• Business and Industry
• Community Economic Development
• Crops
• Environment
• Farm Management
• Finances
• Food, Nutrition and Health
• Home and Family
• Kids and Teens/4-H
• Livestock
• Yard and Garden

• Conferences
• Disaster Recovery
• Hotlines
• Off-campus courses
• Safety
• Spanish/Espanol
• Weather
• Iowa State University
• ISU Extension

Linn County Extension Staff

Linda  Bigley
County Extension Education Director
lbigley@iastate.edu

Connie  Benesh
Design & Public Relations Assistant
benesh1@iastate.edu

Cheryl  Collins
4-H Program Coordinator
collinsc@iastate.edu

Kristi  Cooper
Family Life Specialist
kcoop@iastate.edu

Mary   Dlouhy
Office Manager
mdlouhy@iastate.edu

Paul  Gormley
Industrial Specialist
gormley@iastate.edu

Bev  Lillie
Master Gardener Coordinator
lillieb@iastate.edu

Janet  Martin
Youth Development Specialist
jmmartin@iastate.edu

Barb  Neal
Office Assistant
barbneal@iastate.edu

Lynne  Rechterman
County Youth Coordinator/4-H Program Assistant
larecht@iastate.edu

Mark  Settle
Assistant to the Vice Provost for External Relations
msettle@iastate.edu

Ann  Torbert
4-H Youth Development Specialist
atorbert@iastate.edu

Susan  Uthoff
Nutrition and Health - Field Specialist
x1uthoff@iastate.edu

Tina  Dice
EFNEP Program Assistant
wdice@iastate.edu

Stephanie  Griffin
EFNEP Program Assistant
sygrif@iastate.edu

Julie  Mather
EFNEP Program Assistant
Julie@iastate.edu

Michelle   Ansel
EFNEP Program Assistant
ansell@iastate.edu

Field Specialists serving our county

Greg  Brenneman
Field Specialist - Ag
gregb@iastate.edu

Jim  Fawcett
Field Specialist - Crops
fawcett@iastate.edu

Natasha  Forsythe
External Relations Specialist
natashaf@iastate.edu

Jim  Jensen
Farm Management Specialist
jensenjh@iastate.edu

Larry  McMullen
Field Specialist - Swine
lkmcmull@iastate.edu

Patrick  O'Malley
Field Specialist - Commercial Horticulture
omall@iastate.edu

Denise  Schwab
Field Specialist - Livestock
dschwab@iastate.edu

Jan  Temple
Nutrition and Health - Field Specialist
mjtemple@iastate.edu

Larry F.   Tranel
Dairy, Beef and Forage Specialist
tranel@iastate.edu

Phyllis  Zalenski
Field Specialist - Family Resource Management
zalenski@iastate.edu

ISU Extension Staff Directory [http://www.extension.iastate.edu/staffdir.html]