FCS Leaders Directory

Roger Rennekamp, Ph.D. 
Title: Extension Health Director
Institution: Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU)
Department: Cooperative Extension/ECOP
Address: 1220 L Street NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 541-740-5327
Email: rogerrennekamp@extension.org

Jennifer McCaffrey 
Title: Assistant Dean, Family and Consumer Science
Institution: University of Illinois
Department: Extension and Outreach
Address: 905 S. Goodwin Ave, 520 Bevier Hall, Urbana IL 61801
Phone: 217-300-1799
Email: jmccaffr@illinois.edu

Lisa Graves 
Title: Interim Health and Human Sciences Program Leader and Interim Assistant Director
Institution: Purdue University
Department: College of Health and Human Sciences
Address: 812 Mitch Daniels Blvd., Matthews Hall 110, West Lafayette, IN 47907
Phone: 765-494-2828
Email: Lgraves@purdue.edu

Sarah L. Francis 
Title: Interim Associate Dean for Extension; Interim Director, Human Sciences Extension & Outreach
Institution: Iowa State University
Department: Human Sciences Extension & Outreach
Address: 36 MacKay Hall, 2302 Osborn Dr., Ames, IA 50011-1078
Phone: 515-294-1456
Email: slfranci@iastate.edu

Elizabeth Kiss 
Title: Program Leader Coordinator; Professor, and Extension Specialist
Institution: Kansas State University
Department: Personal Financial Planning
Address: 343 Justin Hall, 1324 Lovers Ln, Manhattan, KS 66506
Phone: 785-532-1946
Email: dekiss4@ksu.edu

Cheryl Eschbach 
Title: Institute Director, Health and Nutrition
Institution: Michigan State University Extension
Address: 446 W. Circle Drive, East Lansing, MI 48824
Phone: 517-355-1898
Email: cheryl@msu.edu

Patricia Olson 
Title: Associate Dean and Department Head
Institution: University of Minnesota
Department: Family, Health and Wellbeing
Address: 490 Coffey Hall, 1420 Eckles Ave., St. Paul, MN 55108
Phone: 612-624-1786
Fax: 612-625-6285
Email: pdolson@umn.edu

Lisa Washburn 
Title: Senior Program Director, Extension, Health and Human Sciences
Institution: University of Missouri
Department: College of Health Sciences
Address: 100 Gentry Hall, 524 Hitt Street, Columbia, MO 65211
Phone: 573-882-3789
Email: Lwashburn@missouri.edu

Jean Ann Fischer 
Title: Human Sciences Program Leader
Institution: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Department: Nutrition and Health Sciences
Address: 116 Human Sciences Building, 1650 N. 35th St., Lincoln, NE 68588
Phone: 402-472-3716
Email: jfischer6@unl.edu

Kathleen Lodl 
Title: Associate Dean
Institution: University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Department: Extension
Address: 211 Ag Hall, Lincoln, NE 68583-0703
Phone: 402-472-9012
Email: klodl@unl.edu

Carrie Johnson 
Title: Assistant Director, and Family and Community Wellness
Institution: North Dakota State University
Department: Family and Consumer Sciences
Address: Dept 7090, PO Box 6050, Morrill Hall 309, Fargo, ND 58108-6050
Phone: 701-231-8593
Email: carrie.johnson.1@ndsu.edu

Pat Bebo 
Title: Assistant Director Extension, Family and Consumer Sciences
Institution: The Ohio State University
Department: Extension
Address: 1787 Neil Ave, 342 Campbell Hall Columbus, OH 43210
Phone: 614-292-1655
Email: bebo.1@osu.edu

Mary Kershaw 
Title: Program Leader, Family and Consumer Science
Institution: Central State University
Department: Extension
Address: 1400 Brush Row Road, Wilberforce, OH 45384
Phone: 937-376-6654
Fax: 937-376-6680
Email: mkershaw@cenralstate.edu

