4-H Science State Contacts 4-H Science State Contacts are your resources for everything "science". Their functions are as follows: Represents state as the contact for the LGU in the areas of 4-H Science at the regional and national levels Communicates resources from the regional and national levels to the faculty, staff, and volunteers at their LGU(s) Provides leadership to the state in the development, delivery, and evaluation of 4-H Science programming Advise in the process and content through expression of state needs for professional development opportunities Below is a breakdown of those state contacts by region (North Central, Northeast, Southern, 1890s, and Western). Please feel free to utilize the resources that are made available to you. NAME (North Central Region) Lisa Bouillion Diaz Renee McKee Jay Staker Gary Gerhard Jacob DeDecker Anne Stevenson & Patrick Jirik Bill Pabst Bradley Barker Linda Hague EMAIL lbdiaz@illinois.edu rmckee@purdue.edu jstaker@iastate.edu ggerhard@ksu.edu dedecke4@msu.edu steve020@umn.edu; pjirik@umn.edu pabsta@missouri.edu bbarker@unl.edu Linda. Hauge@ndsu.edu Linda Horn & Michael Koski Mark Manno & Kristin Sook horton.2@osu.edu; mcclaskey.12@cfaes.osu.edu Kathryn. Reeves@sdstate.edu sally.bowers@ces.uwex.edu EMAIL linda.horn@uconn.edu; michael.koski@unh.edu mmanno@udel.edu; kristin@udel.edu Harry Thayer & Dean Purnell Sarah Sparks Denise Frebertshauser & Elaine Long Bailey Kim Pond hthayer@desu.edu; dpurnell@desu.edu sarah.sparks@maine.edu dfrebert@umd.edu; elbailey@umd.edu kima@umext.umass.edu Michael Koski Lisa Rothenburger Celeste Carmichael Ed Bender Marcia Morreira & Kristina Horan Debbie Fajans Chad Higgins, David Hartley, John Kessell, STEM Specialist michael.koski.unh.edu Rothenburger@rce.rutgers.edu cjc17@cornell.edu ejb179@psu.edu marciam@uri.edu; kstone@uri.edu debbie.fajans@uvm.edu cchiggins@mail.wvu.edu; Bob Horton & Sally McClaskey Kathryn Reeves Sally Bowers NAME (Northeast Region) STATE Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas (1862) Michigan Minnesota Missouri Nebraska North Dakota Ohio South Dakota Wisconsin STATE Connecticut Delaware Delaware (1890s) Maine Maryland Massachusetts New Hampshire New Jersey New York Pennsylvania Rhode Island Vermont West Virginia NAME (Southern Region) Tony Cook Jannie Carter & Kimberly Burgess & Edna Coleman Noah Washburn Suzanne Wilson Melanie Biersmith Jann Burks & Torey Earle Kimberly Holmes David Boldt david.hartley@mail.wvu.edu; John.Kessell@mail.wvu.edu EMAIL cookja1@auburn.edu cartej1@aces.edu; burgeki@aces.edu; colemet@aces.edu nwashburn@vaex.edu suzyg8tr@fl.edu melmel@uga.edu jburks@uky.edu; tearle@uky.edu Jackie Helton & Amy Chilcote kimberly.holmes@KYSU.edu Dboldt@agcenter.lsu.edu larrya@ext.msstate.edu; lindam@ext.msstate.edu jackie_helton@ncsu.edu; amy_chilcote@ncsu.edu Claudette Smith Jeff Salle clsmith@ncat.edu jeff.sallee@okstate.edu Pam Arden Daniel Sarver Matt Tarpley Jeremy Johnson & Cynthia Rowles pardern@clemson.edu dsarver@tennessee.edu mtarpley@ag.tamu.edu jejohnson@vt.edu; crowles@vt.edu Sarah Dahl-Smith NAME (Western Region) Lee Hecimovich Anne Casey & Barbara Shaw Becky Settlage Arlinda Nauman Jill Martz Walter Barker Peter Skelton & Johnathan Madrid sdahl@uvi.edu EMAIL dahecimovich@alaska.edu cpters@cal.arizona.edu; dtessman@cals.arizona.edu lschmittmcquitty@ucdavis.edu anne.casey@colostate.edu; barbara.shaw@colostate.edu settlage@hawaii.edu anauman@uidaho.edu jmartz@montana.edu barkerw@unce.unr.edu skelton@nmsu.edu; jrmadrid@nmsu.edu Virginia Bourdeau & Sarah Williver Steven Worker Janet Edwards Robin Schamber Virginia. Bourdeau@oregonstate.edu; sarah.cofer@oregonstate.edu smworker@ucdavis.edu edwardsj@wsu.edu Rschamber@uwyo.edu Larry Alexander & Linda Mitchell Curt Peters & Darcy Tessman Lynn Schmitt-McQuitty STATE Alabama Alabama (1890s) Arkansas Florida Georgia Kentucky Kentucky (1890s) Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina North Carolina (1890s) Oklahoma South Carolina (1862) Tennessee Texas (1862) Virginia Virgin Islands STATE Alaska Arizona California Colorado Hawaii Idaho Montana Nevada New Mexico Oregon Utah Washington Wyoming