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State partners

Administrators

Karen Shirer
Associate Dean
University of Minnesota Extension
490 Coffey Hall
1420 Eckles Ave
St. Paul, MN 56108
Phone: 612-625-3971 | shire008@umn.edu

Julia Gladhill

USDA Contacts

Aida Balsano
National Program Leader
Child and Family Development
USDA – National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)
Phone: 202-720-4436 |

Regular Mail: 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Mail Stop 2225, Washington, DC 20250-2225
Courier/Deliveries: Waterfront Centre, Room 4401, 800 9th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20024

California

Lenna Ontai (PI[RFSH])

Associate Specialist in Cooperative Extension

Human & Community Development

University of California

2327 Hart Hall

Davis, CA 95616

Phone: 530-752-6410 | lontai@ucdavis.edu

Karen Varcoe (PI[RFS], Co-PI[RFSH])

Extension Consumer Economist/Merchant Accounts Specialist

139 Highlander Hall, Building C

University of California

Riverside, CA 92521

Phone: 951-827-5241 | karen.varcoe@ucr.edu

Dorothy Smith (Co-PI[RFSH])

Cooperative Extension Advisor

University of California

891 Mountain Ranch Rd

San Andreas, CA 95249

Phone: 209-754-6476

Hawaii

Loriena A. Yancura (PI[RFSH])

Associate Professor

Department of Family & Consumer Sciences

University of Hawaii at Manoa

2515 Campus Rd., Miller Hall 201B

Honolulu, HI 96822

Phone: 808-956-2254

Illinois

Ramona Faith Oswald (PI[RFSH])

Professor

Department of Human & Community Development

University of Illinois

263 Bevier Hall, MC-180

905 South Goodwin Avenue, M/C 180

Urbana, IL 61801

Phone: 217-333-2547 | roswald@illinois.edu

Elizabeth Holman (Student)

Dept. of Human and Community Development

263 Bevier Hall, MC-180

905 South Goodwin Avenue

University of Illinois

Urbana, IL 61801

Phone: 217-244-7128 | eholman@illinois.edu

Iowa

Kimberly Greder (PI[RFS, RFSH])

Associate Professor

Human Development & Family Studies

Families Extension State Program Specialist

Iowa State University

56 Baron Hall

Ames, IA 50011-4380

Phone: 515-294-5906 | kgreder@iastate.edu

Christine Cook (Co-PI[RFSH])

Associate Professor

Human Development & Family Studies

Iowa State University

2358 Palmer

Ames, IA 50011-4380

Phone: 515-294-8695 | cccook@iastate.edu

Flor Romero-Slowing (Student)
Angelica Reina (Student)

Kimberly Doudna (Student)

Kentucky

Patricia Hyjer Dyk (PI[RFS, RFSH])

Director of the Center For Leadership & Development

Department of Community & Leadership Development

University of Kentucky

710 W.P. Garrigus Building

Lexington, KY 40546-0215

Phone: 859-257-3228 | pdyk@uky.edu

Jessica Kropczynski (Student)

Business Funding Assistance

University of Kentucky

714 Garrigus Bldg.

Lexington, KY 40546-0215

Phone: 859-333-9972

Katie Founds (Student)

Louisiana*

Fran Lawrence (PI[RFS], Affiliate [RFSH])

Editor, Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning

Gerald Cire and Lena Grand Williams Alumni Professor

Department of Finance

Louisiana State University

Patrick F. Taylor Hall

Baton Rouge, LA 70803

Phone: 225-578-1726 | flawrence@lsu.edu

Maryland

Bonnie Braun (PI[RFS], Co-PI[CHM, DCHM])
Professor, Department of Family Science
Faculty Scholar, Herschel S. Horowitz Center
for Health Literacy
University of Maryland
1142Z School of Public Health
College Park, MD 20742-7515 | BBraun@umd.edu

Elisabeth Fost Maring, Ph.D.
Research Assistant, Professor
Global Public Health Scholars, Director
Department of Family Science
1142N School of Public Health
College Park, MD 20742
Phone: (301) 405.8339 | efmaring@umd.edu

Massachusetts

Sheila Mammen (PI[RFS,RFSH]], PI[CHM,DCHM])

University of Massachusetts-Amherst

Department of Resource Economics

309 Stockbridge Hall

Amherst, MA 01003

Phone: 413-545-2470 | Fax: 413-545-5853

Shir Inbar (Student)

Andrew Shepherd (Student)
ashepherd@umass.edu

Michigan

David Imig (PI[RFS])
Retired

Minnesota*

Jean W. Bauer (PI[RFS], Affiliate [RFSH])
In Memoriam

Mary Jo Katras, (PI[RFSH])