Michelle Tjeerdsma 
Title: Family, Food and Wellness Program Director
Institution: South Dakota State University
Address: 4101 W 38th St., Ste 103, Sioux Falls, SD 57106
Phone: 605-688-4038
Email: michelle.tjeerdsma@sdstate.edu

Amber Canto 
Title: Health & Well-Being Institute Director
Institution: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Department: Division of Extension
Address: Room 637, 432 N. Lake St., Madison, WI 53706
Phone: 608-262-0384
Email: amber.canto@wisc.edu

Danielle Hairston-Green 
Title: Director, Human Development and Relationships Institute
Institution: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Department: Division of Extension
Address: Room 637A, 432 N. Lake St., Madison, WI 53706
Phone: 608-262-6287
Email: Danielle.hairstongreen@wisc.edu

Mary Ellen Welch 
Title: Extension Educator
Institution: University of Connecticut
Department: Agriculture and Natural Resources
Address: 562 New London Turnpike, Norwich, CT 06360
Phone: 860-885-2829
Email: mary.welch@uconn.edu

Gina Crist 
Title: Community Health Specialist and Wellbeing Program Leader
Institution: University of Delaware
Department: Cooperative Extension
Address: 531 South College Ave., 108 Townsend Hall, Newark, DE 19716
Phone: 302-831-0287
Email: gcrist@udel.edu

Verona Mulgrave 
Title: Extension Specialist for Food and Nutrition
Institution: Delaware State University
Department: Cooperative Extension/Human Ecology
Address: 1200 N. DuPont Highway, Dover, DE 19901
Fax: 302-857-6430
Email: vmulgrave@desu.edu

Kathleen Savoie 
Title: Extension Professor
Institution: University of Maine
Department: Cooperative Extension
Address: 75 Clearwater Dr., Suite 104, Falmouth, ME 04105
Phone: 207-781-6099
Email: ksavoie@maine.edu

Kate Yerxa 
Title: Extension Professor, EFNEP Coordinator
Institution: University of Maine
Department: Cooperative Extension
Address: York Complex, Building #1, Orono, ME 04469
Phone: 207-581-3109
Email: kate.yerxa@maine.edu

Lisa McCoy
Title: Interim Family and Consumer Sciences Program Leader
Institution: University of Maryland College Park
Department: University of Maryland Extension
Address: 7303 Sharpsburg Pike, Boonsboro, MD 21713
Phone: 301-226-7527
Email: mailto:lmccoy@umd.edu

Virginie Zoumenou 
Title: Nutrition and Health Program Director
Institution: University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Department: Cooperative Extension & Department of Human Ecology
Address: 2129 Henson Center -UMES Princess Anne, MD 21853
Phone: 410-651-6212
Fax: 410-651-6207
Email: vmzoumenou@umes.edu

Michael Young 
Title: Health & Well-Being Program Team Leader
Institution: University of New Hampshire
Department: Extension
Address: Taylor Hall, 59 College Rd, Durham, NH 03824
Phone: 603-862-1805
Email: Michael.young@unh.edu

Sara Elnakib 
Title: Chair/Program Leader
Institution: Rutgers University
Department: Family and Community Health Sciences
Address: Martin Hall, Room 301, 88 Lipman Dr., New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Phone: 848-932-3661
Phone: 732-932-6633
Email: elnakisa@njaes.rutgers.edu

Kimberly Kopko 
Title: Senior Extension Associate; Associate Director, Cornell Cooperative Extension
Institution: Cornell University
Department: Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research
Address: 1201 Martha Van Rensselaer Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853
Phone: 607-254-6517
Fax: 607-255-4071
Email: kak33@cornell.edu

Elise Gurgevich 
Title: Assistant Director, Food, Families, and Health Programs
Institution: Penn State Extension
Address: 338 Agricultural Administration Building, University Park, PA 16802
Phone: 814-863-3447
Email: eag107@psu.edu

