Extension Advisory Council

The purpose of the State Advisory Council is to serve Virginia Cooperative Extension through advising Extension administrators regarding commonwealth and industry needs and appropriate strategies, thus helping to ensure that VCEs program is relevant and addressing the highest priority needs statewide. This council serves as a strong advocate for VCE with current and potential funding partners, key decision makers and program clientele. While not a governance board, the role of EAC is to advise, assist and support Virginia Cooperative Extension.

Members of the EAC serve at the discretion of the director of VCE. This board is a non-voting, advisory board and does not engage in decision making related to program personnel, budget, or internal policy development within Virginia Cooperative Extension.

In alignment with Virginia Tech’s Principles of Community and the university motto of Ut Prosim (That I May Serve), the EAC is committed to fostering a board where all identities, experiences, and backgrounds feel empowered to create a strong and welcoming community representative of the Commonwealth of Virginia and all those VCE serves. EAC strives to facilitate accessible, flexible, enjoyable, and meaningful activities that honor and uplift the dignity of our members and the faculty, staff, and administrators who work with the board.

The EAC is a non-profit organization affiliated with Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and Virginia State University.

Extension Liaison: Nicole Martin, Senior Administrative Lead and Engagement Coordinator

Leadership: 

• Chair: Stephanie Cornnell, Kettle Wind Farm
• Vice-chair: unassigned
• Secretary: unassigned

Committees: 

Committees have not yet been assigned but will be: Executive, Communications and Marketing, Engagement, Development, Strategic Initiatives and Priorities

Members: 

• Dorothy Freeman, Airfield 4-H Center, Retired
• Pete Cypret, Farm Credit of the Virginias
• Barbara Board, Virginia Cooperative Extension, Retired 
• Hobey Bauhan, Virginia Poultry Federation
• Robert Mills, Briar View Farm
• Jim Riddell, Virginia Cattlemen
• Terry Lasher, Virginia Forestry Association
• Trey Davis, Virginia Agribusiness Council
• Bill Osl, Cumberland County Landowner
• Wilmer Stoneman, Virginia Farm Bureau
• James Hutzler, Virginia Association of Counties
• Charles Green, Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
• Kendall Tyree, Virginia Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts
• Robert Trestman, Carilion Clinic
• Mark Reiter, Director, Eastern Shore AREC, Virginia Tech 
• Ed Zimmer, Virginia Department of Forestry
• E. Marshall Brooks, Virginia Commonwealth University Health
• Luke Allison, MOVA Technologies
• Paula Masters, Bon Secours Richmond Health System