Dakota University 
EML 316 Dept. 7270 Box 6050 Fargo, ND 58108
Phone: (701) 231-7187
Term Ends: 11/2021

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
Mary Liz Wright
University of Illinois Extension
15493 N IL Hwy 1 Marshall, IL 62441
Phone: (217) 826-5422
Term Ends: 11/2021

Central Region Director
Vanessa Hoines
North Dakota State University Extension
210 2nd Ave. NW Mandan, ND 58554
Phone: (701) 667-3340
Term Ends: 11/2021

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
Lorrie Coop
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
PO Box 22 Benjamin, TX 79505
Phone: (940) 459-2651
Term Ends: 11/2021

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

Historian
Carol Schlitt 
624 Brook Stone Ct. Freeburg, IL  62243 
Phone: (618) 539-5622