Staff


	Brian Dunn Regional Extension Education Director (Region 14) dunnb@iastate.edu 641.673.5841
	Ranae Banicky Early Care and Education Coordinator rbanicky@iastate.edu 641-673-5841 ext. 26 Early Childhood & Education, Professional Development for Early Childhood Educators
	Lea DeCook Office Assistant decookl@iastate.edu 641.673.5841 Ext. 10
	Natalie Ferguson-Spray Program Coordinator sprayn@iastate.edu 641.673.5841 Ext. 14
	Suzette Striegel County Horticulturist striegel@iastate.edu 641.673.5841 Ext 18 Master Gardener programming, plant and disease identification and entomology, preschool horticulture education and activities, senior center horticulture education and activities, Junior Gardener special interest 4-H club and Lil' Gardener Clover Kids group programming
	Amy Ver Meer-Brainard County Youth Coordinator vermeera@iastate.edu 641.673.5841 Ext. 28 Coordinator of Mahaska County 4-H & Youth Development, Youth Educational Workshops, Clover Kids, Teen Council, 4-H Afterschool Programs, Day Camps, Southern Iowa Fair, Livestock Weigh-Ins & Retinal Imaging, Volunteer Coordination, 4-H Youth Development Program Marketing
	Bob Wells Agricultural Economics and Farm Management wellsjb@iastate.edu 641.673.5841 Agricultural Policy, Crop & Livestock Economics (marketing & insurance), Strategic & Business Planning, Value-added Agriculture and Women in Agriculture
	Codi Workman Educational Programs Assistant cworkman@iastate.edu 641.673.5841 Ext. 11 Assistance with 4-H Youth Development, Families, Nutrition and Wellness, Business and Industry, Agriculture and Natural Resources, and Horticulture
	Joyce Lash Family Finance Program Specialist lash@iastate.edu 641-464-5003 Family Finance
	Barbara Anderson Nutrition and Health Program Specialist bjanders@iastate.edu 641.682.5491 Food Safety, Food Preservation, Nutrition, Wellness, and Obesity
	Kapil Arora Agricultural Engineering Field Specialist pbtiger@iastate.edu 515.382.6551
	Mark Carlton Crops Field Specialist mcarltn@iastate.edu 641.932.5612 Crop production, Integrated Crop Management, Integrated Pest Management
	Marisue Hartung 4-H & Youth Program Specialist mhartung@iastate.edu 641-752-1551 4-H & Youth Development
	Himar Hernandez Community Development Specialist himarh@iastate.edu 641.682.5491 Diversity, Finances, Citizenship, Leadership and Latino Businesses.
	Steve Johnson Farm Management Field Specialist sdjohns@iastate.edu 515.261.4215
	Byron Leu Livestock Field Specialist bleu@iastate.edu 641.472.4166 Animal Science and Beef production
	Natasha Neal Advancement Specialist natneal@iastate.edu 515.294.7033
	Terry Steinhart Swine Field Specialist tsteinha@iastate.edu 641.622.2680 Swine production systems, Breeding and Genetics, Reproduction, Nutrition, Management, Housing, Manure and Waste Management, Herd Health, Marketing, and Pork quality
	Diane Van Wyngarden Communities Field Specialist dvw@iastate.edu 641-682-8324 Tourism, Elderhostel