USU Extension Directory

Interim Vice President of Extension | Director of Agriculture & Natural Resources Department

435-919-1331

justen.smith@usu.edu

Executive Assistant to the Vice President

(435) 797-2201

tammy.firth@usu.edu

Extension Home and Community Director | Create Better Health Utah (SNAP-Ed) Director

(435) 760-0925

heidi.leblanc@usu.edu

Director of County Operations | Salt Lake County Director

(385)-468-4825

andree.walker@usu.edu

Extension Professor | Extension Youth Development Director | Positive Youth Development

(435) 760-4109

dave.francis@usu.edu

Extension Associate Professor | 4-H Youth Development | Home and Community | Garfield, Wayne, & Piute Counties

(435)-676-1113

callie.ward@usu.edu

Entomology Extension Specialist

435-797-9530

subodh.adhikari@usu.edu

Horticulture and Agriculture Staff Assistant | Weber County

(801) 399-8201

eric.aikens@usu.edu

4-H Program Coordinator | Washington County

435-301-7745

katarina.aikens@usu.edu

4-H and Youth Development Coordinator

435-676-1113

clint.albrecht@usu.edu

4-H Program Coordinator

435-864-1480

jenna.aldrich@usu.edu

Program Evaluator | Rural Online Initiative

(435)-797-4444

Amanda.Ali@usu.edu

Professional Practice Extension Assistant Professor Home and Community | Rural Mental Health | Veteran Initiatives

512-763-9502

troy.allan@usu.edu

Food Quality & Entrepreneurship Specialist

(435) 797-1768

karin.allen@usu.edu

Finance Coordinator | Washington County

623-398-9101

rochelle.allen@usu.edu

Outdoor Program Coordinator | Salt Lake County

(385)-468-4817

sage.allen@usu.edu

Staff Assistant | Iron County

435-267-1766

jamee.andersen@usu.edu

Tooele County Sheriff's Department Exit Program and Education Coordinator

435-579-5996

shianne.anderson@tooeleco.gov

4-H Program Coordinator

435-738-1140

brooklyn.anderton@usu.edu

Staff Assistant | Salt Lake County

(385) 468-4835

shauna.bagley@usu.edu

4-H Coordinator | Beaver County

(435) 438-1089

lori.bailey@usu.edu

Prevention Outreach Specialist

4357815452

jennifer.balch@usu.edu

435-797-3926

burdette.barker@usu.edu

4-H Program Coordinator | Davis County

435-919-1325

delayna.barr@usu.edu

Extension Assistant Professor / Drones - UAS

4356135253

shawn.barstow@usu.edu

Diagnostician | Gardening Help Desk

385-468-4828

mastergardener@usu.edu

Urban Forestry Extension Specialist Assistant Professor

435-797-2219

miles.becker@usu.edu

Extension Associate Professor | Horticulture | Utah County Director | Juab County

(385)-268-6535

taun.beddes@usu.edu

4-H Program Coordinator | Weber County

801-399-8209

sharon.bee@usu.edu

Extension Assistant Professor | Home and Community | 4-H & Youth | San Juan County

435-587-3239

ryan.benally@usu.edu

Program Assistant | Create Better Health

435-797-0879

sarah.best@usu.edu

Staff Assistant | Salt Lake County

(385)-468-4820

sunny.bird@usu.edu

Fruit Specialist

(435) 797-2174

brent.black@usu.edu

Staff Assistant | Weber County

(801)-399-8207

linda.black@usu.edu

4-H Afterschool Program Assistant | Sanpete County

435-283-3472

susan.black@usu.edu

Extension Website Manager

(435) 797-7609

colton.blair@usu.edu

Information Technology

(435) 797-8459

terry.boharsik@usu.edu

4-H Program Coordinator | Box Elder County

(435)-695-2546

marci.borg@usu.edu

SBDC Administrative Assistant

435-919-1295

gaylyn.bradshaw@usu.edu

Staff Assistant II | Beaver County

(435) 438-6450

melissa.bradshaw@usu.edu

Create Better Health Marketing Coordinator

kelsey.braithwaite@usu.edu

Assistant Professor | Extension Food Safety Specialist

(435) 797-2231

jose.brandao@usu.edu

Program Coordinator SR | Rural Online Initiative

(801) 897-6865

dominic.bria@usu.edu

Extension Assistant Professor | Agriculture, Natural Resources, 4-H | Rich County Director

