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