Staff

Erin Heaton


Office Assistant
eheaton@iastate.edu
(319) 385-8126

Dorothy Thorne


Office Assistant
thorned@iastate.edu
319-385-8126

Cougar Mountain

Stephanie Gardner


Family Support Specialist
sgardner@iastate.edu
319-385-8126

Cassie Gerst


Mentoring Program Coordinator
cgerst@iastate.edu
(319) 385-8126

Jennifer Lehman


Prevention Coordinator
lehmanj@iastate.edu
319-385-8126

Youth Prevention and Tobacco prevention

Ali Reif


4-H CYC / Youth Development
areif@iastate.edu
(319) 385-8126

Jim Jensen


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

John Simmons


Horticulture & Agriculture Educator
josimmon@iastate.edu
319-835-5116

John is a 2011 graduate of Iowa State University, graduating with a degree in Landscape Architecture and Environmental Studies.

Janet Smith


Region 20 Program Specialist Families and Youth
jansmith@iastate.edu
319-385-8126

Mary Weinand


Family Resource Management
mweinand@iastate.edu
(319) 385-8126

Money Management

Amber Bisinger


External Relations
bisinger@iastate.edu
319 377-9839

Greg Brenneman


Ag Engineering
gregb@iastate.edu
(319) 337-2145

Bob Dodds


Regional Extension Education Director
redodds@iastate.edu
319-385-8126

Sean Galleger


CIRAS Accounting Specialist
galleger@iastate.edu
515.290.0181

Sean has more than 20 years of experience in managing financial and operational areas of manufacturing firms, including mergers & acquisitions, contract negotiations and financial analysis. Sean was previously in the Aerospace industry in California, was CFO of a manufacturing firm in Detroit, managed acquiring and selling manufacturing businesses in Texas and was most recently VP of Contracts and Pricing for an automotive industry company in Indiana.

Dori Goble


Youth Program Specialist, Region 20
dgoble@iastate.edu
319-754-7556

Himar Hernandez


Community Development Specialist
Himarh@iastate.edu
(641) 682-5491

Latino Businesses, Finances, Citizenship and Leadership

Karen Lathrop


Program Specialist in Communities & Economic Development
klathrop@iastate.edu
319-325-5465

Economic Development in rural Iowa and small town Community Development.

Byron Leu


Livestock Program Specialist
bleu@iastate.edu
(641) 472-4166

Tom Miller


Swine Program Specialist
tmiller@iastate.edu
(319) 653-4811

Patrick OMalley


Commerical Horticulture Program Specialist
omall@iastate.edu
(319) 337-2145

Virgil Schmitt


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

Patricia Steiner


Family Nutrition Program Specalist
psteiner@iastate.edu
319-394-9433

Food and Nutrition

Kathy Jolly Vance


Program Manager, Region 20
vancek@iastate.edu
319.523.2371
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