435-793-2435

reganne.briggs@usu.edu

Extension Professor | Couple and Family Relationships | Weber County Director

(801) 399-8206

naomi.brower@usu.edu

Extension Administrative Assistant | Tooele County

435-277-2409

nickole.brown@usu.edu

4-H Staff Assistant

(385) 268-6531

emmeline.burnett@usu.edu

Program Coordinator - Utah Food and Farm Business Program

346-218-8432

foodbiz@usu.edu

Agriculture and Natural Resources Department Program & Communications Coordinator

(435) 590 - 8047

ashley.butler@usu.edu

Professional Practice Extension Assistant Professor

4352303375

meggan.schulze@usu.edu

Staff Assistant Box Elder County

(435) 695-2542

cheyenne.capener@usu.edu

Soils Specialist

(435) 797-2278

grant.cardon@usu.edu

Nutrition Assistant

laureen.carlson@usu.edu

Extension Assistant Professor | Weber County

801-399-8203

stephanie.carlson@usu.edu

Extension Assistant Professor | Horticulture | Utah County

(385) 268-6530

michael.caron@usu.edu

Staff Assistant II | Emery County

435-381-3535

shawna.carroll@usu.edu

Youth Programs Coordinator

435-797-8938

Brianna.Cencak@usu.edu

Extension Assistant Professor | Wayne County

435-836-1312

kate.chappell@usu.edu

Business Assistant

ashley.child@usu.edu

Extension Professor | Finance | Accredited Financial Counselor (AFC) | Morgan County Director

(801) 829-3472

amanda.christensen@usu.edu

Extension Associate Professor | Finance | Tooele County

(435) 277-2406

darlene.christensen@usu.edu

4-H Coordinator | Uintah County

435-781-5452

paige.christensen@usu.edu

CBH Ambassador | USU Extension | San Juan County

435-485-0478

suzanna.clark@usu.edu

Extension Assistant Professor | Agriculture & Natural Resources | Cache County

435-752-6263

justin.clawson@usu.edu

Extension Assistant Professor | Agriculture & Natural Resources | Summit County Director

(435)-336-3216

elizabeth.cohen@usu.edu

Program Coordinator II | Empowering Financial Wellness | Salt Lake County

kelan.combe@usu.edu

Program Coordinator | Conservation | Summit County

435-797-8956

rhea.cone@usu.edu

Community Engagement Manager | Swaner Preserve & EcoCenter | Summit County

435-797-8939

janna.coulter@usu.edu

Agronomy Specialist

earl.creech@usu.edu

Extension Professor | Sanpete County

(435)-283-3472

shannon.cromwell@usu.edu

Extension Assistant Professor | Horticulture | Wasatch County

435-657-3236

wesley.crump@usu.edu

STEM Educator | Weber County

801-399-8218

annette.cumins@usu.edu

Food Systems Specialist

(435) 797-0444

kynda.curtis@usu.edu

Wildlife and Rangeland Specialist

435-881-1910

dave.dahlgren@usu.edu

Master Gardener Volunteer Coordinator | Salt Lake County

(385) 468-4824

ginger.dalde@usu.edu

USU Bastian Agricultural Center Director

801-253-5185

joshua.dallin@usu.edu

Professional Practice Extension Assistant Professor | Extension Assistant Director Youth Programs | 4-H Club Operations & Professional Development

(435) 797-0208

craig.dart@usu.edu

Extension Associate Professor | Kane County Director

(435) 644-4917

elizabeth.davis@usu.edu

4-H Coordinator | Summit County

435-336-3219

hailey.davis@usu.edu

Staff Assistant | Sanpete County

(435)-283-3472

roxie.debiasi@usu.edu

Program Coordinator | Wasatch County

(435)-657-3233

amy.defa@usu.edu

Assistant Professor | Entomology Extension Specialist

(435) 797-9361

e.demard@usu.edu

Health & Wellness Prevention Coordinator | E-Cigarette Prevention | Emery County

435-650-7209

shylie.dickey@usu.edu

Health & Wellness Prevention Coordinator | E-Cigarette Prevention | Emery County

435-650-7209

shylie.dickey@usu.edu

4-H Youth Service Learning Coordinator | Iron County

435-267-1757

sarah.dobrinski@usu.edu

Business Manager

(435) 797-7221

carolann.downs@usu.edu

Create Better Health Ambassador | Carbon County

(435) 636-3233

harim.driggs@usu.edu

Create Better Health Ambassador | Uintah County

435-549-4246

kenna.dudley@usu.edu

Coordinator ll | Positive Youth Development

(435) 797-4444

kimberly.duke@usu.edu

Nutrition Specialist

(435) 797-5843

carrie.durward@usu.edu

Extension Assistant Professor | Cache County

435-752-6263

jenna.dyckman@usu.edu

Create Better Health Ambassador

801-921-2517

a02493937@usu.edu

Livestock Coordinator | Washington County

(435) 668-8732

k.ence@usu.edu

Professor | Natural Resource Policy and Social Science

435-797-2487

joanna.endter-wada@usu.edu

Assistant Professor | Water Quality Specialist

clare.entwistle@usu.edu

Staff Assistant | Juab County

435-623-3450

jilean.ercanbrack@usu.edu

Professional Practice Extension Assistant Professor | Wetlands + Water Quality | Davis County

