Staff Directory

Human Sciences Specialists, Family Wellbeing

Hailey Burgher
p: (641) 664-2730
c: (641) 895-9037

Counties served: Davis, Des Moines, Henry, Iowa, Jefferson, Johnson, Keokuk, Lee, Louisa, Van Buren, Wapello, Washington

Kimberly Cavalier
p: (712) 542-5171
c: (712) 438-0581

Counties served: Adair, Adams, Cass, Fremont, East Pottawattamie, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Ringgold, Taylor, Union, West Pottawattamie

Cheryl Clark
p: (515) 727-0656
c: (641) 373-2196

Counties served: Audubon, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Dallas, Greene, Guthrie, Harrison, Polk, Shelby

Danielle Day
p: (319) 377-9839
c: (641) 229-6563

Counties served: Benton, Cedar, Clayton, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones, Linn, Muscatine, Scott

Mackenzie DeJong
p: (712) 546-7835
c: (712) 541-8737

Counties served: Buena Vista, Calhoun, Cherokee, Ida, Lyon, Monona, O'Brien, Osceola, Plymouth, Sac, Sioux, Woodbury

Dawn Dunnegan
p: (319) 385-8126
c: (319) 217-9474

Counties served: Davis, Des Moines, Henry, Iowa, Jefferson, Johnson, Keokuk, Lee, Louisa, Van Buren, Wapello, Washington

Carol Ehlers
p: (712) 732-5056
c: (712) 730-3884

Counties served: Buena Vista, Calhoun, Cherokee, Ida, Lyon, Monona, O'Brien, Osceola, Plymouth, Sac, Sioux, Woodbury

Karie Foster
p: (641) 842-2014
c: (641) 660-2725

Counties served: Appanoose, Clarke, Decatur, Jasper, Lucas, Madison, Mahaska, Marion, Monroe, Poweshiek, Warren, Wayne

Rosa Gonzalez
p: (515) 465-4659

Counties served: Audubon, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Dallas, Greene, Guthrie, Harrison, Polk, Shelby

Jeannette Mukayisire
p: (319) 882-4275
c: (319) 290-4855

Counties served: Allamakee, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Chickasaw, Fayette, Howard, Winneshiek

Jamie Neff
p: (712) 852-2865 

Counties served: Cerro Gordo, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Floyd, Franklin, Hancock, Kossuth, Mitchell, Palo Alto, Winnebago, Worth, Wright 

Malisa Rader
p: (515) 832-9597
c: (515) 708-0622

Counties served: Grundy, Hamilton, Hardin, Humboldt, Marshall, Pocahontas, Story, Tama, Webster

Anthony Santiago
p: (515) 386-2138

Counties served: Audubon, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Dallas, Greene, Guthrie, Harrison, Polk, Shelby

Ryan Stuart
p: (515) 386-2138
c: (515) 493-2375

Counties served: Audubon, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Dallas, Greene, Guthrie, Harrison, Polk, Shelby

Barbara Dunn Swanson
p: (563) 886-6157

Counties served: Benton, Cedar, Clayton, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones, Linn, Muscatine, Scott

Cindy Thompson
p: (563) 425-3331
c: (319) 334-8013

Counties served: Allamakee, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Fayette, Floyd, Franklin, Hancock, Howard, Kossuth, Mitchell, Palo Alto, Winnebago, Winneshiek, Worth, Wright

Barbara Wollan
p: (515) 832-9597

Counties served: Grundy, Hamilton, Hardin, Humboldt, Marshall, Pocahontas, Story, Tama, Webster

Phyllis Zalenski
p: (319) 465-3224
c: (319) 480-1106

Counties served: Benton, Cedar, Clayton, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones, Linn, Muscatine, Scott

Human Sciences Specialists, Food and Health

Leah Brooke
p: (712) 623-2592
c: (712) 789-0372

Counties served: Adair, Adams, Cass, Fremont, East Pottawattamie, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Ringgold, Taylor, Union, West Pottawattamie

Cathy Drost
p: (641) 673-5841
c: (641) 660-2881

Counties served: Appanoose, Clarke, Decatur, Jasper, Lucas, Madison, Mahaska, Marion, Monroe, Poweshiek, Warren, Wayne

Amy Jones
p: (641) 530-9244

Counties served: Cerro Gordo, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Floyd, Franklin, Hancock, Kossuth, Mitchell, Palo Alto, Winnebago, Wright, Worth

Tom Keinert
p: (515) 957-5760
c: (515) 721-7824

Counties served: Audubon, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Dallas, Greene, Guthrie, Harrison, Polk, Shelby

Kelsey Salow
p: (563) 927-4201

Counties served: Benton, Cedar, Clayton, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones, Linn, Muscatine, Scott

Sara Sprouse
p: (319) 293-3039

Counties served: Davis, Des Moines, Henry, Iowa, Jefferson, Johnson, Keokuk, Lee, Louisa, Van Buren, Wapello, Washington 

Vera Stokes  
p: (563) 659-5125
c: (563) 210-0587

Counties served: Benton, Cedar, Clayton, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones, Linn, Muscatine, Scott

Renee Sweers
p: (712) 263-4697
c: (712) 870-3037

Counties served: Audubon, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Dallas, Greene, Guthrie, Harrison, Polk, Shelby

