AMES, Iowa -- Twenty regional extension education directors have been selected for Iowa State University Extension, according to Jack Payne, vice president for ISU Extension and Outreach.

The regional director positions were created by the ISU Extension restructuring plan as a way to facilitate an issue-based approach to delivering ISU Extension programming and resources.

Follow the links below for information about each new regional extension education director.

Heronemus Is New ISU Extension Regional Director (Region 1: Lyon, Osceola, Dickinson, Sioux, O’Brien and Clay counties)

Janssen Is New ISU Extension Regional Director (Region 2: Emmet, Palo Alto, Kossuth, Winnebago and Hancock counties)

Hall Is New ISU Extension Regional Director (Region 3: Worth, Mitchell, Cerro Gordo, Floyd and Franklin counties)

Ranum Is New ISU Extension Regional Director (Region 4: Howard, Winneshiek, Allamakee, Chickasaw, Fayette and Clayton counties)

McGill Is New ISU Extension Regional Director (Region 5: Plymouth, Woodbury and Monona counties)

Chizek Is New ISU Extension Regional Director (Region 6: Cherokee, Buena Vista, Pocahontas, Ida, Sac and Calhoun counties)

Patton Is New ISU Extension Regional Director (Region 7: Humboldt, Wright, Webster and Hamilton counties)

Wrage Is New ISU Extension Regional Director (Region 8: Boone, Story, Marshall and Hardin counties)

Ricks Is New ISU Extension Regional Director (Region 9: Butler, Bremer, Grundy, Black Hawk, Buchanan and Tama counties)

Fischer Is New ISU Extension Regional Director (Region 10: Benton, Linn and Jones counties)

Bearinger Is New ISU Extension Regional Director (Region 11: Delaware, Dubuque and Jackson counties)

Torneten Is New ISU Extension Regional Director (Region 12: Crawford, Carroll, Greene, Shelby, Audubon and Guthrie counties)

Hertel Is New ISU Extension Regional Director (Region 13: Dallas, Polk and Warren counties)

Dunn Is New ISU Extension Regional Director (Region 14: Jasper, Poweshiek, Marion and Mahaska counties)

Mohling Is New ISU Extension Regional Director (Region 15: Iowa, Johnson, Keokuk and Washington counties)

Owen Is New ISU Extension Regional Director (Region 16: Cedar, Muscatine, Clinton and Scott counties)

Ladd Is ISU Extension Regional Director (Region 17: Harrison, Pottawattamie, Mills, Montgomery, Fremont and Page counties)

Deppe Is New ISU Extension Regional Director (Region 18: Cass, Adair, Madison, Adams, Union, Clarke, Taylor, Ringgold and Decatur counties)

Henderson Is New ISU Extension Regional Director (Region 19: Lucas, Monroe, Wapello, Jefferson, Wayne, Appanoose, Davis and Van Buren counties

Dodds Is New ISU Extension Regional Director (Region 20: Louisa, Henry, Des Moines and Lee counties)

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