801-499-5370

sarah.erwin@usu.edu

Professional Practice Extension Assistant Professor | Agriculture and Natural Resources | Iron County

435-267-1750

beckah.esplin@usu.edu

Nutrition Assistant

veronica.estrada@usu.edu

4-H Afterschool Coordinator | Sanpete County

(435)-283-3472

muria.everitt@usu.edu

Professional Practice Extension Assistant Professor | Agriculture and Natural Resources | Grand County Director

435-797-1485

cory.farnsworth@usu.edu

Staff Assistant Juab county

435-623-3450

jessica.fautin@usu.edu

SBDC State Director

mike.finnerty@usu.edu

Ag-DRIP Project Coordinator III

(801)-400-5837

elisa.flint@usu.edu

Health & Wellness Program Coordinator | Tooele Rural Opioid Healthcare Consortium | Tooele County

435-277-2400

melissa.flint@usu.edu

Financial Officer

(435) 797-8292

taya.flores@usu.edu

STEM and iSEE Program Coordinator I Salt Lake County

385-468-4822

emily.vanwagoner@usu.edu

4-H After School Program Assistant III | Garfield County

435-676-1113

kolbi.frandsen@usu.edu

Wildlife Specialist

435-559-0360

nicki.frey@usu.edu

Ag Literacy Coordinator | Sevier County

4352012982

natalie.fullmer@usu.edu

Proposal Development Specialist

385-468-4829. 

hunter.gabel@usu.edu

Extension Associate Professor | Agriculture Economic Development | Sevier County

(435) 893-0470

jody.gale@usu.edu

Equine Assisted Services Extension Assistant Professor | Davis and Salt Lake Counties

435-919-1340

allie.garlick@usu.edu

Programmer/Analyst

435-797-2602

garrard.chris@gmail.com

Coordinator I | Rich County

(732)-585-2202

kirsten.gash@usu.edu

Extension Assistant Professor | Agriculture and Natural Resources | BQA State Coordinator- UTAH | Sevier and Wayne County Director

435-893-0474

ethan.shane.gilliam@usu.edu

Extension Professor | USU Botanical Center Director | Davis County

435-919-1276

jerry.goodspeed@usu.edu

Extension Professor | Agriculture, Natural Resources, 4-H | Tooele County Director

(435) 277-2407

linden.greenhalgh@usu.edu

Program Coordinator ll | 4-H Member Services

(435) 797-3761

rob.griffin@usu.edu

STEM Educator | Weber County

801-399-8218

heidi.griffith@usu.edu

Extension Professor | Horticulture | Cache County Director

(435)-752-6263

jaydee.gunnell@usu.edu

Extension Specialist- Hunger Solutions; Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Sciences

435-919-1333

palak.gupta@usu.edu

Extension Associate Professor | Agriculture and Natural Resources | Utah and Juab Counties | Juab County Director

(435) 623-3457

jacob.hadfield@usu.edu

Professional Practice Extension Assistant Professor | Agriculture & Animal Science

(435) 623-3450

jessie.hadfield@usu.edu

4-H Administrative Assistant | Tooele County

435-277-2405

kortni.hafen@usu.edu

Teens Lifting Teens Program Director

(801) 708-2331

megan.o.hall@usu.edu

Regional Business Consultant, Utah Food and Farm Business Program

brance.hammons@usu.edu

4-H Coordinator | 4-H Teen Council Advisor | Tooele County

(435)-277-2402

robyn.handley@usu.edu

Staff Assistant | Sanpete County

(435) 633-6133

support@roi.usu.edu

Business Manager

(435) 213-0170

rachel.hansen@usu.edu

Project Coordinator/Rural Smart Systems Corporate Management/Infrastructure Development, Millard County

435-406-1546

awesomenonymous@awesome.com

Program Assistant | Wayne County

435-836-1312

nadia.harris@usu.edu

Staff Assistant

435-797-2556

raeann.hart@usu.edu

Health & Wellness Prevention Coordinator | E-Cigarette Prevention | Outreach Liaison | Carbon & Emery Counties

435-636-3276

josie.hatch@usu.edu

Extension Assistant Professor | Summit County

435-336-3218

jared.hawkins@usu.edu

Health & Wellness Prevention Coordinator | Grand County

(435) 210-8077

jenna.hawks@usu.edu

Extension Assistant Professor | Agriculture, Natural Resources | Garfield County Director