Holly VanHeel
p: (515) 576-2119
c: (515) 408-7041

Counties served: Grundy, Hamilton, Hardin, Humboldt, Marshall, Pocahontas, Story, Tama, Webster

Jill Weber
p: (319) 234-6811
c: (319) 240-1730

Counties served: Allamakee, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Chickasaw, Fayette, Howard, Winneshiek

Korissa Lassen
p: (712) 662-7131

Counties served: Buena Vista, Calhoun, Cherokee, Ida, Lyon, Monona, O'Brien, Osceola, Plymouth, Sac, Sioux, Woodbury

 

Management Team - Campus

Sarah Francis
Interim Associate Dean, College of Human Sciences
Director, Human Sciences Extension and Outreach
p: (515) 294-2312

Lori Korthals
Field Operations Specialist
p: (712) 737-4230
c: (712) 360-1740

Marsha Peterson
Budget Analyst
p: (515) 294-7501

Barbara Woods
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Special Projects Manager
p: (515) 294-9610

 

 

State Specialists and Support Staff - Campus

Suzanne Bartholomae
Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Studies
Extension State Specialist, Financial Wellbeing
p: (515) 294-9528

Connie Beecher
Associate Professor, School of Education
Extension State Specialist, Family Literacy
p: (515) 294-4512

Mona Berkey
I-Learn ECE / Essentials Online Program Coordinator
p: (515) 294-4843

David Brown 
Extension State Specialist, Behavioral Health
p: (515) 294-0860
c: (515) 298-1505

Lyndi Buckingham-Schutt
Assistant Professor, Food Science and Human Nutrition
Extension State Specialist, Community Nutrition and Health
p: (515) 294-9484

Shannon Coleman
Associate Professor, Food Science and Human Nutrition
Extension State Specialist, Food Safety
p: (515) 294-9011

Judy Dittmar 
Healthy Food Access Specialist
p: (712) 366-7070 ext 202

Eva Donnelly
Healthy Food Access Specialist
p: (515) 957-5760

Sarah Francis
Associate Professor, Food Science and Human Nutrition
Extension State Specialist, Food and Health
p: (515) 294-1456

Jody Gatewood
Assistant Coordinator, Buy. Eat. Live Healthy Program
Extension State Specialist, Nutrition
p: (515) 294-4691
Marlene Geiger
AnswerLine Specialist
p: (515) 294-2018

Kimberly Greder
Professor, Human Development and Family Studies
Extension State Specialist, Family Wellbeing
p: (515) 294-5906

Cathy Hockaday
Adjunct Assistant Professor Strengthening Families Program: For Parents and Youth 10-14 Specialist
p: (515) 294-7601
Justine Hoover
Buy. Eat. Live Healthy Program Specialist
p: (515) 294-3079
Christine Hradek
Coordinator, Buy. Eat. Live Healthy Program
p: (515) 294-3554

Casey Kelley
Early Childhood Program Specialist, ERS Assessor
p: (515) 294-2781

Kerry Moore Kroneman
Early Childhood Program Coordinator, I-Consult & Environment Rating Scale Program
p: (515) 294-1981
Jeongeun (Jel) Lee
Assistant Professor, Human Development and Family Studies
Extension State Specialist, Aging
p: (515) 294-2502
Beth Marrs
Coordinator, AnswerLine
p: (515) 294-2971
Mae McCarty
Buy. Eat. Live Healthy Program Specialist
p: (515) 957-5773

Katey McCoskey
Creative Projects Specialist
p: (515) 294-3385

Ellen Minnihan
Secretary, Creative Projects
p: (515) 294-6568

Ann Mobley
Administrative Assistant
p: (515) 294-6620

Brianna Montross
Healthy Food Access Specialist
p: (319) 337-2145

Katy Moscoso
Buy. Eat. Live Healthy Program Specialist

Anirudh R. Naig
Associate Professor, Apparel, Events, and Hospitality Management
Extension Specialist, Food Safety
p: (515) 294-9740

Lesia Oesterreich
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Human Development and Family Studies
Extension State Specialist, Early Childhood
p: (515) 294-0363
Stacia Sanny
Buy. Eat. Live Healthy Program Specialist
p: (515) 957-5786
Lori Schonhorst
Extension Specialist, I-Consult Program
p: (515) 294-0785

 

Debra Sellers

Professor, Human Development and Family Studies
Extension State Specialist, Family Wellbeing
p: (515) 294-2312

Katie Sorrell
Policy, Systems and Environment Change Coordinator
p: (515) 644-6817
Richard Spoth
Institute Director and F. Wendell Miller Senior Prevention Scientist
p: (515) 294-5383
Marcia Steed
AnswerLine Specialist
p: (515) 294-2018
Rachel Sweeney
AnswerLine Specialist
p: (515) 294-2018
Kristin Taylor 
Creative Projects Specialist
p: (515) 294-8538
Kim Venteicher
Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale Assessor
Melissa Wagner
Manager Education Extension - Early Childhood Education Programs
p: (515) 294-7875
Shannon Wilson
Passport to Early Childhood Education Program Coordinator
p: (515) 294-5702
Paula Wood
Buy. Eat. Live Healthy Program Specialist
p: (319) 505-3954
Shelley Woodall
Nutrition and Aging Resource Center Program Assistant
p: (515) 971-3450