October 29, 2019
Shout Out: The Annual Conference Planning Committee
This week’s Shout Out is extended to the members of the K-State Research and Extension Annual Conference Planning Committee and comes to us from its Chair, Dr. Martin Draper:
“I want to give a Shout Out to the Annual Conference Planning Committee. The committee was charged with “blowing up” annual conference and putting it back together again in new, more meaningful and exciting ways, and they exceeded everybody’s expectations."
The conference planning committee members were:
Vice Chair — Jason Ellis, Department Head and Professor, Communications and Agricultural Education
Past Chair — Dan Devlin, Director, Center for Agricultural Resources and the Environment (KCARE)/Kansas Water Resources Institute (KWRI)
Marlin Bates, County Director, Douglas County
Rachael Boyle, Agriculture and Natural Resources/4-H Agent, Phillips-Rooks Extension District (Kansas Joint Council of Extension Professionals)
Laurie Chandler, Associate Program Leader, Administration - Associate Director
Tristen Cope, Extension Agent, Marion County (Kansas Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences)
Debbie Hagenmaier, Assistant Director, K-State Global Campus
Nancy Honig, Extension Agent, Wildwest District
Donna Krug, District Director, Family and Consumer Sciences, Cottonwood District
Tara Markley, County Director, Johnson County
Jill Martinson, Extension Agent, Dickinson County (Kansas Association of Extension 4-H Agents)
Jaime Menon, Extension Assistant, Ag and Natural Resources (Kansas Association of Community Development Extension Professionals)
Susan Metzger, Senior Executive Administrator
Dennis Patton, Extension Agent, Johnson County
Paula Peters, Associate Director for Extension Programs
Susan Schiff, Marketing Officer, Communications and Agricultural Education
Mark Stadtlander, Director, Communications and Agricultural Education - Publishing
Jeffrey Wilson, Extension Agent, Stanton County (Kansas Association of County Agricultural Agents)
Jennifer Wilson, Leader for Extension Operations
Wade Weber, Head of the Department of 4-H Youth Development and 4-H Youth Development Program Leader
Erin Yelland, Extension Specialist, Family Studies and Human Services
Innovate! Conference Planning Committee Members, thanks for the work you did in putting together a memorable and great annual conference!
If you know of a colleague or colleagues that deserve a Shout Out for a job well done, please send me their name(s) and the reason for the Shout Out to ghadley@ksu.edu.