Nebraska

Catherine Huddleston-Casas (PI[RFSH])

Associate Professor

Child, Youth & Family Studies

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Arts & Sciences Hall 102B

Phone: 402-554-3416 | chuddleston-casas2@unl.edu

Susan Churchill (PI[RFS], Co-PI[RFSH])

Associate Professor

Child, Youth & Family Studies

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

131 Home Economics

Lincoln, NE 68583-0801

Phone: 402-472-0572 | schurchi@unlnotes.unl.edu

Leigh Ann Simmons (Co-PI)

New Hampshire

Elizabeth Dolan (PI[RFS, RFSH])

University of New Hampshire

Family Studies

218 Pettee Hall

55 College Road

Durham, NH 03824

Phone: 603-862-2137 | e.dolan@unh.edu

Suzann Enzian Knight (Co-PI[RFS, RFSH])

Extension Specialist

Family Resource Management

UNH Cooperative Extension

308 Pettee Hall

55 College Road

Durham, NH 03824

Phone: 603-862-0092 | Fax: 603-862-3271

New York

Emily Hauenstein (Affiliate)

North Carolina

Carolyn L. Bird (PI[RFSH])

Assistant Professor

Family & Resource Management Specialist

Department of 4-H Youth Development and Family & Consumer Science

North Carolina State University

Campus Box 7605

Raleigh, NC 27695-7605

Phone: 919-513-7793 | Carolyn_Bird@ncsu.edu

Selda Coskuner (Student)

Ohio*

Sharon B. Seiling (PI[RFS], Affiliate [RFSH])

Associate Professor

Department of Consumer Sciences

College of Education & Human Ecology

Ohio State University

265 H. Campbell Hall

1787 Neil Ave.

Columbus, OH 43210

Phone: 614-292-4224 | sseiling@ehe.osu.edu

Oregon

Leslie Richards (PI[RFS])
Oregon State University
Dept. Of Human Development & Family Sciences
322 Milam Hall
Corvallis, OR 97331-5106
Phone: 541-737-1071 | leslie.richards@oregonstate.edu

South Dakota

Sally A. Gillman (PI)

Assistant Professor

Counseling & Human Development

South Dakota State University

Counseling & Human Development-Box 2275A

Brookings, SD 57707

Voice: 605-688-6104 | Cell: 605-651-3197 | sally.gillman@sdstate.edu

Tennessee

Ann A. Berry (Affiliate[RFS]) PI[RFSH])

Associate Professor

University of Tennessee

Family & Consumer Science

119 Morgan Hall

2621 Morgan Circle Drive

Knoxville, TN 37996-4501

Phone: 865-974-8745 | aaberry@utk.edu

Janie Burney (Co-PI[RFSH])

Associate Professor

University of Tennessee

Family & Consumer Science

119 Morgan Hall

2621 Morgan Circle Drive

Knoxville, TN 37996-4501

Phone: 865-974-8745 | jburney@utk.edu

Betty Greer (Co-PI[RFSH])
bgreer@utk.edu

Shea Austin (Student)

Texas

Tiffany Bice-Wigington (PI[RFSH])

Assistant Professor
School of Social Work
Stephen F. Austin State University
P.O. Box 6104, SFA Station
420 E Starr Ave.
Nacogdoches, TX 75962
Phone: 936-468-1169 | bicewigit@sfasu.edu

Virginia*

Anisa Zvonkovic (Affiliate[RFSH])
Professor & Department Head
Human Development
Virginia Tech University
366A Wallace Hall
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Phone: 540-231-6110

Washington

Yoshie Sano (PI[RFS, RFSH], Co-PI(CHM, DCHM])

Assistant Professor

Department of Human Development

Washington State University Vancouver

219 McClaskey

14204 NE Salmon Creek Avenue

Vancouver, WA 98686

Phone: 360-546-9124 yoshie_sano@vancouver.wsu.edu

Suzanne Smith (Co-PI[RFSH])

Associate Professor

Department of Human Development

Washington State University Vancouver

201 McClaskey

14204 NE Salmon Creek Avenue

Vancouver, WA 98686

Phone: 360-546-9174

Hodesi Tabatabaei (Student)

Wyoming*

Kari Morgan (Affiliate[RFSH])
Asociate Professor
Dept. FCS
University of Wyoming
1000 E. University Ave., Dept. 3354
Laramie, WY 82071
Phone: 307-766-5111 | Cell: 307-760-9067 | kmorgan@uwyo.edu

* state not currently collecting data

This website was supported by the Rural Health and Safety Education Competitive Program of the USDA Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service, grant numbers 2010-46100-21791 and 2011-46100-31135.