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
1994 Region
Mr. Brian Kowalkowski Chair
Dean of Continuing Education
College of Menominee Nation
Southern Region
Dr. John Anderson Vice Chair/Secretary
Senior Associate Vice President for Agriculture-Extension, Director of the Cooperative Extension Service
University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture
Western Region
Dr. Vicki McCracken Treasurer
Associate Dean & Director of Extension
Washington State University
North Central Region
Dr. Charles Stoltenow
Dean and Director, Nebraska Extension
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
1890 Region
Dr. Tiffany Franklin
Vice Chancellor for Extension and Outreach
Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center
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