Tony Michael 
Title: Extension Professor
Institution: West Virginia University Extension
Department: Family & Community Development
Address: 707 Knapp Hall, P.O. Box 6031, Morgantown, WV 26506-6031
Phone: 304-293-8685
Email: Tony.Michael@mail.wvu.edu

Millicent Braxton 
Institution: Tuskegee University
Department: Tuskegee University Cooperative Extension
Address: 208 Morrison-Mayberry, Tuskegee, AL 36088
Email: mbraxton@tuskegee.edu

Laura H. Downey 
Title: Assistant Extension Director Human Sciences Extension 
Institution: Auburn University 
Department: Auburn Cooperative Extension System 
Address: 210 Spidle Hall, Suite 210, Auburn, AL 36849 
Phone: 334-844-5530 
Email: laura.downey@auburn.edu

Kimberly Holmes
Title: Assistant Extension Director 
Institution: Alabama A&M University 
Department: Agriculture, Community & Natural Resources Division 
Address: Dawson Building, 1st Floor, Huntsville, AL 35762 
Phone: 256-372-4941 
Email: ksh0035@aces.edu

Ethel G. Jones  
Title: Chairperson 
Institution: Alabama A&M University 
Department: Family and Consumer Sciences 
Address: 4900 Meridian Street N., Huntsville, AL 35762 
Phone: 256-372-4172 
Email: ethel.jones@aamu.edu

Nina Roofe 
Title: Assistant Vice President for FCS 
Institution: University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service 
Department: Family and Consumer Sciences 
Address: 2301 South University Avenue, Little Rock, AR 72204 
Phone: 501-671-2046 
Email: nroofe@uada.edu

Teresa Henson 
Title: FCS Program Outreach Coordinator 
Institution: University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff 
Department: Cooperative Extension Program 
Address: 1200 University Drive, Mail Slot 4966, Pine Bluff, AR 71601 
Phone: 870-575-7227 
Email: hensont@uapb.edu

Shannon Horrillo 
Title: Associate Dean for Families, Youth and Communities
Institution: University of Florida
Department: Extension Administration
Address: 1604 McCarty Drive, Suite 1020, Gainesville, FL 32611
Phone: 302-831-0287
Email: shannon.horrillo@ufl.edu

Allisen Penn 
Title: Associate Dean for Extension and Outreach
Institution: University of Georgia
Department: College of Family and Consumer Sciences
Address: 224 Dawson Hall, Athens, GA 30602
Phone: 706-542-4860
Email: allisen.penn@uga.edu

Kena M. Torbert 
Title: Interim FCS Program Leader
Institution: Fort Valley State University
Department: College of Agriculture, Family Sciences, and Technology
Address: 1005 State University Drive, Fort Valley, GA 31030
Phone: 478-825-6573
Email: torbertk@fvsu.edu

Jennifer Hunter 
Title: Assistant Extension Director, Family & Consumer Sciences
Institution: University of Kentucky
Department: FCS Extension/School of Human Environmental Sciences
Address: 102 Erickson Hall, Lexington, KY 40506
Phone: 859-257-3887
Email: jhunter@uky.edu

Janey Cline 
Title: West Regional Extension Director
Institution: Kentucky State University
Department: Academic Affairs, Cooperative Extension
Address: Cooperative Extension, Suite 201, 400 East Main Street, Bowling Green, KY 42101
Phone: 270-590-8562
Fax: 808-956-4147
Email: janey.cline@kysu.edu

Chiquita Briley 
Title: Southeast Region Director
Institution: LSU AgCenter
Department: Food Science and Nutrition
Address: 21549 Old Covington Highway, Hammond, LA 70403
Phone: 985-543-4129
Fax: 985-543-4136
Email: cbriley@agcenter.lsu.edu

Gina Elaine Eubanks 
Title: Associate Vice President
Institution: LSU AgCenter
Department: School of Nutrition and Food Science
Address: 101 J. Norman Efferson Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70894
Phone: 225-578-1938
Fax: 225-578-4225
Email: geubanks@agcenter.lsu.edu

