Joined ISU Extension in June 2000.

2000-2009  County Extension Education Director in Allamakee County.

Other experience:  Retail nursery manager at garden center in La Crescent, MN; diagnostician at the ISU Plant Disease Clinic; Crop Scout for the State of Iowa; Lab Technician in plant genetics lab.

Master of Science from Iowa State University in Plant Pathology.

Bachelor's of Science in Biology and Microbiology from South Dakota State University.  Plant Sciece emphasis.