Staff

Bob Owen


Regional Extension Education Director for Region 16
bobowen@iastate.edu
(563) 263-5701 or 1-800-992-0894

Assists in the coordination and oversight of all Extension programs in Region 16.

Joyce Coppess


Office Manager and 4-H County Youth Coordinator
coppess@iastate.edu
563-886-6157

Daletta Christensen


Youth Field Specialist
daletac@iastate.edu
(563) 263-5701 or 1-800-992-0894

Youth and 4-H Program Development

Betty Ellerhoff


Book Keeper and PT Office Assistant
bettye@iastate.edu
563-886-6157

Kara Willimack


PT Office Assistant
karanw@iastate.edu
563-886-6157

Amber Bisinger


Southeast Iowa External Relations Field Specialist
bisinger@iastate.edu
319-377-9839

Marketing, Community Relations, Event Planning

Greg Brenemann


Ag Engineering Field Specialist
gregb@iastate.edu
319-337-2145

Livestock facilities including manure handling, ventilation and layout, farmstead layout, farm buildings, energy conservation, drainage, soil conservation practices, conservation tillage, no-till, ground water and surface water quality, private water supplies, water treatment, private wastewater treatment systems, grain drying and storage.

Kristi Cooper


Family Life Specialist
kcoop@iastate.edu
319-377-9839

Parenting Education, Fatherhood, Stress Management, Adult and Child Development, Aging, Relationship Education, Family Communications

Sean T Galleger


Center for Industrial Research and Service (CIRAS)
galleger@iastate.edu
515-290-0181

Account Manager

Jim Jensen


Farm Management Field Specialist
jensenjh@iastate.edu
319-385-8126

Farm Business Planning, Decision Tools, Risk Management, Value Added, Farm Leasing,

Karen Lathrop


Communities & External Relations
klathrop@iastate.edu
319-325-5465

Economic Development; Facilitation; Strategic Planning

Byron Leu


Beef Field Specialist
bleu@iastate.edu
641-472-4166

Beef and sheep ration development; beef facility design; beef performance projections; beef production and management; pasture and forage management; value-based production.

Tom Miller


Project Planning Specialist - Agriculture
tmiller@iastate.edu
319-653-4811

Swine

Patrick O'Malley


Commercial Horticulturalist
omall@iastate.edu
(319) 337-2145

Horticulture

Virgil Schmitt


Crops Field Specialist
vschmitt@iastate.edu
563-263-5701

Agriculture - crops

Vera Stokes


Nutrition and Health Field Specialist
vstokes@iastate.edu
563-659-5125

Family Nutrition and Health

Phyllis Zalenski


Family Resource Management Field Specialist
zalenski@iastate.edu
319-462-2791

Family Resource Management

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