Denise Holston 
Title: Associate Professor
Institution: LSU AgCenter
Department: School of Nutrition and Food Sciences
Address: 201 Knapp Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Phone: 225-578-4573
Fax: 225-578-4443
Email: Dholston@agcenter.lsu.edu

Kimberly Smith-Russ 
Title: Family and Consumer Science Specialist
Institution: Alcorn State University
Department: Extension Family and Consumer Science
Address: 1320 Seven Springs Road, Raymond, MS 39154
Phone: 601-857-0250
Fax: 601-857-2358
Email: ksmith-russ@alcorn.edu

Teresa Gammill 
Title: Associate Vice President for Family and Consumer Sciences
Institution: Mississippi State University
Department: Human Sciences
Address: P.O. Box 9745, Mississippi State, MS 39762
Phone: 662-325-2950
Email: tdg7@msstate.edu

Sarah Kirby 
Title: Assistant Director NC State Extension, FCS Program Leader
Institution: NC State University
Department: Agricultural and Human Sciences
Address: Box 7606 NCSU, Raleigh, NC 27695
Phone: 919-515-9154
Phone: 919-515-4241
Email: sdkirby@ncsu.edu

Claudette Smith 
Title: Associate Administrator & Family and Consumer Sciences Program Leader
Institution: North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Department: Cooperative Extension
Address: 1601 East Market Street - Coltrane Hall Room 221, Greensboro, NC 27411
Phone: 336-334-7956
Fax: 336-256-0810
Email: clsmith@ncat.edu

Dorotha Wilson 
Title: Director and State Program Director for 4-H
Institution: Langston University
Department: School of Agriculture and Applied Sciences- Cooperative Ex.
Address: 100 Success Avenue-P.O. Box 1730, Langston, OK 73050
Phone: 405-466-6146
Email: wilsodo@langston.edu

Rhea Bentley 
Title: Family, Nutrition, and Health Program Leader
Institution: South Carolina State University
Address: 300 College Street, Orangeburg, SC 29117
Phone: 803-747-4271
Email: rbentley@scsu.edu

Kimberly Baker 
Title: Food Systems and Safety Program Team Director, Assistant Extension Specialist
Institution: Clemson University Cooperative Extension
Department: Cooperative Extension Food Systems and Safety
Address: 511 Westinghouse Rd., Pendleton, SC 29670
Phone: 864-646-2166
Email: kabaker@clemson.edu

Janet Fox 
Title: Assistant Dean and Department Head
Institution: University of Tennessee
Department: Family and Consumer Sciences
Address: 2621 Morgan Circle Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996-4530
Phone: 225-610-6470
Fax: 865-974-1068
Email: jfox35@utk.edu

Courtney Dodd 
Title: Associate Director - Health, Families & Youth
Institution: Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
Address: 600 John Kimbrough Blvd., Suite 509, 7101 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-7101
Phone: 979-314-8209
Email: cfdodd@ag.tamu.edu

Stephen Green 
Title: Program Director, Family and Community Health
Institution: Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
Address: 1470 William D. Fitch Parkway, Room 101C, 2251 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843-2251
Phone: 979-321-5010
Email: s-green@tamu.edu

Jacquelyn White 
Title: Program Leader - Family & Community Health
Institution: Prairie View A&M University
Department: Cooperative Extension Program
Address: P. O. Box 519; MS 2001 - Prairie View, TX 77446
Phone: 936-261-5132
Fax: 936-261-5141
Email: jmwhite@pvamu.edu

Karen Munden 
Title: State Program Leader for Health
Institution: Virginia Tech
Department: Virginia Cooperative Extension
Address: 2449 Princess Anne Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23456
Phone: 757-385-4769
Fax: 757-385-5684
Email: kmunden@vt.edu

