Staff


	Sherry Ford Regional Director Region 14 slford@iastate.edu 641-673-5841; (c) 641-660-1553
	Andy Kraber County Director kraber@iastate.edu 641-842-2014
	Mindy Kephart County Youth Coordinator kephartm@iastate.edu (641) 842-2014
	Lydia Dingeman Education Coordinator dingeman@iastate.edu (641) 842-2014
	Kim Kuester 4-H Youth Program Specialist kuester@iastate.edu 641-792-6433
	Cathy Drost Human Sciences, Nutrition & Wellness Specialist cdrost@iastate.edu 641-673-5841 (Office) 641-660-2881(Cell)
	Patrick Wall Beef Field Specialist patwall@iastate.edu (641)842-2014 Livestock/Beef cattle
	Kapil Arora Ag Engineering Field Specialist pbtiger@iastate.edu (515)462-1001 Ag Engineering
	Joe Hannan Commercial Horticulture Field Specialist jmhannan@iastate.edu 515.993.4281 office; 563.580.1561 cell Works with commercial growers in an effort to expand Iowa’s fruit and vegetable production from mostly fresh market sales into the wholesale industry.
	Colin Johnson Swine Field Specialist colinj@iastate.edu 515-291-9287 Swine production systems, Breeding and Genetics, Reproduction, Nutrition, Management, Housing, Manure and Waste Management, Herd Health, Marketing, and Pork quality
	Steve Johnson Farm Management Field Specialist sdjohns@iastate.edu (515) 957-5790 Farm Management
	Natasha Neal Advancement Specialist natneal@iastate.edu o 515.294.7033 c 515.494.9225
	Joy Rouse Human Sciences Specialist, Family Life jmrouse@iastate.edu (641) 842-2014 or (515) 250-5984 (c) Family Life
	Diane Van Wyngarden Field Specialist, CED dvw@iastate.edu 641-295-5757 Communities and Economic Development
	Rebecca Vittetoe Extension Field Agronomist rka8@iastate.edu 712-540-3319; 319-653-4811 Agronomy