November 18, 2025
2025-2026 Extension Agent Grievance Committee
Submitted by Jennifer R Wilson
K-State Extension provides its employees with both an informal and a formal process for dealing with employment-related issues and concerns. An overview of both the informal and formal processes can be viewed on the K-State Extension Employee Resources website.
The Extension Agent Grievance Committee is a component of the formal grievance procedure. New members are named to the committee each year. The Extension Agent Grievance Committee is to be composed of twenty members, with a minimum of five women and five men, and at least two representatives of each Extension administrative region. Members of the committee are to be agents who have served in their current role for at least two years. Names are randomly drawn by members of the KS-JCEP executive committee. Members of the 2025-2026 committee are:
- Craig Dinkel, Midway District
- Jennifer Carr, Harper County
- Katherine Pinto, Wildcat District
- Hunter Nickel, Southwind District
- Sharon Ashworth, Douglas County
- Jill Martinson, Chisholm Trail District
- Teresa Hatfield, Meadowlark District
- Alexis Ray, Johnson County
- Lora Horton, Hamilton County
- Alicia Boor, Cottonwood District
- Kathy Tharman, Doniphan County
- Lane Wiens, Shawnee County
- Denise Dias, Wyandotte County
- Grace Schneider, Kingman County
- Matt Young, Brown County
- Wade Reh, River Valley District
- Matthew McKernan, Sedgwick County
- Justine Johns, Central Kansas District
- Kayla Jones, Stanton County
- Todd Schmidt, Greeley County
- Levi Miller, Comanche County
- Ryan Schaub, Frontier District
- Lacey Noterman, Walnut Creek District
- Cade Rensink, Central Kansas District, Chair