Doris Heath 
Title: Program Leader for FCS
Institution: Virginia State University
Department: Virginia Cooperative Extension
Address: Box 9081, Virginia State, VA 23806
Phone: 804-524-5925
Email: dheath@vsu.edu

Michele Walsh 
Title: Associate Director for Family, Consumer and Health Sciences 
Institution: University of Arizona 
Department: Cooperative Extension 
Address: 1140 E South Campus Drive, PO Box 210036, Tucson, AZ 85721-0036 
Phone: 520-621-8739 
Email: mwalsh@arizona.edu

Amira Resnick 
Title: Statewide Director, Community, Nutrition, and Health
Institution: University of California
Department: Agriculture and Natural Resources
Address: 2801 Second Street, 128, Davis, CA 95618
Email: arresnick@usanr.edu

Susan Baker 
Title: Professor/Extension Specialist
Institution: Colorado State University
Department: Food Science and Human Nutrition
Address: 102 Gifford Building, Campus Box 1571, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523
Phone: 970-491-5798
Email: susan.baker@colostate.edu

Jeff Goodwin 
Title: State 4-H Program Leader
Institution: University of Hawai’i at Mānoa
Department: Family and Consumer Sciences
Address: 2515 Campus Rd., Honolulu, HI 96822
Phone: 808-956-4106
Email: jeffg3@hawaii.edu

Sarah Yuan 
Title: Specialist
Institution: University of Hawai’i at Mānoa
Department: Family and Consumer Sciences, Center on the Family
Address: 2515 Campus Rd., Miller Hall 103, Honolulu, HI 96822
Phone: 808-956-5939
Fax: 808-956-4147
Email: cwlau@hawaii.edu

Marnie Spencer 
Title: University of Idaho Extension Eastern District Director, FCS Program Leader
Institution: University of Idaho
Department: Extension Eastern District
Address: 1776 Science Center Drive, Suite 205, Idaho Falls, ID 83402
Phone: 208-317-4376
Email: marniers@uidaho.edu

Joel Schumacher 
Title: FCS Program Leader
Institution: Montana State University
Department: Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics
Address: PO Box 172800, Bozeman, MT 59715
Phone: 406-994-6637
Email: jschumacher@montana.edu

Macy Helm 
Title: Federal Nutrition Programs Coordinator
Institution: University of Nevada, Reno
Department: Extension
Address: 8050 Paradise Road, Suite 100, Las Vegas, NV 89123
Phone: 702-251-5592
Email: mhelm@unr.edu

Efren Delgado 
Title: Professor and Department Head; Family and Consumer Science
Institution: New Mexico State University
Department: Family and Community Sciences
Address: P.O. Box 30003, MSC 3470, Las Cruces, NM 88003-8003
Phone: 575-646-1759
Fax: 575-646-1889
Email: edelgad@nmsu.edu

Allison Myers 
Title: Associate Dean for Extension and Engagement; Program Leader, Family and Community Health
Institution: Oregon State University
Department: College of Health
Address: Ballard Extension Hall 125B, 2591 SW Campus Way, Corvallis, OR 97330
Phone: 541-737-8712
Email: Allison.Myers@oregonstate.edu

Heidi LeBlanc 
Title: Extension Home & Community Department Director, and State FCS Program Leader
Institution: Utah State University
Department: College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences, Nutrition, Dietetic & Food Sciences
Address: 4913 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322
Phone: 435-760-0925
Email: heidi.leblanc@usu.edu

Missy McElprang
Title: Director
Institution: Washington State University
Department: Extension Youth and Families Unit, College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences
Address: 1919 NE 78th Street, Vancouver, WA 98665-9752
Phone: 208-241-7642
Email: missy.cummins@wsu.edu 

Mandy Marney 
Title: Associate Director
Institution: University of Wyoming
Department: Extension
Address: 1000 University Ave., Department 3354, Laramie, WY 82071
Phone: 307-766-5124
Fax: 307-766-3998
Email: amarney@uwyo.edu