Impact Collaborative Trains 31 New Innovation Facilitators

In August 2020, the eXtension Foundation’s Impact Collaborative program hosted its second Innovation Facilitator training for the year. 31 new Innovation Facilitators representing 12 Land-Grant universities completed the training, joining 153 others that represent 50 Land-Grant Universities.

Participants spent six sessions learning the Impact Collaborative’s Innovation Skill-Building methodology and obtained skills and tools that will help catalyze innovation with local project and program teams and also assist with the delivery of the Impact Collaborative program nationally. Additionally, Innovation Facilitators serve as coaches at the national Impact Collaborative Summit to help project and program teams across Cooperative Extension identify gaps in their project and program planning and connect those teams to resources that help fill those gaps.

All Cooperative Extension professionals can easily find their locally trained Innovation Facilitator on the Connect Extension Platform. The video below provides instructions on how to do that.

The newest Innovation Facilitators include:

Clemson University

Jackie Jordan

Cornell University

Roberta Severson
Bonnie Collins
Kelly Campbell
Laura Biasillo

Kansas State University

Tom Buller
JoEllyn Argabright

North Dakota State University

Molly Soeby
Carrie Johnson

Oklahoma State University

Cheryl Newberry
Jennie Till

Purdue University

Laurynn Thieme

Southern University

Kiyana Kelly
Angell Jordan

Oregon State University

Deborah John

University of Arizona

Patty Merk

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Hallie Cristobal
Jensen Uyeda
Joshua Silva
James Friday
Judy Scoville-Layfield
Jeff Goodwin
Mark Thorne
Nancy Ooki
Kristen Jamieson
Christine Hanakawa
Roshan Manandhar

University of Idaho

Lindsey McConnell-Soong

University of Nebraska – Lincoln

Megan Burda
Terri James
Angi Heller