435-691-0592

melanie.heaton@usu.edu

Ag Business Strategy Manager

435-797-4467

megan.hendrickson@usu.edu

Home & Community Program Coordinator and Create Better Health Ambassador | Millard County

435-864-1484

maryanna.henke@usu.edu

Staff Assistant | Home and Communities | Davis County

(435) 919-1321

tessa.henri@usu.edu

Staff Assistant | Garfield County

(435)-676-1113

hollie.henrie@usu.edu

Staff Assistant | Sevier County

(435) 893-0470

cori.hicks@usu.edu

Professor and Extension Family Life Specialist

(435)-797-7276

brian.h@usu.edu

Extension Professor | Rural Online Initiative | Washington County Director

435-301-7740

paul.hill@usu.edu

Extension Multimedia Production

(435) 797-1392

dennis.hinkamp@usu.edu

Program Coordinator for Home & Community

kristin.hoch@usu.edu

4-H Program Coordinator | Duchesne County

435-738-1140

alexandra.scherzinger@usu.edu

Professional Practice Extension Assistant Professor | Agriculture and Natural Resources | Duchesne County Director

435-738-1140

brooke.holgate@usu.edu

Program Assistant | Davis County 4-H

435-919-1322

katie.holmes@usu.edu

Small Business Development Center Specialist

(435) 797-2277

mark.holmes@usu.edu

Marketing | Box Elder County

laura.holmgren@usu.edu

Equine Specialist

435-535-5140

karl.hoopes@usu.edu

435-301-7745

janae.horrocks@usu.edu

Assistant Professor | Climate Resiliency Specialist

(828) 507-9950

scott.hotaling@usu.edu

4-H Program Coordinator | Iron County

435-267-1756

marla.hoyt@usu.edu

Manager | Davis Agricultural Heritage Center | Davis County

435-823-2265

dianne.huffman@usu.edu

Business Assistant

(435) 797-9209

jennipher.hulse@usu.edu

Extension Assistant Professor | Health and Wellness | Logan

605-530-6900

aaron.hunt@usu.edu

Extension Assistant Professor, HEART, Tooele & Salt Lake County

385-468-4834

matthew.huntington@usu.edu

Office Assistant | Wasatch County

435-657-3235

rebecca.hyde@usu.edu

Staff Assistant | Cache County

dana.iasbarrone@usu.edu

Utah Agriculture in the Classroom Director

435-797-1592

bekka.israelsen@usu.edu

Extension Assistant Professor | 4-H STEAM Programs, Afterschool

(801) 300-5680

deborah.ivie@usu.edu

Program Coordinator | Uintah County

435-781-5452

tiffany.jackson@usu.edu

CUBE Program Coordinator II

beatriz.jarvis@usu.edu

Extension Assistant Professor | Home & Community | Utah County

(385)-268-6538

cindy.jenkins@usu.edu

4-H Staff Assistant | Juab County

435-623-3458

judy.jensen@usu.edu

Marketing Assistant | Cache County

rachel.h.jensen@usu.edu

4-H Program Coordinator | Cache County

435-752-6263

elise.simkins@usu.edu

4-H Staff Assistant | Weber County

801-399-8202

kirsten.jenson@usu.edu

Extension Professor | Family & Consumer Sciences | Salt Lake County

385-468-4838

melanie.jewkes@usu.edu

Evaluation Coordinator | Create Better Health

435-797-4209

lacee.jimenez@usu.edu

Livestock Coordinator | Wasatch County

(801)-616-2998

abigail.johnson@usu.edu

Latino Program Coordinator

385-266-8767

laura.johnson@usu.edu

Staff Assistant II, Morgan County

801-829-3472

amy.johnston@usu.edu

Staff Assistant II | Carbon County

(435) 636-3233

margaret.jones@usu.edu

4-H Coordinator, Youth Development & Leadership, Sevier County

435-893-0478

sondra.jones@usu.edu

Youth and Family Educator

abigail.julian@usu.edu

Program Associate | Integrated Pest Management

megan.kast@usu.edu

Professional Practice Extension Assistant Professor | Health and Wellness | HEART Initiative

