Writing Team Members

Value Enhanced Agriculture

• Dee Whittier, Extension Specialist, Veterinary Medicine (Co-Chair)
• Tony Wolf, Director, Alson H. Smith Agricultural Research and Extension Center (Co-Chair)
• Karen Carter, Extension Agent, Agriculture and Natural Resources (Co-Chair)
• Steve Hopkins, Extension Agent, Agriculture and Natural Resources (Co-Chair)

Sustainable Natural Resources

• Michelle Prysby, Coordinator, Virginia Master Naturalist Program (Co-Chair)
• Bob Smith, Associate Dean, College of Natural Resources (Co-Chair)
• John McGee, Extension Specialist, Geospatial (Co-Chair)
• Dan Goerlich, District Director, Central District (Co-Chair)
• Scott Klopfer, Research Associate, Conservation Management Institute
• Bruce Hull, Professor, Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation
• Adam Downing, Extension Agent, Agriculture and Natural Resources
• Lisa Deaton, Virginia Department of Forestry
• Jennifer Gagnon, Coordinator, Virginia Forest Landowner Education Program
• Albert Reid, Aquaculture Specialist, Virginia State University
• LoriAnne Barnett, Extension Agent, 4-H Youth Development
• Ann Regn, Environmental Education Director, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
• Jesse Richardson, Associate Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning
• Jonah Fogel, Extension Specialist, Community Viability
• Jim Parkhurst, Associate Professor, Fisheries and Wildlife Science
• Neil Clark, Extension Agent, Agriculture and Natural Resources
• Stephen Schoenholtz, Director, Water Resources Research Center
• Brian Benham, Associate Professor, Biological Systems Engineering
• Cynthia Gregg, Extension Agent, Agriculture and Natural Resources
• John Munsell, Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist, Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation
• Liam Leightley, Executive Director, Institute for Advanced Learning and Research
• John Ignosh, Extension Specialist, Agricultural Byproduct Utilization
  

Healthy Living for Youth

• Glenda Snyder, Extension Agent, 4-H Youth Development (Co-Chair)
• Elena Serrano, Extension Specialist, Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise (Co-Chair)
• Tonya Taylor, Associate Extension Specialist, 4-H Youth Development (Co-Chair)

Building Capacity for Communities

• Jewel Hairston, 1890 Program Associate Administrator, Virginia State University (Co-Chair)
• Crystal Tyler Mackey, Extension Specialist, Community Viability (Co-Chair)
• Adria Bordas, Extension Agent, Agriculture and Natural Resources (Co-Chair)
• Brian Calhoun, Associate Director, Community Viability
• Martha Walker, Extension Specialist, Community Viability
• Eric Bendfeldt, Extension Specialist, Community Viability
• Jennifer Abel, Extension Agent, Family and Consumer Sciences
• Brian Hairston, Extension Agent, 4-H Youth Development
• Scott Baker, Extension Agent, Agriculture and Natural Resources
• Kevin Spurlin, Extension Agent, Agriculture and Natural Resources
• Jinx Baney, Extension Agent, 4-H Youth Development
• Doris Baskfield-Heath, Extension Agent, Family and Consumer Sciences

Healthy Families and Communities

• Mary McFerren, FNP Project Director, Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise (Co-Chair)
• Johanna Hahn, Extension Agent, Family and Consumer Sciences (Co-Chair)
• Jane Henderson, Extension Agent, Family and Consumer Sciences
• Gina Kindred, Extension Agent, Family and Consumer Sciences
• Nancy Roche, Extension Agent, 4-H Youth Development
• Kelly Liddington, Extension Agent, Agriculture and Natural Resources
• Christine Kastan, Extension Agent, Family and Consumer Sciences
• Kimberly Elkins, Extension Agent, Family and Consumer Sciences
• Kathleen Watson, Extension Agent, Family and Consumer Sciences
• Judy Midkiff, FNP Project Associate

