Team and Board of Directors
Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Beverly Coberly (beverlycoberly@extension.org)
Chief Operating Officer
Ashley Griffin (agriffin@extension.org)
Chief Financial Officer
Arielle Y. Smith, CPA (ariellesmith@extension.org)
Executive Assistant
Sheri Young, (sheriyoung@extension.org)
Administration
Barbara Adams
Senior Accountant, (barbaraadams@extension.org)
Patty Hight
Grants Specialist, (pattyhight@extension.org)
Tira Adelman
Grants & Program Manager, New Technologies for Ag Extension Project Manager, (tiraadelman@extension.org)
Brenna Kotar
Contracts and Operations Manager, EXCITE Project Manager (brennakotar@extension.org)
Dr. Jason Weigle
Program Manager, AgriProspects Workforce Development Network, (jasonweigle@extension.org)
Dr. Michelle Rodgers
EXCITE Program Director (michellerodgers@extension.org)
Office of Advancement
Megan Hirschman
Senior Government Relations & Strategic Partnerships Officer (meganhirschman@extension.org)
Vicki Stouffer
Senior Corporate & Foundation Relations Officer (vickistouffer@extension.org)
Regan Emmons
Partnership & Development Specialist (reganemmons@extension.org)
Program, Team, and Leadership Development
Molly Immendorf
Design Strategist (mollyimmendorf@extension.org)
Lisa Linfield
Instructional Designer (lisalinfield@extension.org)
Karl Bradley
Leadership & Team Development Specialist (karlbradley@extension.org)
Melanie Pugsley
Communications and Professional Development Senior Associate (melaniepugsley@extension.org)
Communications, Technology Solutions, and Publications
Dr. Aaron Weibe
Director of Technology Services and Communications (aaronweibe@extension.org)
Charlie Pane
Publications Manager (charliepane@extension.org)
Mark Locklear
Digital Systems & IT Operations Manager (marklocklear@extension.org)
Melanie Pugsley
Communications and Professional Development Senior Associate (melaniepugsley@extension.org)
Deb Weitzenkamp
Campus Platform Administrator, (dweitzenkamp@extension.org)
Evaluation
Julie Halverson
New Technologies for Ag Extension Evaluation Specialist (juliehalverson@extension.org)
Board of Directors
Voting Members
North Central Region
Dr. Gregg Hadley Chair
Assistant Vice President Director for Extension, Associate Professor
Kansas State University
1994 Region
Mr. Brian Kowalkowski Vice Chair/Secretary
Dean of Continuing Education
College of Menominee Nation
Western Region
Dr. Vicki McCracken Treasurer
Associate Dean & Director of Extension
Washington State University
1890 Region
Dr. Janine Woods
Associate Administrator, Cooperative Extension
Virginia State University
Southern Region
Dr. John Anderson
Senior Associate Vice President for Agriculture-Extension, Director of the Cooperative Extension Service
University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture
Northeastern Region
Dr. Erik Ervin
Interim Associate Dean and Interim Director of Cooperative Extension
University of Delaware
Ex-Officio
Extension Committee on Organization & Policy (ECOP)
Bill Hoffman
Executive Director
Extension Committee on Organization & Policy (ECOP)
Ex-Officio
USDA-National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)
Gary Mayo
NIFA Government and Stake Relations
USDA-NIFA