435-752-6263

tim.keady@usu.edu

Program Assistant

435-797-2605

samantha.kendrick@usu.edu

Gardens Manager

michael.kilcrease@usu.edu

Customer Service Coordinator

(435) 797-8943

hunter.klingensmith@usu.edu

Extension Assistant Professor | Home and Community | Box Elder County

435-695-2544

kristen.koci@usu.edu

Executive Director | Swaner Preserve and EcoCenter

435-797-8941

lewis.kogan@usu.edu

Professor | Water Conservation and Turfgrass Specialist | CWEL Director

(435) 757-6650

kelly.kopp@usu.edu

Assistant Director

435-797-1009

chase.lamborn@usu.edu

Graphic Designer & Website | Positive Youth Development

lacey.lamborn@usu.edu

Graphic Designer

michael.langenheim@usu.edu

Coordinator I | Rich County

(208) 201-2358

hollie.larsen@usu.edu

Agribusiness Specialist

435-797-0784

ryan.larsen@usu.edu

Crops Specialist

435-797-1212

j.larson@usu.edu

Extension Web Designer

terence.larson@usu.edu

Create Better Health Ambassador | Beaver County

435-438-1088

allie.laub@usu.edu

Be Epic Coordinator, Grand County

miyoshi.lee@usu.edu

Program Coordinator | Remote Work Initiative

(435)-749-9069

jordan.leonard@usu.edu

Local Outreach & Resource Manager | Utah Women & Leadership Project | Statewide

801-502-4401

deborah.lin@usu.edu

4-H Program Coordinator

435-797-1483

isabel.lindsay@usu.edu

Staff Assistant II | Washington County

435-301-7740

cheryl.lines@usu.edu

Regional Business Consultant | Utah Food and Farm Business Program

tyson.lloyd@usu.edu

Extension Assistant Professor | Livestock and Range Management | Box Elder County

435-695-2545

ashley.longmore@usu.edu

Extension Assistant Professor | Juab County

435-623-3451

emma.lopez@usu.edu

Booking Coordinator | Bastian Agricultural Center

435-797-1431

tammy.lorber-clary@usu.edu

Staff Assistant | USU Botanical Center

(435) 919-1323

kassandra.lovan@usu.edu

Staff Assistant

435-797-8940

emma.lowe@usu.edu

Program Coordinator I | Positive Youth Development

(928) 322-3374

kaitlyn.lunt@usu.edu

Director of eLearning Services

ernesto.lopez@usu.edu

Extension Professor | 4-H & Youth | Youth Health & Wellness

(435) 797-2202

stacey.macarthur@usu.edu

Extension Professor of Leadership | Founding Director, Utah Women & Leadership Project

435-797-0873

susan.madsen@usu.edu

4-H Youth Program Coordinator | Sanpete County

435-283-3472

sherrie.mann@usu.edu

Program Coordinator | Southwest Utah

(435)-261-7871

jake.marino@usu.edu

Professional Practice Extension Assistant Professor | Horticulture | Iron County

435-267-1755

josh.martin@usu.edu

Extension Assistant Professor | Weber and Morgan Counties

(801) 399-8208

maggi.mathews@usu.edu

Professional Practice Extension Assistant Professor | Wasatch County Director

(435)-657-3234

patricia.mathis@usu.edu

Utah Crop Improvement Association | SAGE Research Center Manager | Sanpete County

(435)-262-2768

mason.mayo@usu.edu

Forestry and Wildland Resources Specialist

435-797-0560

darren.mcavoy@usu.edu

Create Better Health Ambassador

435-757-7234

charbine.mcbride@usu.edu

Sustainable Communities Specialist

435-797-5116

roslynn.mccann@usu.edu

Business and Communications Manager | Utah County Extension & 4-H

385-268-6532

kimberly.mcclellan@usu.edu

Project Coordinator, Family Peer Support Specialist Trainer

385-468-4839

amanda.mcdade@usu.edu

Assistant Director

435-797-0653

chris.mcginty@usu.edu

Youth Programs Coordinator | Swaner Preserve & EcoCenter | Summit County

435-797-8938

Madi.McIntyre@usu.edu

Program Assistant II

385-468-4841

bailynn.mckay@usu.edu

Extension Assistant Professor | Home and Community | Sevier County

435-893-0471

anna.gilliam@usu.edu

Community Resource and Economic Development Specialist

cris.meier@usu.edu

Expanded Food and Nutrition Program (EFNEP) Staff Assistant | Davis County

435-919-1326

meredith.meppen@usu.edu

Staff Assistant lll

435-301-7746

aubree.miller@usu.edu

Agricultural Environmental Quality Specialist

(435) 797-3772

rhonda.miller@usu.edu

Coordinator of Programs | Ag in the Classroom

(435) 797-1833

carrie.milligan@usu.edu

Outreach Liaison | Opioid Affected Youth Initiative | Carbon & Emery Counties

307-250-0095

kristi.mingus@usu.edu

4-H Program Coordinator | Davis County

(435)-919-1339

lauren.montgomery@usu.edu

Nutrition Educator

lisa.morby@usu.edu

Business Assistant | Extension

(435) 623-3472

ronalee.mortimore@usu.edu

Professional Practice Extension Assistant Professor | Health and Wellness | 4-H | Uintah County Director