Organizational Excellence 

• Lonnie Johnson, District Director, Southeast District (Co-Chair)
• Phil Blevins, Extension Agent, Agriculture and Natural Resources (Co-Chair)
• Billie Jean Elmer, Extension Agent, 4-H Youth Development (Co-Chair)
• Roger Ellmore, Program Director, Smith Mountain Lake 4-H Educational Center (Co-Chair)
• Scott Pleasant, Associate Professor, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine
• Christine Kastan, Extension Agent, Family and Consumer Sciences

External Reviewers (Focus Area Reports)

• Alex White, Instructor, Agricultural and Applied Economics
• Taylor Clarke, Extension Agent, Agriculture and Natural Resources
• Debra Jones, Extension Specialist, Family and Consumer Sciences, Virginia State University
• Gina Kindred, Extension Agent, Family and Consumer Sciences
• Nancy Roche, Extension Agent 4-H Youth Development
• Kim Niewolny, Assistant Professor, Agricultural and Extension Education
• Susan Clark, Associate Professor, Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise
• Christine Kastan, Extension Agent, Family and Consumer Sciences
• Mary McFerren, FNP Project Director, Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise
• Johanna Hahn, Extension Agent, Family and Consumer Sciences
• Scott Baker, Extension Agent, Agriculture and Natural Resources
• Adria Bordas, Extension Agent, Agriculture and Natural Resources
• Debbie Dillion, Extension Agent, Agriculture and Natural Resources
• Keith Balderson, Extension Agent, Agriculture and Natural Resources
• David Moore, Extension Agent, Agriculture and Natural Resources
• Jason Carter, Extension Agent, Agriculture and Natural Resources
• Rodney Leech, Extension Agent, Agriculture and Natural Resources
• Glenn Slade, Extension Agent, Agriculture and Natural Resources
• Matthew Miller, Extension Agent, Agriculture and Natural Resources
• Michael Schwarz, Extension Specialist, Virginia Seafood Agricultural Research and Extension Center
• Joyce Latimer, Extension Specialist, Horticulture
• Andy Hankins, Extension Specialist, Alternative Agriculture, Virginia State University
• Scott Greiner, Extension Specialist, Beef and Sheep
• Bobby Grisso, Extension Specialist, Farm Equipment and Machinery
• Mike Weaver, Director, Virginia Tech Pesticide Programs
• Cyndi Marston, District Director, Northern District
• Wade Thomason, Extension Specialist, Grains
• John Blankenship, Extension Agent, 4-H Youth Development
• Jenny Mercer, Extension Agent, 4-H Youth Development
• Rita Schalk, Extension Agent, 4-H Youth Development
• Phil Blevins, Extension Agent, Agriculture and Natural Resources
• Brian Hairston, Extension Agent, 4-H Youth Development
• Kaci Daniel, Extension Agent, 4-H Youth Development
• Linda King, Program Coordinator, Youth Education
• Debbie Jones, Extension Health Promotion Specialist, Virginia State University
• Novella Ruffin, Extension Specialist, Child Development, Virginia State University
• Stephanie Diehl, Extension Agent, Family and Consumer Sciences
• Brittany Wilkins, Extension Agent, Family and Consumer Sciences
• Karen Ridings, Extension Agent, Family and Consumer Sciences
• Donna McBride, Extension Agent, Family and Consumer Sciences
• Cynthia Gregg, Extension Agent, Agriculture and Natural Resources
• Brian Benham, Associate Professor, Biological Systems Engineering
• Stephen Schoenholz, Professor, Forestry
• Doris Baskfield-Heath, Extension Agent, Family and Consumer Sciences
• Matt Benson, Extension Specialist, Community Viability
• Jonah Fogel, Extension Specialist, Community Viability
• Scott Tate, Extension Specialist, Community Viability
• Eleanor Schlenker, Extension Specialist, Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise
• Karen Gehrt, Associate Director, Family and Consumer Sciences
• Nancy Franz, Extension Specialist, Program Development