435-781-5452

cara.murray@usu.edu

IPM Specialist | Professional Practice Extension Associate Professor

(435) 797-0776

mair.murray@usu.edu

Professional Practice Extension Associate Professor | Health and Wellness | HEART Initiative | Utah County

(385)-268-6543

gabriela.murza@usu.edu

Extension Associate Professor | Extension Evaluation & Reporting

(435) 797-3221

lendel.narine@usu.edu

Extension Professor | Health and Wellness | 4-H and Youth | Beaver County

435-438-6452

cindy.nelson@usu.edu

Extension Professor | Agriculture & 4-H | Beaver Co. Director

(435) 438-6451

mark.nelson@usu.edu

Staff Assistant | Remote Work Initiative

435-301-7740

becky.newman@usu.edu

4-H Program Coordinator | Juab County

435-623-3458

christi.nicholls@usu.edu

Plant Pathology Specialist

(435) 797-7569

claudia.nischwitz@usu.edu

Small Acreage Livestock Expert

joseph.okoh@usu.edu

Assistant Professor, Vegetable Extension Specialist

435-797-1212

milena.oliveira@usu.edu

Project Coordinator | Empowering Financial Wellness | Salt Lake County

385-468-4830

lauren.olsen@usu.edu

Health and Wellness Coordinator

sarah.ord@usu.edu

Program Coordinator

385-468-4822

Megan.ostergar@usu.edu

Extension Professor | Horticulture & Agronomy | Box Elder County Director

(435) 695-2541

mike.pace@usu.edu

Sheep and Goat Specialist

435-797-2154

chad.page@usu.edu

Equine-Assisted Services Extension Assistant Professor | Cache County

702-601-2760

makenna.pahlke@usu.edu

Assistant Director/ Program Manager | Create Better Health

480-343-0247

lea.palmer@usu.edu

Extension Associate Professor | Agriculture, Natural Resources, 4-H | Sanpete County

(435) 283-3472

matt.palmer@usu.edu

Extension Professor | Leadership & Civic Engagement

(385) 468-4832

vernon.parent@usu.edu

Professional Practice Extension Associate Professor | Health and Wellness | Davis County Director

(435) 919-1334

emma.parkhurst@usu.edu

Coordinator of Programs

elaine.pate@usu.edu

Extension Associate Professor | Family & Consumer Sciences | Carbon County

(435) 636-3236

christina.pay@usu.edu

Staff Assistant | Rich County

435-793-2435

kylee.payne@usu.edu

Professional Practice Extension Assistant Professor | Horticulture | Weber & Morgan Counties

801-399-8204

andra.pettit@usu.edu

Business Manager

morgan.polityka@usu.edu

Nutrition Specialist

Ayda.Gamez@usu.edu

Assistant Professor | Ornamental Horticulture Specialist

435-797-1295

shital.poudyal@usu.edu

Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning Specialist

435-797-4293

jake.powell@usu.edu

Equine Extension Specialist

(435) 797-2162

david.price@usu.edu

Extension Associate Professor | Agriculture & 4-H | Carbon County Director

(435) 636-3235

steven.price@usu.edu

Weed Specialist

(435) 797-2242

corey.ransom@usu.edu

Instructional Designer

(435) 294-8469

ford.rasmussen@usu.edu

Professional Practice Extension Assistant Professor | Duchesne County

435-738-1140

yvette.rea@usu.edu

Utah 4-H Outdoor Recreation/Shooting Sports Coordinator | 4-H Youth Programs | Sanpete County

(435) 283-3472

brandi.reber@usu.edu

4-H Program Coordinator ll | Morgan County

(801) 845-6027

nicole.reed@usu.edu

Director Of Operations

(435) 797-3789

stephen.reed@usu.edu

Extension Public Relations/Media Relations Specialist

(435) 757-6418

julene.reese@usu.edu

4-H Program Coordinator | Kane County

(435)-644-4910

angie.reidhead@usu.edu

4-H Coordinator | Uintah County

435-781-5452

jessica.richens@usu.edu

Staff Assistant | Summit County

435-336-3217

kenzie.richins@usu.edu

Extension Marketing Manager

(801) 855-6630

abbey.rindlisbacher@usu.edu

Equine Management Specialist

jason.romney@usu.edu

Professional Practice Extension Associate Professor | College & Career Readiness, Youth Entrepreneurship

(801) 502-4423

kelsey.romney@usu.edu

Program Coordinator | Garfield County

(435)-531-3877

mike.sarles@usu.edu

Rural Communities & Natural Resources Specialist

jessica.schad@usu.edu

Organic Outreach Coordinator | Certified Organic & TOPP

(406) 498-5267

michele.schahczenski@usu.edu

Extension Associate Professor Family & Consumer Sciences | Salt Lake County

385-468-4816

lisa.schainker@usu.edu

Extension Associate Professor | Washington County

435-301-7740

andrea.schmutz@usu.edu

Family Life Specialist

435-797-8183

david.schramm@usu.edu

Expanded Food & Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) | State Director

435-919-1328

paula.scott@usu.edu

Extension Associate Professor of Horticulture, Agriculture, and Natural Resources

435-301-7740

benjamin.scow@usu.edu

Professor of Professional Practice Beef Cattle Extension Specialist

435-797-2171

David.secrist@usu.edu

Staff Assistant | Millard County

435-864-1480

makayla.shank@usu.edu

Maintenance Technician | Bastian Agricultural Center

(801) 913-9487

Eliza.shupe@usu.edu

4-H Horse Coordinator | Cache County

435-752-6263

britney.silver@usu.edu

Instructional Designer

ann.smart@usu.edu

Extension Office Assistant

435-799-4982

amanda.k.smith@usu.edu

4-H Coordinator FCS/STEM

435-695-2543

brielle.smith@usu.edu

Outdoor Recreation and Tourism Specialist

435-830-6294

jordan.smith@usu.edu

Extension Editor

andrea.snarr@usu.edu

4-H Livestock Coordinator | Juab County

435-623-3471

kacie.sorensen@usu.edu

4-H Staff Assistant

(435)-836-1312

mary.sorenson@usu.edu

Associate Director | Utah Women & Leadership Project

(435) 797-3397

brie.sparks@usu.edu

Staff Assistant | Duchesne County

435-738-1140

katrina.spencer@usu.edu

4-H & Family and Consumer Sciences Program Coordinator | Piute County

435-231-1455

carol.springer@usu.edu

Urban and Small Farms Specialist

(435)-797-0248

melanie.stock@usu.edu

Extension Assistant Professor in Human-Wildlife Interactions

435-797-9147

david.stoner@usu.edu

Proposal Writing Specialist

(435) 553-9332

alyson.straquadine@usu.edu

Program Coordinator for the Home & Community: Health and Wellness Team

david.stratford@usu.edu

Create Better Health Ambassador | Salt Lake County

385-468-4820

laura.streeter@usu.edu

Direct Education Coordinator | Create Better Health

kristi.strongo@usu.edu

4-H Mentoring Program Coordinator | Utah County

(385) 233-7505

brandon.summers@usu.edu

Extension Assistant Professor | Dairy Cattle Specialist

(435) 797-9367 ext. 79367

drew.swartz@usu.edu

Create Better Health Ambassador | Cache County

trhas.tafere@usu.edu

Program Coordinator, Level 1, STEM and Strategic Partnerships

801-913-8419

k.denise.taylor@usu.edu

Professional Practice Assistant Professor | USU Extension | Center for Anticipatory Intelligence

435-797-1610

jeffrey.taylor@usu.edu

Extension Assistant Professor | Agriculture | Millard County

Delta 435-864-1480 Fillmore 435-743-5412

kalen.taylor@usu.edu

Range Management Specialist

435-770-6156

eric.thacker@usu.edu

4-H Coordinator | Emery County

435-381-3535

cassie.thatcher@usu.edu

Staff Assistant

(385) 269-5094

bailee.thomas@usu.edu

Expanded Food and Nutrition Program (EFNEP) Staff | Davis County

abby.thompson@usu.edu

Program Assistant | Applied Economics |

(435)-770-1414

taylor.thompson@usu.edu

Youth Program Coordinator | Utah County
Horse, Small Animals & Outdoor Education

(385) 268-6531

heather.thomson@usu.edu

Coordinator | Duchesne County

(801) 851-8475

jessica.tibbitts@usu.edu

Program Assistant | 4-H | Salt Lake County

(385) 468-4822

kelly.tippetts@usu.edu

Livestock Coordinator | Utah County

(385) 268-6531

corianne.mangelson@usu.edu

4-H Teen Leadership, Service, and Life Skills Coordinator | Sevier County

(435) 287-9383

dianna.torgersen@usu.edu

Program Coordinator II | Salt Lake County

385-468-4836

amy.torres@usu.edu

Staff Assistant | San Juan County

jerrica.torres@usu.edu

Associate Professor

4357970397

alfonso.torres@usu.edu

STEM & FCS Program Coordinator | Salt Lake County

(801)-604-5531

pamela.vanwagoner@usu.edu

Extension Educator

(435) 797-8942

katherine.veeder@usu.edu

Extension Assistant Professor I Home and Community I Social Determinants of Health | CUBE Program Director

(435) 797-3025

maria.velascoburgos@usu.edu

Empowering Financial Wellness Program Coordinator | Accredited Financial Counselor (AFC) | Salt Lake County

(808)-773-0952

vincenza.vicari-bentley@usu.edu

Insect Diagnostician Extension Specialist

435-797-2435

ernane.vieira-neto@usu.edu

Extension Instructor | Emery County

(435) 381-3535

alice.wadley@usu.edu

Extension Associate Professor | Horticulture | Salt Lake County

(385) 468-4826

katie.wagner@usu.edu

Extension Assistant Professor | Iron County

435-586-8132

taryn.wahlquist@usu.edu

4-H Livestock Coordinator

435-752-6263

dylan.waldron@usu.edu

Program Coord | Home Buyer Education & PowerPay | HUD Certified Housing Counselor | Certified Personal Financial Counselor| Salt Lake County

(385) 468-4842

McKenzie.walsh@usu.edu

Student Nutrition Access Center (SNAC) Program Coordinator

435-797-7378

jonathon.walters@usu.edu

Agricultural Entrepreneurship Specialist

435-797-2323

ruby.ward@usu.edu

Assistant Professor of Wildland Fire Science

435-729-0040

brad.washa@usu.edu

4-H Assistant | Beaver County

435-438-6454

alison.webb@usu.edu

4-H Program Coordinator | Carbon County

435-636-3262

Sarah.Weese@usu.edu

Marketing Coordinator | Empowering Financial Wellness | Morgan

801-458-6857

jenny.weller@usu.edu

Program Coordinator

mindy.wheeler@usu.edu

Executive Director of Marketing and Innovation

(435) 797-7613

mike.whitesides@usu.edu

Extension Program Associate, Home & Community, Salt Lake County

385-468-4835

becky.whittaker@usu.edu

Program Coordinator | Weber County

(801) 399-8220

david.widdison@usu.edu

Extension Associate Professor | Pesticide Safety Education | Davis County

(435) 919-1270

michael.wierda@usu.edu

Family Peer Support Specialist Trainer and Project Manager | Utah State University Health Extension | Salt Lake County

385-468-4846

alicia.wilcox@usu.edu

Professional Practice Extension Assistant Professor | Health & Wellness | Davis & Weber County

435-919-1324

sadie.wilde@usu.edu

Extension Associate Professor | Agriculture & Natural Resources in Piute and Wayne County | Piute County Director

435-836-1314

trenton.wilde@usu.edu

Extension Social Media Marketing Manager

(435)-213-0627

alisha.wilkins@usu.edu

Spanish Language Extension Specialist | Associate Professor

(435) 602-2871

celina.wille@usu.edu

Staff Assistant | Uintah County

435-781-5452

kamlyn.williams@usu.edu

Program Coordinator

(385)-535-0371

trenton.willson@usu.edu

SBDC Program Coordinator

435-225-5314

brady.wood@usu.edu

Home Economist Helpline

(385)-468-4837

ann.woodbury@usu.edu

4-H Coordinator | Utah County

(385) 268-6531

makayla.wride@usu.edu

Extension Associate Professor | Agriculture & Natural Resources | San Juan County

(435) 587-3239

reagan.wytsalucy@usu.edu

Extension Assistant Professor | Horticulture + Small Farm Ag. | Kane County

435-644-4918

victoria.xiong@usu.edu

Program Coordinator 4H | Salt Lake County

385-468-4822

adarely.lazosyanez@usu.edu

Professional Practice Extension Associate Professor | Health and Wellness | HEART Initiative | Carbon & Emery Counties

(435) 636-3276

ashley.yaugher@usu.edu

SBDC Associate State Director

(435) 919-1235

jason.yerka@usu.edu

Agroclimate Specialist

435-797-4210

matt.yost@usu.edu

Small Business Development Center Specialist

(435) 797-3303

smike.young@usu.edu

Research Manager

yvette.young@usu.edu

Outreach Manager | USU Botanical Center | Ogden Botanical Gardens

alex.zesiger@usu.edu

Extension Associate Professor | Agriculture & Natural Resources | Davis County

435-919-1335

cody.zesiger@usu.edu

Family Wellness Coordinator | Create Better Health | Duchesne County

(435)-722-1200

mercedis.zismer@usu.edu

Extension Assistant Professor | Agriculture & 4-H | Emery County

(435)-381-3538

rowe.zwahlen@usu.edu